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OECD Reviews of Migrant Education: Norway 2010

Taguma, Miho; Shewbridge, Claire; Huttova, Jana; … - 2010

By international standards, Norway has an inclusive education system. However, immigrant students, on average, have … measures to improve the situation of immigrant students. There is scope to improve access to quality early childhood education … and care, especially for immigrant children; enhance capacities of teachers and school leaders to be more responsive to …

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Combining Rights and Welfarism: A New Approach to Intertemporal Evaluation of Social Alternatives

Long, Ngo Van; Martinet, Vincent - CESifo - 2012

We propose a new criterion which reflects both the concern for welfare (utility) and the concern for rights in the evaluation of economic development paths. The concern for rights is captured by a pre-ordering over combinations of thresholds (floors or ceilings on various quantitative...

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Apprenticeship, Vocational Training and Early Labor Market Outcomes - in East and West Germany

Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - CESifo - 2015

We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at age 25 for East and West German youths: non-employment (i.e., unemployment or out of the labor force), permanent fulltime employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of...

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Optimal Piecewise Linear Income Taxation

Apps, Patricia; Long, Ngo Van; Rees, Ray - CESifo - 2009

attention in the literature on optimal income taxation. This paper offers a simple and transparent analysis of its main …

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Children Do Not Behave Like Adults: Gender Gaps in Performance and Risk Taking within a Random Social Context in the High-StakesGame Shows Jeopardy and Junior Jeopardy

Säve-Söderbergh, Jenny; Lindquist, Gabriella Sjögren - CESifo - 2014

Using unique panel data, we compare cognitive performance and wagering behavior of children (10-11 years) with adults …

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