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benefits from exposure to "privileged" peers accrue mainly to "disadvantaged" students. These benefits decline when the …
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We investigate whether tests taken during a high stakes grade by German primary and secondary students produce higher …
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the results of the first systematic study of the wage expectations of European college students. Our data are based on the … replies to the same questionnaire by more than 6000 college students all over Europe. We study the determinants of wage …-specific micro-data. In line with U.S. studies we find that students overestimate returns to education. …
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students' job prospects, especially in a non-English speaking countries. Using rich administrative data from Statistics … addresses the self-selection issue by generating a matched sample of students with similar characteristics. We find that …
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We use cohort data from 11 European countries to study whether experience profiles differ by educational attainment. Previous literature does not provide a clear answer to this question, that is important to evaluate private returns to education over the working life of individuals. We find...
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We study whether the combined significant reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio and increase in parental education observed in Italy between the end of World War II and the end of the 1980s have had a significant impact on the educational attainment and the labor market returns of a...
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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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inequality below median income and increases it above median income. There is also evidence in our data that education and …
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after grandchildren and provide financial or material gifts to children more than paternal grandparents do. In exchange …, daughters help their parents with personal care, household tasks and paperwork more than sons do. The matrilineal advantage is …
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