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Future skill shortages in the U.S. economy?

Neumark, David; Johnson, Hans; Mejia, Marisol Cuellar - In: Economics of Education Review 32 (2013) C, pp. 151-167

education to assess the potential for skill imbalances to emerge. Based on our formal projections, we see little likelihood of …

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Educational attainment of children of immigrants: Evidence from the national longitudinal survey of youth

Siahaan, Freddy; Lee, Daniel Y.; Kalist, David E. - In: Economics of Education Review 38 (2014) C, pp. 1-8

children of immigrants relies on the combination of their foreign-born parents’ strong values on education and the children …

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Am I missing something? The effects of absence from class on student performance

Arulampalam, Wiji; Naylor, Robin A.; Smith, Jeremy - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 4, pp. 363-375

We analyse a rich dataset of Economics students at a UK university to identify causal effects of class absence on student performance, exploiting the random assignment of students and information on students’ class timetables to avoid selection problems. We use panel properties of the data to...

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Every child matters? An evaluation of “Special Educational Needs” programmes in England

Keslair, Francois; Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 6, pp. 932-948

The need for education to help every child has become more important for policy in the US and the UK. Remedial …

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The impact of household possessions on youth's academic achievement in the Ghana Youthsave experiment: A propensity score analysis

Chowa, Gina A.N.; Masa, Rainier D.; Wretman, Christopher J. - In: Economics of Education Review 33 (2013) C, pp. 69-81

Household assets as part of youth's family background have been found to have a significant impact on youth's academic achievement. In this study, the impact of household possessions on youth's academic achievement in the Ghana YouthSave experiment is investigated. Findings support the...

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Effects of welfare reform on vocational education and training

Dave, Dhaval M.; Reichman, Nancy E.; Corman, Hope; Das, … - In: Economics of Education Review 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1399-1415

welfare: vocational education and training. The results suggest that welfare reform reduced enrollment in full-time vocational … education and had no significant effects on part-time vocational education or participation in other types of work … education (including college enrollment), which we replicated in this study, have been offset by increases in vocational …

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