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Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...

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Connecting the Disconnected: Improving Education and Employment Outcomes Among Disadvantaged Youth

Edelman, Peter B.; Holzer, Harry J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

education and employment outcomes, both among in-school youth who are at risk of dropping out and becoming disconnected as well …

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Raising Job Quality and Worker Skills in the US: Creating More Effective Education and Workforce Development Systems in States

Holzer, Harry J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

education and workforce development systems, focusing primarily (though not exclusively) on disadvantaged youth and adults, and … with education and training more clearly targeted towards firms and sectors providing good-paying jobs. This paper proposes … employers in key industries, education providers, workforce agencies and intermediaries at the state level, plus a range of …

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Do a Few Months of Compulsory Schooling Matter? The Education and Labour Market Impact of School Leaving Rules

Del Bono, Emilia; Galindo-Rueda, Fernando - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

students compelled to stay on in education as a result of this compulsory school leaving rule attain higher qualification …

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Graduate Employment in the UK: An Application of the Gottschalk-Hansen Model

Grazier, Suzanne; O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

supply of graduates, the literature on over-education suggests that many graduates are unable to find employment in graduate …

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Do School-to-Work Programs Help the "Forgotten Half"?

Neumark, David; Rothstein, Donna - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

-secondary education, and coop, school enterprise, and internship/apprenticeship programs boost employment and decrease idleness after …

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Inequality of Learning amongst Immigrant Children in Industrialised Countries

Schnepf, Sylke V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Literature examining immigrants’ educational disadvantage across countries focuses generally on average differences in educational outcomes between immigrants and natives disguising thereby that immigrants are a highly heterogeneous group. The aim of this paper is to examine educational...

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Inequality of Learning in Industrialised Countries

Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

Within-country differences in educational outcomes are compared for a large group of industrialised countries. We investigate where inequality is greatest, the association between inequality in learning and average levels of learning, the interpretation of measured levels of inequality, and...

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Investment in Human Capital during Incarceration and Employment Prospects of Prisoners

Giles, Margaret; Le, Anh Tram - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

management of prisoners has changed, with more prisoners being encouraged to undertake some form of education, training and … 2003 Survey of Prisoners in Western Australia, the decision of prisoners to invest in education/training during their … prison term and the potential labour market outcomes of this investment. The results suggest that prisoners use education …

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Educational Achievement in English-Speaking Countries: Do Different Surveys Tell the Same Story?

Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004

International surveys of educational achievement are typically analysed in isolation from each other with no indication as to whether new results confirm or contradict those from earlier surveys. The paper pulls together results from four surveys to compare average levels of achievement,...

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