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vor: (1) Bildungsreform: Das Bildungssystem muss der Bedeutung frühkindlicher Bildung stärker Rechnung tragen als bisher … für Menschen mit geringer Qualifikation wieder lohnenswert, ihren Lebensunterhalt durch Arbeit zu sichern. Workfare ist …
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We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based … be due to differences in levels of education in the respective regions. …
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question, further action is necessary. The IZA concept includes the following elements: (1) Education reform: Early childhood … education must be improved. Social background should no longer determine future career prospects. More independence and … competition between schools and universities would improve the quality of education. Selection of students into different …
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This paper deals with several salient issues about immigrants to the United States and their education. These issues …
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This paper focuses on the effects of vocational training programmes on the duration of unemployment in Eastern Germany. We use information from administrative data of the Federal Employment Office. To allow for observable and possible unobservable influences we apply a multivariate mixed...
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This paper investigates the macroeconomic effects of short term training measures on the matching processes in West Germany. The empirical analysis is based on regional data for local employment office districts for the period from January 2003 to December 2004. The empirical model relies on a...
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identify some of the key determinants of international student mobility among higher education policies. For this purpose we … advanced economies. We then study the effects of various higher education policies on the inflow of international students … using parametric as well as non-parametric statistical methods. We conclude that among higher education policies especially …
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This paper analyzes public provision of internationally applicable and country-specific education, when job … opportunities available to those with internationally applicable education are uncertain. Migration provides a market insurance in … education encourages students to invest more effort when studying. Governments, on the other hand, face an incentive to divert …
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We analyse the effect of active labour-market programmes on the hazard rate into regular employment for newly arrived immigrants using the timing-of-events duration model. We take account of language course participation and progression in destination country language skills. We use rich...
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We estimate the effect of active labour market programmes on the exit rate to regular employment for non-western immigrants in Denmark who receive social assistance. We use the timing-of-events duration model and rich administrative data. We find large positive post-programme effects, and,...
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