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How does measured performance at university affect labor market outcomes? We show that degree class - a coarse measure of student performance used in the UK - causally affects graduates' industry and hence expected wages. To control for unobserved ability, we employ a regression discontinuity...
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As thousands of undergraduates across the UK take their exams, a study by Andy Feng and Georg Graetz reveals the importance of the results for subsequent earnings - specifically the value of a First compared with an Upper Second and the difference between an Upper Second and a Lower Second.
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correlated to the size of investment of the innovation projects and the level of seniority is positively associated to the most … innovative projects. The seniority of champions explains positively the innovation success, but the hierarchical level has no …
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knowledge is learned, shared and used determines organizational innovation and effectiveness. In my dissertation, I build on …Knowledge is increasingly recognized as one of the most critical resources in the modern workplace, because the way … construal level theory to explore the relationship between workers’ roles and the types of knowledge that workers create and …
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This paper tests if gender-discrimination in grading affects pupils' achievements and course choices. I use a unique dataset containing grades given by teachers, scores obtained anonymously by pupils at different ages, and their course choice during high school. Based on double-differences, the...
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This paper aims to contribute to understand the mechanisms underlying the complex exclusion process of indigenous people in Peru, by analysing the role played by aspirations in the investment in education of indigenous children. To address these issues, the paper relies on a very rich data set,...
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propose a model, which places practice at the heart of a spiral of creation of organizational knowledge. Through an action … organizational innovation. …
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efficiency; provides further insight into why Open Source Software is a successful model of innovation and development in digital …
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