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The Role of Educational Choice in Occupational Gender Segregation : Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago
Sookram, Sandra; Strobl, Eric - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
period in which educational policies intent on equating gender opportunities in education were implemented. To this end we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859602
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Revisiting the Complementarity between Educationand Training: The Role of Personality, Working Tasksand Firm Effects
Görlitz, Katja; Tamm, Marcus - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2012
This paper addresses the question to which extent the complementarity between educationand training can be attributed to differences in observable characteristics, i.e. to individual,job and firm specific characteristics. The novelty of this paper is to analyze previouslyunconsidered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009486878
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Incentives and Services for College Achievement:Evidence from a Randomized Trial
Angrist, Joshua David; Lang, Daniel; Oreopoulos, Phillip - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
Many North American college students have trouble satisfying degree requirements in atimely manner. This paper reports on a randomized field experiment involving two strategiesdesigned to improve academic performance among entering full-time undergraduates at alarge Canadian university. One...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861520
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Occupational Segregation and the Gender Wage Gap in Private- and Public-Sector Employment : A Distributional Analysis
Baron, Juan; Cobb-Clark, Deborah - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
We use HILDA data from 2001 - 2006 to analyse the source of the gender wage gap across public- and private-sector wage … distributions in Australia. We are particularly interested in the role of gender segregation within sector-specific occupations in … explaining relative wages. We find that, irrespective of labour market sector, the gender wage gap among low-paid, Australian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859579
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Occupational Gender Composition and Wages inRomania: From Planned Equality to Market Inequality?
Andrén, Daniela; Andrén, Thomas - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
In Romania, the communist regime promoted an official policy of gender equality for morethan 40 years, providing equal … access to education and employment, and restricting paydifferentiation based on gender. After its fall in December 1989, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861423
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Pennies from Heaven? Using Exogeneous Tax Variation to Identify Effects of School Resources on Pupil Achievements
Haegeland, Torbjørn; Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
Despite important policy implications associated with the allocation of education resources, evidence on the effectiveness of school inputs remains inconclusive. In part, this is due to endogenous allocation; families sort themselves non-randomly into school districts and school districts...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859580
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Admission Conditions and Graduates' Employability
Alexandre, Fernando; Portela, Miguel; Sá, Carla - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
We evaluate the information content of admission conditions for study programs quality by investigating its relationship with graduates employability. We find that study programs with larger numeri clausi are associated with a higher probability of finding a job. Additionally, compulsory...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859627
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The Contribution of Vocational Training to Employment, Job-Related Skills and Productivity : Evidence from Madeira Island
Budria, Santiago; Pereira, Pedro T. - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2008
the completion of the training program) depends on relevant variables, such as age, gender, education and the content and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005859736
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Why Are Hispanic and African-AmericanDropout Rates So High?
Lofstrom, Magnus - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
The proportion of students who do not graduate from high school is dramatically higheramong the two largest minority groups, Hispanics and African-Americans, compared to non-Hispanic whites...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005860484
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Migrant Networks, Migrant Selection,and High School Graduation in Mexico
Miranda, Alfonso - Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2007
This paper examines whether family and community migration experience affect theprobability of high school graduation in Mexico once unobserved heterogeneity is accountedfor. Bivariate random effects dynamic probit models for cluster data are estimated to controlfor the endogeneity of education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005861188