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Economic Returns to Education: What We Know, What We Don't Know, and Where We Are Going – Some Brief Pointers
Harmon, Colm P. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
The estimation of the economic return to education has perhaps been one of the predominant areas of analysis in applied economics for over 50 years. In this short note we consider some of the recent directions taken by the literature, and also some of the blockages faced by both science and...
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Adjusted State Teacher Salaries and the Decision to Teach
Rickman, Dan S.; Wang, Hongbo; Winters, John V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Using the 3-year sample of the American Community Survey (ACS) for 2009 to 2011, we compute public school teacher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011265301
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Parental Health and Child Schooling
Bratti, Massimiliano; Mendola, Mariapia - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
the short-run effects of parents’ illness on child school enrollment. Our analysis is based on household panel data from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009216295
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The Effect of Community Traumatic Events on Student Achievement: Evidence from the Beltway Sniper Attacks
Gershenson, Seth; Tekin, Erdal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
teacher and student absences, school closures, and disturbances to usual classroom routines. Similarly, they might also … to the attacks. The main results indicate that the attacks significantly reduced school-level proficiency rates in … grade math proficiency, suggesting that the shootings caused a decline in school proficiency rates of about five to nine …
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Pulls of International Student Mobility
Kahanec, Martin; Králiková, Renáta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Economic theory suggests that high-skilled immigration generally has positive effects on the receiving economy. International student mobility is an important channel through which high-skilled immigrants arrive. The purpose of this paper is to identify some of the key determinants of...
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Demand for Higher Education Programs: The Impact of the Bologna Process
Cardoso, Ana Rute; Portela, Miguel; Sá, Carla; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
The Bologna process aims at creating a European Higher Education Area where intercountry mobility of students and staff, as well as workers holding a degree, is facilitated. While several aspects of the process deserve wide public support, the reduction of the length of the first cycle of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822626
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Timing of College Enrollment and Family Formation Decisions
Humlum, Maria Knoth; Kristoffersen, Jannie H. G.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
The level of progression of an individual's educational or labor market career is a potentially important factor for family formation decisions. We address this issue by considering the effects of a particular college admission system on family formation. We show that the admission system...
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International Capital Market Integration, Educational Choice and Economic Growth
Egger, Hartmut; Egger, Peter; Falkinger, Josef; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005
This paper examines the impact of capital market integration (CMI) on higher education and economic growth. We take into account that participation in higher education is noncompulsory and depends on individual choice. Integration increases (decreases) the incentives to participate in higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761742
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Chancengleichheit und lebenslanges Lernen: Zur Zukunft der Bildung in Deutschland
Ritzen, Jo; Hinte, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
demografisch bedingt rückläufigen Humankapitalressourcen ist eine tatkräftige Bildungspolitik von großer Bedeutung. Sie muss durch …
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Petersberger Erklärung
Zimmermann, Klaus F.; Burda, Michael C.; Konrad, Kai A.; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Vor dem Hintergrund der weltweiten Finanzmarkt- und Wirtschaftskrise fordern prominente Ökonomen zum Kurshalten in der deutschen Wirtschafts- und Arbeitsmarktpolitik auf. Die Experten legen einen Katalog mit Handlungsempfehlungen vor, der unter anderem die Korrektur falscher Erwerbsanreize...
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