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economic success goes both ways. Using data on the study of foreign languages during compulsory education in European countries …
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gap in labour force participation. We highlight the role of two factors – international migration and education – on the … education and migration have a significant association with the gender gap in labour force participation in Tajikistan … participation by men domestically; increased female education, especially at the university and vocational level, increases female …
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We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to …
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enrolled in schools. When it comes to those aged 20 or over, the proportion undergoing education is higher among women but a …
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Following a seminal contribution by Borjas (1987), a large literature has analyzed how income distribution and redistribution are related to immigration to various rich countries. In this paper, we take a look at the other side of the coin. We analyze emigration from Denmark, which is one of the...
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difference in favor of father´s education over mother's education. …
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In this paper, we focus on the use of remittances to school children remaining in migrant communities in Haiti. After addressing the endogeneity of remittance receipt, we find that remittances raise school attendance for all children in some communities regardless of whether they have household...
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are estimated to control for the endogeneity of education and migrant network variables. Correlation of unobservables … across migration and education decisions as well as within groups of individuals such as the family are explicitly controlled …
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We investigate the effect of studying abroad on international labor market mobility later in life for university graduates. As a source of identifying variation, we exploit the introduction and expansion of the European ERASMUS student exchange program, which significantly increases a...
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's education system, which is characterized by sources of school funding, the average expenditure per pupil, and the type of … are considered: (1) greater congestion in public schools; (2) a lower average tax base for education funding; (3) reduced … wages for low-skilled workers and so more dependence by low-skilled locals on public education; (4) a greater skill premium …
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