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From Preschool to Prosperity: The Economic Payoff to Early Childhood Education
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Bartik provides evidence showing that investment in quality preschool education provides economic payoffs, particularly in lifetime earnings.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010934642
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Earnings Benefits of Tulsa's Pre-K Program for Different Income Groups
Bartik, Timothy J.; Gormley, William; Adelstein, Shirley - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2011
This paper estimates future adult earnings effects associated with a universal pre-K program in Tulsa, Oklahoma. These informed projections help to compensate for the lack of long-term data on universal pre-K programs, while using metrics that relate test scores to valued social benefits....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009194115
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Human Resource Economics and Public Policy: Essays in Honor of Vernon M. Briggs Jr.
Whalen, Charles J. (contributor) - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
This book pays tribute to Vernon Briggs and his enduring mark on the study of humna resources. The chapters, by his students and colleagues, explore and extend his work on employment, education and training, immigration, and local labor markets. Students and scholars of economics, public policy,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008472674
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The impact of class absenteeism on undergraduates’ academic performance: evidence from an elite Economics school in Portugal
Teixeira, Aurora A.C. - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2013
Portugal, it is shown that even when controlling for potential endogenous factors associated to attendance and academic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010842595
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Hay que cambiar el modelo clásico de la innovación.
Romelaer, Pierre - Université Paris-Dauphine
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009370238
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Human capital, trade and long-run productivity. Testing the technological absorption hypothesis for the Portuguese economy, 1960-2001
Teixeira, Aurora A.C.; Fortuna, Natércia - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2006
technological innovation, and to adopt and to implement efficiently technology from abroad. However, the role of human capital as a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059453
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Human Capital, Innovation Capability and Economic Growth
Teixeira, Aurora; Fortuna, Natércia - Faculdade de Economia, Universidade do Porto - 2003
In this paper, we study human capital effects on economic growth of Portugal from 1960 to 2001. By using VAR and … cointegration analyses, we obtain 0.42 long-run estimate for human capital elasticity, 0.30 long-run estimate for internal knowledge … between human capital and innovation capability. These estimates seem to confirm that human capital and indigenous innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005059562
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Earnings benefits of Tulsa's pre-K program for different income groups
Barik, Timothy J.; Gormley, William; Adelstein, Shirley - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850012
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The Short-Term Effects of the Kalamazoo Promise Scholarship on Student Outcomes
Bartik, Timothy J.; Lachowska, Marta - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850051
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Early Childhood Programs as an Economic development Tool: Investing Early to Prepare the Future Workforce
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010850052