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The Role of Educational Choice in Occupational Gender Segregation: Evidence from Trinidad and Tobago
Sookram, Sandra; Strobl, Eric - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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/10005822406
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Sibling Rivalry in Educational Attainment: The German Case
Bauer, Thomas K.; Gang, Ira N. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2000
Recent studies exploring sibling rivalry in the allocation of household resources in the U.S. produce conflicting results. We contribute to this discussion by addressing the role of sibling rivalry in educational attainment in Germany. Using the German Socioeconomic Panel (GSOEP) we are able to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762418
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The Theory of Differential Overqualification: Does it Work?
Büchel, Felix; Battu, Harminder - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
The theory of differential overqualification, developed by Robert Frank (1978), claims that married women in smaller labor markets have a higher risk of working in jobs for which they are overqualified. This stems from the problem of dual job search for couples which is much more difficult to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761651
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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel
Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761793
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Gender Effects of Education on Economic Development in Turkey
Tansel, Aysit; Güngör, Nil Demet - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Several recent empirical studies have examined the gender effects of education on economic growth or on steady … and the direction of correlation. This paper undertakes a similar study of the gender effects of education using province … examination of the effect of educational gender gap was negative on output. The results are found to be robust to a number of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011279256
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Female Labour Force Participation and Child Education in India: The Effect of the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme
Afridi, Farzana; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop; Sahoo, Soham - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We study the impact of India's National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) on children's educational outcomes via women's labour force participation. Using data from the Young Lives Study and taking advantage of the spatial and temporal variation in the intensity of implementation of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010552948
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Do Trustees and Administrators Matter? Diversifying the Faculty Across Gender Lines
Ehrenberg, Ronald G.; Jakubson, George H.; Martin, … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Our paper focuses on the role that the gender composition of the leaders of American colleges and universities … institutions diversify their faculty across gender lines. We use institutional level panel data that we have collected for a large … administrators play a larger role in faculty hiring decisions. A critical share of female trustees must be reached before the gender …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008497000
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Does Longer Compulsory Education Equalize Schooling by Gender and Rural/Urban Residence?
Kirdar, Murat G.; Dayioglu-Tayfur, Meltem; Koc, Ismet - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
evidence of a narrowing gender gap with the policy. On the contrary, the gender gap in urban areas in post-compulsory schooling …-force participation rate, bring about this widening gender gap. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010739421
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Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes
Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010887064
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Gender Equality in Educational Achievement: An East-West Comparison
Viola, SchnepfSylke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Data on educational access show gender parity of pupils attending primary and secondary schools in transition countries …. The first aim of this analysis is to examine whether the gender balance in educational access translates also into gender … on gender equality in achievement across different sources: the Trends in International Maths and Science Study (TIMSS …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703031