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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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Ova and out: Using twins to estimate the educational returns to attending a selective college
Smith, Jonathan - In: Economics of Education Review 36 (2013) C, pp. 166-180
Research has shown that attending a relatively selective four-year college over a less selective alternative is positively related to bachelor's degree completion. This paper revisits that question with a novel dataset of over 11,000 sets of twins in the United States and information on colleges...
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Economic growth in developing countries: The role of human capital
Hanushek, Eric A. - In: Economics of Education Review 37 (2013) C, pp. 204-212
The focus on human capital as a driver of economic growth for developing countries has led to undue attention on school attainment. Developing countries have made considerable progress in closing the gap with developed countries in terms of school attainment, but recent research has underscored...
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Aid and Universal Primary Education
d’Aiglepierre, Rohen; Wagner, Laurent - In: Economics of Education Review 37 (2013) C, pp. 95-112
Universal Primary Education is one of the main objectives of development aid. However, very little empirical evidence … recent disaggregated reliable data available is used to study the relationship between aid for education and educational … indicate that aid for primary education has a strong positive effect on primary school enrolment, and gender equality. A …
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Disability and returns to education in a developing country
Lamichhane, Kamal; Sawada, Yasuyuki - In: Economics of Education Review 37 (2013) C, pp. 85-94
In this paper, we estimate wage returns to investment in education for persons with disabilities in Nepal, using … returns to education is very high among persons with disabilities, ranging from 19.3 to 25.6%. The coexistence of these high … returns to education and limited years of schooling suggest that supply side constraints in education to accommodate persons …
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