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Economic Conditions at Birth, Birth Weight, Ability, and the Causal Path to Cardiovascular Mortality
Modin, Bitte; den Berg, Gerard J van - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2013
education and to what extent those mitigate the long-run effects. We use individual records of Swedish birth cohorts from 1915 … direct biological mechanisms. We do not find evidence of indirect pathways through ability or education, and the long …-run effects are not mitigated by education. …
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The Effectiveness of Education and Health Spending among Brazilian Municipalities
Mello, Luiz de; Pisu, Mauro - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
municipalities to estimate the impact of government spending on education and health outcomes. We deal with the multi … of education outcomes, but this is not the case for health, and that spending on non-education programmes are also at … least as important. In addition, there appears to be scope for gains in economies of scale in the provision of education and …
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Is the return to education the same for everybody? : while a four-year college degree is financially beneficial for most people, it is not necessarily the best option for everyone
Webber, Douglas A. - 2014
lives. The return to education varies greatly by institutional quality, discipline, and individual characteristics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011421881
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Chapter 55 Schooling in Developing Countries: The Roles of Supply, Demand and Government Policy
Orazem, Peter F.; King, Elizabeth M. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 4, (pp. 3475-3559). 2007
rates and completed years of schooling. Nevertheless, in many countries substantial education gaps persist between rich and …
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Chapter 9. The GED
Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Mader, Nicholas S. - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 3, (pp. 423-483). 2011
The General Educational Development (GED) credential is issued on the basis of an eight-hour subject-based test. The test claims to establish equivalence between dropouts and traditional high school graduates, opening the door to college and positions in the labor market. In 2008 alone, almost...
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Impact of bilingual education on student achievement : language development programs should focus on quality rather than the language in which instruction is provided
Chin, Aimee - 2015
bilingual education programs (which use some native language instruction) and English-only programs are not significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011430704
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How effective are financial incentives for teachers? : linking teacher pay to student performance has become popular, but evidence on its effectiveness is mixed
Imberman, Scott A. - 2015
Concerns about poor student performance have led schools to diverge from traditional teacher compensation and base a portion of pay on student outcomes. In the US, the number of school districts adopting such performancebased financial incentives has increased by more than 40% since 2004....
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Do firms benefit from apprenticeship investments? : why spending on occupational skills can yield economic returns to employers
Lerman, Robert Irving - 2014
Economists once believed firms do not pay to develop occupational skills that workers could use in other, often competing, firms. Researchers now recognize that most firms benefit from investing in apprenticeship training. Evidence indicates that financial returns to firms vary. Some recoup...
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The effects of vocational education on adult skills and wages : what can we learn from PIAAC?
Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2015
In this report we investigate the effects of vocational education and training (VET) on adult skills and labour market … study the different facets of VET as compared to more academic education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011403045
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On the size of sheepskin effects : a meta-analysis
Mora, Jhon James; Muro, Juan - 2015
The authours use information gathered from 122 studies on the effects of high school diplomas on wages in different countries worldwide to carry out a meta-analysis that shows high school diplomas have a statistically significant effect on wages of nearly 8%. This effect varies whether the...
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