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Are the Labour Market Benefits to Schooling Different for Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal People
Frenette, Marc - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
It is well documented that Aboriginal people generally have lower levels of educational attainment than other groups in Canada, but little is known about the reasons behind this gap. This study is the first of two by the same author investigating the issue in detail. This initial paper focuses...
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Experimental Estimates of the Impacts of Class Size on Test Scores: Robustness and Heterogeneity
Ding, Weili; Lehrer, Steven F. - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
Proponents of class size reductions draw heavily on the results from Project STAR to support their initiatives. Adding to the political appeal of these initiative are reports that minority and economically disadvantaged students received the largest benefits from smaller classes. We extend this...
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Competitiveness innovation and the knowledge-driven society
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Innovation and training: a dynamic count data model.
Gallié, Emilie-Pauline; Legros, Diego - Université Paris-Dauphine
This paper explores the relationship between innovation and vocational training. We consider a linear feedback model to … vocational training have a positive impact on the technological innovation. …
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Firms’ human capital, R&D and innovation: a study on French firms.
Gallié, Emilie-Pauline; Legros, Diego - Université Paris-Dauphine - 2011
This article investigates the effects of human capital and technological capital on innovation. While the role of … been made on the effect of employee training on innovation. This article explores the relationship between innovation and … training our results show that the firm employee training has a positive impact on technological innovation. …
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A Community College Instructor like Me: Race and Ethnicity Interactions in the Classroom
Fairlie, Robert W.; Hoffmann, Florian; Oreopoulos, Philip - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
This paper uses detailed administrative data from one of the largest community colleges in the United States to quantify the extent to which academic performance depends on students being of similar race or ethnicity to their instructors. To address the concern of endogenous sorting, we use both...
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Human Capital Prices, Productivity and Growth
Bowlus, Audra J.; Robinson, Chris - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
Separate identification of the price and quantity of human capital has important implications for understanding key issues in economics. Price and quantity series are derived for four education levels. The price series are highly correlated and they exhibit a strong secular trend. Three...
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Towards a Better Understanding of Personal Productivity in the Context of Information Technology Use.
Elie-Dit-Cosaque, Christophe; Ondrus, Jan - Université Paris-Dauphine
’information (TI). L’utilisation des TI (Davis 1989), l’infusion des TI (Zmud and Apple 1992), l’essai d’innovation avec les TI (Ahuja …
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Universal Early Childhood Interventions: What is the Evidence Base?
Baker, Michael - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
Universality is a hallmark of Canadian social policy for very young children. The evidence base for these policies is small, non-experimental and offers mixed results. In contrast the evidence base for targeted early childhood interventions is largely experimental and offers strong guidance....
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Simulating Targeted Policies with Macro Impacts: Poverty Alleviation Policies in Madagascar.
Cogneau, Denis; Robilliard, Anne-Sophie - Université Paris-Dauphine - 2008
Nous présentons le cadre d’un modèle de simulation macro-micro pour l’étude de l’impact des politiques économiques sur la distribution du revenu et la pauvreté monétaire à Madagascar. Les options et les choix de modélisation sont discutés pour le module micro-économique et pour...
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