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Interpreting sheepskin effects of investment in schooling

Shabbir, Tayyeb; Ashraf, Javed - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 5 (2011) 2, pp. 202-215

In the last few years, significant amount of research has produced evidence in support of the signaling, credential or "sheepskin" effects in rates of return to schooling for studies of the developed as well as developing countries. An example of the former is the seminal empirical work by...

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Costs of globalization

Kayani, Farrukh Nawaz; Zhongxiu, Zhao; Shah, M. Tahir Ali; … - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 6 (2012) 2, pp. 372-381

Globalization has both costs and benefits. In this paper we would focus upon one of the damages of globalization to China. It is said that inward FDI replaces local domestic capabilities in import-substitution countries. In the case of China the Chinese domestic industries are lacking...

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How Learning a Musical Instrument Affects the Development of Skills

Hille, Adrian; Schupp, Jürgen - In: Economics of Education Review 44 (2015), pp. 56-82

into playing music, we take into account detailed information on the child and its parents, which may determine both the …

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Affirmative action and university fit: Evidence from Proposition 209

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban; Coate, Patrick; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-29

better at graduating more-prepared students while other institutions are better at graduating less-prepared students and that … 209 led to a more efficient sorting of minority students, explaining 18% of the graduation rate increase in our preferred … specification. Further, there appears to have been behavioral responses to Prop 209, by universities and/or students, that explain …

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Labour market returns to higher education in Vietnam

Doan, Tinh; Stevens, Philip - In: Economics: The Open-Access, Open-Assessment E-Journal 5 (2011) 2011-12, pp. 1-21

estimates reveal that income premium of four-year university education is about 97 percent above that of high school education …

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Positive and negative impact of increased tertiary attainment

Bušíková, Alena - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 41-57

The theory of human capital clearly states that the investments into the education bring many benefits and are worth the cost. The OECD Education at a Glance analysis provides support for both public and private investing in tertiary education as the net present value is positive for all...

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Tracing the gender wage gap: Income differences between male and female university graduates in Germany

Reimer, David; Schröder, Jette - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 39 (2006) 2, pp. 235-253

used for the empirical analysis. The sample is homogenous with respect to the measures normally used in income analyses …

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Short-term and long-term benefits as determinants of the training behaviour of companies

Walden, Günter - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 40 (2007) 2/3, pp. 169-191

This paper adopts an economic perspective for an investigation of the correlation between cost-benefit aspects and company decisions regarding training. A differentiation is drawn between the basic decision about whether a company should provide its own training and the stipulation of the number...

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A double hurdle approach for company further training behaviour and an empirical test of this using data from the IAB establishment panel

Neubäumer, Renate; Kohaut, Susanne - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 40 (2007) 2/3, pp. 251-269

In this paper the further training behaviour of firms is explained using a double hurdle approach: the first hurdle is that the further training of employees is worthwhile for the firms in general, the second hurdle is that demand for further training arises. The empirical test is conducted...

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The puzzle of non-participation in continuing training: an empirical study of chronic vs. temporary non-participation

Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Mure, Johannes; Tuor, Simone N. - In: Zeitschrift für ArbeitsmarktForschung - Journal for … 40 (2007) 2/3, pp. 295-311

Although participation in continuing vocational training is often found to be associated with considerable individual benefits, a puzzlingly large number of people still do not take part in training. In order to solve the puzzle we distinguish between temporary and chronic non-participants....

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