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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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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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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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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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Matching in closed-form : equilibrium, identification, and comparative statics
Bojilov, Raicho; Galichon, Alfred - In: Economic theory : official journal of the Society for … 61 (2016) 4, pp. 587-609
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On the empirical content of the Beckerian marriage model
Cao, Jianfei; Shi, Xiaoxia; Shum, Matthew - In: Economic theory : official journal of the Society for … 67 (2019) 2, pp. 349-362
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The effect of meeting rates on matching outcomes
Jaffe, Sonia; Weber, Simon - In: Economic theory : official journal of the Society for … 67 (2019) 2, pp. 363-378
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A marriage matching function with flexible spillover and substitution patterns
Mourifié, Ismael - In: Economic theory : official journal of the Society for … 67 (2019) 2, pp. 421-461
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Immigration and the school system
Albornoz, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio; Hauk, Esther - In: Economic theory : official journal of the Society for … 65 (2018) 4, pp. 855-890
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