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The literacy hour
Machin, Stephen (contributor); McNally, Sandra (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
In this paper, we evaluate the effect of the literacy hour in English primary schools on pupil attainment. The National Literacy Project (NLP) was undertaken in about 400 English primary schools in 1997 and 1998. We compare the reading and overall English attainment of children in NLP schools as...
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Geographic labour mobility and unemployment insurance in Europe
Tatsiramos, Konstantinos (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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The effect of unemployment insurance on unemployment duration and the subsequent employment stability
Tatsiramos, Konstantinos (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
individual data from the European Community Household Panel, for France, Germany, and the UK. The empirical analysis is based on … France and Germany. The results indicate that in these two countries, which provide more generous benefits relative to the UK …
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The public sector pay gap in France, Great Britain and Italy
Lucifora, Claudio (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Measuring labor market frictions : a cross-country comparison
Ridder, Geert (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Linguistic distance : a quantitative measure of the distance between English and other languages
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
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Parents and children talk : the family dynamics of English language proficiency
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor); Lee, Yew Liang (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
"This paper extends the analysis of the acquisition of destination language proficiency among immigrants by explicitly …) probit analyses are employed. Immigrant English language skills are greater the younger the age at migration, the longer the …
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PISA results : what a difference immigration law makes
Entorf, Horst (contributor); Minoiu, Nicoleta (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001921376
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Children and parents time use : empirical evidence on investment in human capital in France, Italy and Germany
Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2008
countries (France, Italy and Germany) on the link between time allocation by parents and time allocation by youngsters …
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The shape of hiring and separation costs
Kramarz, Francis (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002084632