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Parental influences, particularly parents' occupations, may influence individuals' entry into the teaching profession. Importantly, this mechanism may explain the relatively static demographic composition of the teaching force over time. We assess the role of parental influences on occupational...
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schools, finding that exposed students were more likely to become teachers by 0.6 percentage points (pp), or 47%. Effects are …
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. One option to achieve this goal is widening access to college education to non-traditional students, such as those …-traditional students can expect after enrolling in college rather than continuing with a vocational training-based career. Relying on the … Deutschland auszahlt, mit einer beruflichen Qualifikation ein Studium aufzunehmen im Vergleich zu Personen, die ihre …
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This study investigates the determinants and motives of professionals who change career to vocational teaching. The framework for this study is the Swiss vocational education system, which requires that teachers of vocational subjects must have a prior career in that specific field. Thus, to...
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This study investigates the determinants and motives of professionals who change career to vocational teaching. The framework for this study is the Swiss vocational education system, which requires that teachers of vocational subjects must have a prior career in that specific field. Thus, to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009309464
students in North Carolina I estimate teacher effects on primary school student absences in a value-added framework. The …
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Parental influences, particularly parents' occupations, may influence individuals' entry into the teaching profession. Importantly, this mechanism may explain the relatively static demographic composition of the teaching force over time. We assess the role of parental influences on occupational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005902
This paper analyses the effects of labour market expectations and admission probabilities on students' application … strategies to higher education. The starting hypothesis of this study is that students consider the expected utility of their … Hungarian secondary school students, three aspects of application decisions are investigated: the number of applications; the …
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Children tend to choose the same occupations as their parents. We examine the implications of this tendency for talent allocation and intergenerational mobility. Using Swedish data on skills and personality traits, we estimate a general equilibrium Roy model with unequal occupational access...
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This paper examines how college students in the United States altered their college major decisions during the energy …
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