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Estimating the returns to education : accounting for heterogeneity in ability
Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Ridao-Cano, Cristóbal; … - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003387970
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Education choices in Mexico : using a structural model and a randomized experiment to evaluate Progresa
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Meghir, Costas; Santiago, Ana - 2010
that is better suited to evaluate the program. We find that the program has a positive effect on the enrollment of children … neutral change in the program that would increase the grant for secondary school children while eliminating for the primary … school children would have a substantially larger effect on enrollment of the latter, while having minor effects on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008653555
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Average and marginal returns to upper secondary schooling in Indonesia
Carneiro, Pedro; Lokshin, Michael; Ridao-Cano, Cristóbal; … - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009487500
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Returns to skills around the world : evidence from PIAAC
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon; … - In: European economic review : EER 73 (2014), pp. 103-130
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343004
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Career progression, economic downturns, and skills
Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Meghir, Costas; … - 2013
This paper analyses the career progression of skilled and unskilled workers with a focus on how careers are affected by economic downturns and whether formal skills, acquired early on, can shield workers from the effect of recessions. Using detailed administrative data for Germany for numerous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787956
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School grants and education quality : experimental evidence from Senegal
Carneiro, Pedro; Koussihouèdé, Oswald; Lahire, Nathalie; … - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011454174
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Assessing the effect of schooling on earnings using a social experiment
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten - 1999
The impact of compulsory schooling laws as well as the abolition of early selection by ability remain important issues in the educational debate. These issues were the focus of a major education reform in Sweden which was implemented in the 60s. The reform was preceded by a social experiment in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011537552
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Growth, distance to frontier and composition of human capital
Vandenbussche, Jérôme (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002472979
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Education, earnings, and inequality in Brazil, 1982 - 98 : implications for education policy
Blom, Andreas; Holm-Nielsen, Lauritz; Verner, Dorte - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001624816