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Lags and leads in life satisfaction: a test of the baseline hypothesis

Clark, Andrew E.; Diener, Ed; Georgellis, Yannis; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007

marriage, divorce, widowhood, birth of child, and layoff. However, there is little evidence of adaptation to unemployment. Men …

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Back to baseline in Britain: adaptation in the British household panel survey

Clark, Andrew E.; Georgellis, Yannis - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013

. Adaptation to marriage, divorce, birth of child and widowhood appears to be rapid and complete; this is not so for unemployment …

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School participation in rural India

Dreze, Jean; Gandhi Kingdon, Geeta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999

This paper presents an analysis of the determinant of school participation in rural north India, based on a recent household survey which includes detailed information on school characteristics. School participation especially among girls, responds to a wide range of variables, including...

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The Effect of High School Shootings on Schools and Student Performance

Beland, Louis-Philippe; Kim, Dongwoo - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014

We analyze how fatal shootings in high schools affect schools and students using data from shooting databases, school report cards, and the Common Core of Data. We examine schoolsâ€™ test scores, enrollment, and number of teachers, as well as graduation, attendance, and suspension rates at...

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Labour Market Matters - August 2014

Tran, Vivian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2014

Canadaâ€™s population has been aging steadily for several decades. In 1976, the median age of men in the population was only 27.2 years, but by 2013, had risen to 39.4 years. The trend reflects both an increase in the life expectancy of Canadians at birth and also the impact of the aging...

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Preparing for Success in Canada and the United States: the Determinants of Educational Attainment Among the Children of Immigrants

Hou, Feng; Picot, Garnett - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010

This paper reviews the recent research on the determinants of the educational attainment among the children of …nd and 3rd-and-higher generations (the children of domestic born parents), as well as the intergenerational transmission … of education between immigrants and their children. On average, the children of immigrants have educational levels …

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Labour Market Outcomes and Skills Acquisition of High-School Dropouts

Campolieti, Michele; Fang, Tony; Gunderson, Morley - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009

We utilize an instrumental variable approach to analyse the effect that dropping out of high school has on 17 outcomes pertaining to wages, employment and subsequent skill acquisition for youths. Our analysis is based on the older cohort of the Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) for 2003, an...

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Determinants and Effects of Post-Migration Education Among New Immigrants in Canada

Banerjee, Rupa; Verma, Anil - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009

This study investigates post-migration educational investment among newly arrived immigrants and examines the effect of post-migration education on new immigrantsâ€™ labour market integration, as measured by earnings and occupational status. The results indicate that younger immigrants who...

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Neighbourhood effects in small neighbourhoods

Overman, Henry G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000

This paper uses data on a sample of Australian teenagers to test for neighbourhood effects on school dropout rates. The data allows us to test for neighbourhood effects at two different spatial scales. We find that educational composition of the larger neighbourhood can influence the dropout...

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Social housing, neighborhood quality and student performance

Weinhardt, Felix - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014

Children who grow up in deprived neighborhoods underperform at school and later in life but whether there is a causal …

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