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What limits college success? : a review and further analysis of Holzer and Baum's 'Making College Work'
Oreopoulos, Philip - 2019
Holzer and Baum's recent book, 'Making College Work: Pathways to Success for Disadvantaged Students,' provides an … the underlying lack of preparedness and motivation of college students. I argue that making mandatory some existing …
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General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes Over the Life-Cycle
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2011
Policy debates about the balance of vocational and general education programs focus on the school-to-work transition. But with rapid technological change, gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less adaptability and thus diminished employment later in life. To test...
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School Competition and Students' Entrepreneurial Intentions : International Evidence Using Historical Catholic Roots of Private Schooling
Falck, Oliver - 2010
shares, students' academic skills, and parents' entrepreneurial occupation … effect of private-school competition on students' entrepreneurial intentions. We exploit Catholic-Church resistance to state … instrumental-variable results suggest that a 10 percentage-point higher private-school share raises students' entrepreneurial …
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