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Where do STEM graduates stem from? : the intergenerational transmission of comparative skill advantages
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023
The standard economic model of occupational choice following a basic Roy model emphasizes individual selection and comparative advantage, but the sources of comparative advantage are not well understood. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math and...
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The aggregate effects of the decline of disruptive innovation
Bräuer, Richard - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023
This paper proposes a model that explains both recently documented facts about the decline of disruptive innovation and …
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Discrimination in universal social programs? : a nationwide field experiment on access to child care
Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2024 - This version: 04.03.2024
Although explicit discrimination in access to social programs is typically prohibited, more subtle forms of discrimination prior to the formal application process may still exist. Unveiling this phenomenon, we provide the first causal evidence of discrimination against migrants seeking child...
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Does information about inequality and discrimination in early child care affect policy preferences?
Hermes, Henning; Lergetporer, Philipp; Mierisch, Fabian; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2024
We investigate public preferences for equity-enhancing policies in access to early child care, using a survey experiment with a representative sample of the German population (n ≈ 4, 800). We observe strong misperceptions about migrant-native inequalities in early child care that vary by...
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Do role models matter in large classes? : new evidence on gender match effects in higher education
Maurer, Stephan; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023
It is well established that female students perform better when taught by female professors. However, little is known about the mechanisms explaining these gender match effects. Using administrative records from a German public university, which cover all programs and courses between 2006 and...
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Innovating schools
Centre pour la Recherche et l'Innovation dans l'Enseignement - 1999
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OECD review of higher education, research and innovation : Portugal
OECD - 2019
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Networks of innovation : towards new models for managing schools and systems
2003
: to what extent can they replace cumbersome bureaucracies as forms of management and as sources of innovation and … seminars held in Hungary, the Netherlands and Portugal, organized with the OECD's Centre for Educational Research and … Innovation. They were concerned with the "how?" and not just the "what?" and "why?" of changing schools for the future …
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Better using skills in the workplace in the Leeds City Region, United Kingdom
OECD - 2020
This paper reviews the different definitions and measures of skills use and shows why it matters for local development policies. Based on findings from the Annual Population Survey and the UK Employer Skills Survey, it provides unique local analysis on how the Leeds City Region compares on...
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