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The effect of education policy on crime : an intergenerational perspective
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Schnabel, Marieke - 2011
. We then show that the benefits extended to the next generation with large reductions in the crime rates of the children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009521196
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The Effect of Education Policy on Crime : An Intergenerational Perspective
Meghir, Costas - 2011
. We then show that the benefits extended to the next generation with large reductions in the crime rates of the children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117844
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Intergenerational educational persistence among daughters : evidence from India
Azam, Mehtabul - 2015
We examine educational transmission between fathers (mothers) and daughters in India for daughters born during 1962-1991. We find that educational persistence, as measured by the regression coefficient of father's (mother's) education as a predictor of daughter's education, has declined over...
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Like father, like son? : intergenerational education mobility in India
Azam, Mehtabul; Bhatt, Vipul - 2012
information about parents' education for the entire adult population. This paper employs a novel strategy to create a unique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009537581
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Like Father, Like Son? Intergenerational Education Mobility in India
Azam, Mehtabul - 2012
information about parents' education for the entire adult population. This paper employs a novel strategy to create a unique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013106288
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Inference for ranks with applications to mobility across neighborhoods and academic achievement across countries
Mogstad, Magne; Romano, Joseph P.; Wilhelm, Daniel; … - 2020
It is often desired to rank different populations according to the value of some feature of each population. For example, it may be desired to rank neighborhoods according to some measure of intergenerational mobility or countries according to some measure of academic achievement. These rankings...
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Are Austrian returns to education falling over time?
Fersterer, Josef; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 1999
In this paper we make a systematic presentation of returns to education in Austria for the period 1981-1997. We use consistent cross-sections from the Mikrozensus and find falling returns over time. These falling returns are not caused by changes in the sample design and reduced willingness to...
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Assessing teacher quality in India
Azam, Mehtabul; Kingdon, Geeta Gandhi - 2014
as one who consistently gets higher achievement for students. In addition to the prior achievement, we exploit the fact … that students took exams in multiple subjects during their senior secondary exam to control for pupil fixed effects. We … teacher quality adds 0.38 standard deviation points in students score. Furthermore, consistent with studies in the US, we find …
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The effect of school quality on educational attainment and wages
Dearden, Lorraine; Ferri, Javier; Meghir, Costas - In: The review of economics and statistics 84 (2002) 1, pp. 1-20
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Returns to apprenticeship training in Austria : evidence from failed firms
Fersterer, Josef (contributor);  … - 2007
Little is known about the payoffs to apprenticeship training in the German speaking countries for the participants. There is a lot of heterogeneity in the types of apprenticeships offered, and there might be an important element of selection in who obtains an apprenticeship, and what type. To...
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