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Resisting Education
Carvalho, Jean-Paul; Koyama, Mark - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
We develop a model in which individuals choose education to improve their earnings and regulate the cultural traits they acquire via social transmission. When education makes individuals more receptive to mainstream culture, minority groups underinvest in education as a form of cultural...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011114515
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Innovation, human capital and earning distribution: towards a dynamic life-cycle approach
Vona, Francesco; Consoli, Davide - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
knowledge. The dynamic life-cycle approach elaborated in the second part provides a coherent account of the evidence, and … indicates interesting implications for innovation and educational policies. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835707
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Environmental Kuznets Curve: An Envelope of Technological Progress
Dinda, Soumyananda - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2004
This paper develops a growth model to provide a theoretical explanation of the environmental Kuznets curve (EKC). Paper explains how EKC is shaped with economic development for a given technology. The EKC result arises in two ways – it can be observed from a single technology that matures and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008805882
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How enterprise strategies are related to innovation and productivity change: An empirical study of Japanese manufacturing firms
Fujii, Hidemichi; Kazuma, Edamura; Sumikura, Koichi; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
are used to analyze the determinant factors related to improvements in innovation and productivity. Our results indicate … that increasing technology and knowledge through a “black box” process is related to an increase in productivity …. Furthermore, the protection and management of production knowledge and expertise is a valid method of increasing global technical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112811
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A Model of Total Factor Productivity Built on Hayek’s View of Knowledge: What Really Went Wrong with Socialist Planned Economies?
Harashima, Taiji - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Because Hayek’s view goes beyond the Walrasian framework, his descriptive arguments on socialist planned economies are prone to be misunderstood. This paper clarifies Hayek’s arguments by using them as a basis to construct a model of total factor productivity. The model shows that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008855541
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School Performance Evaluation under the Voucher System: the Case of Chile
Bronfman, Javier - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Education plays an important role in the economic and social development of countries. Myriad studies show that education is one of the best ways to offer increased socioeconomic opportunities, social mobility and wages. Not only is universal education important but more significant is the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212961
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Socio-religious Disparity in Educational Achievements: A District Level study in West Bengal
Hati, Koushik Kumar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Education is a powerful catalyst for the change of a society and plays a crucial role in the development of a nation. In recent years, education has been included as a key component of Human Development Index. As a result, social and regional disparities in educational achievement drag back...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258881
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Inequality of Opportunities of Educational Achievement in Turkey Over Time
Tansel, Aysit - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
This study investigates inequality of opportunity in educational achievements in Turkey over time. For this purpose we use test scores of PISA in mathematics, science and reading achievement of 15-year-olds over the period 2003-2012. Since the different waves of the samples cover only a fraction...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266235
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Child Labour and Education in Jordan: A Rapid Assessment
Abu-Rumman, Raed; Shahateet, Mohammed; Shahin, Azmi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002
attitude and knowledge levels of educators and parents on child labour-related issues; and 4) to recommend policies and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011107299
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Human capital and trends in the transmission of economic status across generations in the U.S.
Richey, Jeremiah; Rosburg, Alicia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
Using data from the 1979 and 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth, we investigate the changing roles of ability and education in the transmission of economic status across generations. Potential changes are identified using a decomposition method based on the OLS omitted variable bias...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108217