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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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An Approach of ICT Oriented Learning Pedagogies for Development of SAARC economies
Ganguly, Chandrima; Pal, Sanjay Kumar - In: Journal of Global Economy 7 (2011) 3, pp. 229-244
radical effect on the transformation of education and training in all sectors demonstrating how pervasive ICT has become with …
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From Parents to Children: Intergenerational Transfers---A Case Study
Kumar, Suchitra S - In: Journal of Global Economy 7 (2011) 3, pp. 205-221
This paper attempts to test whether women systematically get less education than their male siblings and is based on … systematically get less parental investment in their education than their male siblings. Thus, pure human capital models of labour …
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Investigation of Effective Factors on the Process of Corporate Entrepreneurship in Iran
Bayekolaei, Mehran. Mokhtari - In: Journal of Global Economy 7 (2011) 3, pp. 222-236
The study of human life from the beginning of the history of creation to the present suggests that the Entrepreneurial factor plays an important role in the development of societies. In other words, we can say that Entrepreneurship and Entrepreneurs have been active since old times, but they...
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No cohort left behind?
Babcock, Philip; Bedard, Kelly; Schulte, Jennifer - In: Journal of Urban Economics 71 (2012) 3, pp. 347-354
Much of the debate over the allocation of education resources focuses on the alleged benefits of smallness—of classroom …
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What determines adult cognitive skills? : influences of pre-school, school, and post-school experiences in Guatemala
Behrman, Jere R.; Hoddinott, John; Maluccio, John A.; … - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 23 (2014), pp. 1-32
Most empirical investigations of the effects of cognitive skills assume that they are produced by schooling. Drawing on longitudinal data to estimate production functions for adult verbal and nonverbal cognitive skills, we find that: (1) School attainment has a significant and substantial effect...
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Women's role in the Swiss economy
Dutu, Richard - 2014
Swiss women are now as well educated as their male counterparts. However, progress remains to be made in the job market where both the supply and price of female labour are below that of men. While the participation rate for women is high and rising, it is offset by a heavy incidence of...
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Benefitting from globalisation and technological change in Australia
Sila, Urban; Hemmings, Philip J. - 2019
policies; ii) education and skills; to ensure adequate skills for accessing good quality jobs; and iii) urban environments …
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Generating employment, raising incomes and addressing poverty in Greece
Bulman, Tim; Pisu, Mauro - 2018
education system is a long-term mission and involves raising its pedagogical strength and orientation towards professional needs …
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The effect of cash transfers to schools on voluntary contributions
Bando, Rosangela - In: Journal of Economic Behavior & Organization 111 (2015) C, pp. 224-236
School-based management programs aim to improve education outcomes by involving parents in allocation decisions about …
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