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Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may … exceed individual benefits. Research finds that increased average education levels in an area are correlated with higher … earnings, even for locals with relatively little education. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates …
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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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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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policies; ii) education and skills; to ensure adequate skills for accessing good quality jobs; and iii) urban environments …
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education system is a long-term mission and involves raising its pedagogical strength and orientation towards professional needs …
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In direct contrast to conventional wisdom and most economic models of marital age gaps, we present robust evidence that men and women who are married to differently aged spouses are negatively selected. Empirical results show lower cognitive ability, lower educational attainment, lower...
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. However, in the education context, many theories of peer spillovers center around unobservables, such as ability, effort, or …
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School-based management programs aim to improve education outcomes by involving parents in allocation decisions about …
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higher secondary education are found to have the greatest short to medium-term impact on the country's real GDP. Consistently … that secondary and higher secondary education should be emphasized by Bangladesh. …
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-regular workers. Education reforms are also needed to promote inclusive growth, notably by: i) improving the access of low …-income children to high-quality early childhood education and care; ii) reducing reliance on private tutoring, notably at hagwons; and … de l’éducation sont également requises pour promouvoir une croissance inclusive, notamment: i) en améliorant l’accès des …
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