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Labour market mismatch among UK graduates : an analysis using REFLEX data

McGuinness, Séamus; Sloane, Peter J. - 2009

There is much disagreement in the literature over the extent to which graduates are mismatched in the labour market and the reasons for this. In this paper we utilise the Flexible Professional in the Knowledge Society (REFLEX) data set to cast light on these issues, based on data for UK...

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The problem of overskilling in Australia and Britain

Mavromaras, Kostas G.; McGuinness, Séamus; O'Leary, Nigel - 2007

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Is universal child care leveling the playing field?

Havnes, Tarjei; Mogstad, Magne - 2012

, and that children of low income parents seem to be the primary beneficiaries of subsidized child care. These findings are … quantile treatment effects, showing how the child care expansion affected the earnings distribution of exposed children as … adults. We complement these estimates with local linear regressions of the child care effects by family income. Our findings …

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The Effect of Measured School Inputs on Academic Achievement : Evidence from the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s Birth Cohorts

Loeb, Susanna - 1995

The study presented here uses data from the NORC General Social Surveys to explore the effects of measurable school characteristics on student achievement. What separates this study from many others is the use of aggregate data on older cohorts, usually associated with research on the influence...

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Inference for Ranks with Applications to Mobility across Neighborhoods and Academic Achievement across Countries

Mogstad, Magne - 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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A Second Chance? Labor Market Returns to Adult Education Using School Reforms

Bennett, Patrick - 2020

Roughly one third of a cohort drop out of high school across OECD countries, and developing effective tools to address prime-aged high school dropouts is a key policy question. We leverage high quality Norwegian register data, and for identification we exploit reforms enabling access to high...

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Life Cycle Earnings, Education Premiums and Internal Rates of Return

Bhuller, Manudeep - 2014

internal rate of return of around 10 percent, after taking into account income taxes and earnings-related pension entitlements …

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Life Cycle Earnings, Education Premiums and Internal Rates of Return

Bhuller, Manudeep - 2014

internal rate of return of around 10 percent, after taking into account income taxes and earnings-related pension entitlements …

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The Role of Teacher Quality in Retention and Hiring : Using Applications-to-Transfer to Uncover Preferences of Teachers and Schools

Boyd, Donald - 2010

are able to make good decisions about whom to hire, these reforms have the potential to benefit schools and students … (certification exam scores; college competitiveness) are more likely to apply for transfer, while teachers whose students demonstrate …

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How large are returns to schooling? Hint : Money isn't everything

Oreopoulos, Philip - 2009

improves trust and social interaction, and may offer substantial consumption value to some students. We discuss various …

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