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countries to the disparity in reading, math, and science test scores for migrant and native-born students. We find that …. Institutional arrangements often serve to mitigate the achievement gaps of some migrant students while leaving unaffected or … school sector appear detrimental. Migrant students' achievement relative to their native-born peers suffers as educational …
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This paper extends standard models of work-related training by explicitly incorporating workers' locus of control into the investment decision. Our model both differentiates between general and specific training and accounts for the role of workers and firms in training decisions. Workers with...
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document the differential responses of students as a function of their country of residence, parental income, gender, and for …University students have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We present results from the first wave of … expectations regarding three fundamental aspects of students' lives in the pandemic: the labor market, education, and health. We …
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-educated Australian-born mothers and fathers transfer separate and roughly equal educational advantages to their children, outcomes for …, intergenerational mobility in families with two highly-educated parents appears to be much the same for Australian-born and ESB families …
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on unusually rich panel data from the Longitudinal Survey of Australian Children in which information on child … development reported by parents and teachers is linked to each child's results on a national, standardized achievement test. We …
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