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We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our … of dropouts on first-time students’ success masks treatment heterogeneity and non-linearities. First, we find negative …
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This paper presents the first longitudinal estimates of the effect of work-related training on labor market outcomes in Switzerland. Using a novel dataset that links official census data on adult education to longitudinal register data on labor market outcomes, we apply a regression-adjusted...
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threshold students may make use of additional resources, such as private tutoring. We investigate how the use of private … successfully pass through this school, controlling for the students competencies after tutoring, but before the transition. Using … PISA and linked register data from Switzerland, we find that students who had private tutoring before the transition are …
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Lifelong learning is often promoted in ageing societies, but little is known about its returns or governments' ability to advance it. This paper evaluates the effects of a large-scale randomized field experiment issuing vouchers for adult education in Switzerland. We find no significant average...
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