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Mbaye, Linguère Mously; Okara, Assi; Tani, Massimiliano - 2022

We develop a theoretical model to investigate whether short-term mobility differentially affects innovation in product …, and the United Nations. We find that labor mobility positively affects innovation: on average, a 10% increase in the flow … products/services or process, supporting the use of labor mobility as an effective mechanism to diffuse productive knowledge …

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Estimating Returns to Schooling and Experience: A History of Thought

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2023

This paper is a review of the literature in economics up to the early 1980s on the issue of estimating the earnings return to schooling and labor market experience. It begins with a presentation of Adam Smith's (1776) analysis of wage determination, with the second of his five points on...

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The Impact of an Un(der)Funded Inclusive Education Policy: Evidence from the 2013 China Education Panel Survey

Tani, Massimiliano; Zhu, Yu; Xu, Lei - 2021

Using the 2013 China Education Panel Survey (CEPS), we study the impact of a 2008 inclusive education policy, through which the central government mandated urban public schools to exempt migrant children from tuition and temporary schooling fees. Whereas the non-disclosure rule regarding...

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Can the Teaching Style Reduce Inequality in the Classroom? Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment

Xu, Lei; Tani, Massimiliano; Zhu, Yu - 2024

We investigate the effects of 'lecture-based' (LBT) – i.e. individual work and rote learning - versus 'discussion-based' (DBT) – i.e. participative and focused on student-centred learning - teaching styles on the test scores and socio-economic inequality of middle-school students randomly...

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Gender, Motivation, and Self-Selection into Teaching

Barigozzi, Francesca; Parasnis, Jaai; Tani, Massimiliano - 2022

This paper investigates the role of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in choosing a teaching career using data from the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia. We find that the opportunity costs of becoming a teacher vary by gender: women enjoy a small wage premium, whilst males...

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Jacob Mincer, Experience and the Distribution of Earnings

Chiswick, Barry R. - 2003

This paper reviews Jacob Mincer?s contributions to the analyses of earnings and the distribution of earnings through his pioneering focus on labor market experience or on-the-job training. It begins with a brief discussion of the theoretical literature on the distribution of earnings in the...

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Educational Attainment: Analysis by Immigrant Generation

Chiswick, Barry R.; DebBurman, Noyna - 2003

This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the largely ignored issue of the determinants of the educational attainment of adults by immigrant generation. Using Current Population Survey (CPS) data, differences in educational attainment are analyzed by immigrant generation...

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Parents and Children Talk : The Family Dynamics of English Language Proficiency

Chiswick, Barry R.; Lee, Yew Liang; Miller, Paul W. - 2004

This paper extends the analysis of the acquisition of destination language proficiency among immigrants by explicitly incorporating dynamics among family members – mother, father and children. Single equation, bivariate, and four-state (multivariate) probit analyses are employed. Immigrant...

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The Linguistic and Economic Adjustment of Soviet Jewish Immigrants in the United States, 2000 : A Preliminary Report

Chiswick, Barry R.; Wenz, Michael - 2004

This paper is an analysis of the English-language proficiency and labor market earnings of Soviet Jewish immigrants to the United States from 1965 to 2000, using the 2000 Census of Population. Comparisons are made to similar analyses using the 1980 and 1990 Censuses. A consistent finding is that...

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Linguistic Distance : A Quantitative Measure of the Distance Between English and Other Languages

Miller, Paul W.; Chiswick, Barry R. - 2004

This paper develops a scalar or quantitative measure of the ?distance? between English and a myriad of other (non-native American) languages. This measure is based on the difficulty Americans have learning other languages. The linguistic distance measure is then used in an analysis of the...

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