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This paper analyzes the effects of training quality on the likelihood of treatment completion by estimating dose …-response functions via a generalized propensity score. Results show a statistically positive relationship between training quality and …
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enhances productivity and quality through mechanisms including employees becoming better motivated, more informed and paying …
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quality on educational attainment and returns to education has been particularly significant for the individuals born in … negative on school returns. Better school quality has also had asymmetric effects on the returns to education, positive for … education. Our evidence suggests that better school quality, measured by a lower pupil-teacher ratio, is a technical substitute …
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Recent studies have emphasized the importance of the quality of politicians for good government and consequently … economic performance. But if the quality of leadership matters, then understanding what motivates individuals to become … better quality politicians and improve political performance using exogenous variation in the salaries’ of local legislators …
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We estimate the effect of training quality on earnings using a Peruvian program, which targets disadvantaged youths … training courses is based on public bidding processes that assign standardized scores to multiple proxies for quality. Second … attending high-quality training courses have higher average and marginal treatment impacts. External validity was assessed by …
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This paper reports on a field experiment testing for sunk-cost effects in an education setting. Students signing up for extra-curricular tutorial sessions randomly received a discount on the tuition fee. The sunk-cost effect predicts that students who receive larger discounts will attend fewer...
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In this note we use unique data from Bar-Ilan University, over a period of four years (2005-2008), to estimate simultaneous equations with regard to the relationship between publications and teaching loads. The study shows that students studying for a bachelor's degree are a liability while PhD...
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This paper studies the causal effect of student internship experience on labor market choices and wages later in life. We use variation in the introduction and abolishment of mandatory internships at German universities as an instrument for completing an internship while attending university....
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This paper examines the causal impact of education on within-country migration. A major higher education reform took place in Finland in the 1990s. It gradually transformed former vocational colleges into polytechnics and expanded higher education to all regions. The reform created exogenous...
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Higher education contributes to economic innovation. This study measures and compares the extent to which national governments’ policies foster this contribution across Europe. The study stresses the relevance of policies which are ‘empowering’ for higher education institutions, or in...
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