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A New Model for Equitable and Efficient Resource Allocation to Schools: The Israeli Case

BenDavid-Hadar, Iris; Ziderman, Adrian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper sets out a new budget allocation formula for schools, designed to achieve a more equitable distribution of educational achievement. In addition to needs-based elements, the suggested composite allocation formula includes an improvement component, whereby schools receive budgetary...

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Mindestlohnevaluation jetzt und nicht erst 2020

Arni, Patrick; Eichhorst, Werner; Spermann, Alexander; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

Anhebung der Altersgrenze für Jugendliche auf 21 Jahre und ein Stufenmodell für Jugendliche nach britischem Vorbild. Die …

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The Impact of Adolescent Motherhood on Education in Chile

Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

We analyze the effect of having a child in adolescence on high school completion, educational attainment, and college enrollment in a developing country setting using nine repeated rounds of Chilean household surveys that span the 1990–2009 period. We control for selection bias and household...

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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

In this paper we will briefly review recent trends in employment outcomes for disadvantaged youth, focusing … education and employment outcomes, both among in-school youth who are at risk of dropping out and becoming disconnected as well … as out-of-school youth who have already done so; 2) Policies to increase earnings and incent more labor force …

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What Should Be Done About Rising Unemployment in the OECD?

Bell, David N.F.; Blanchflower, David G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

There is a growing belief that the recession has run its course and that the goods market has started a period of slow, but sustainable, recovery. Improvement in the labor market may take some time, but many believe that unemployment will return to its 2007 level in the medium term. In this...

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Migration Strategies of the Crisis-Stricken Youth in an Enlarged European Union

Kahanec, Martin; Fabo, Brian - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

This paper studies the migration response of the youth from new EU member states to disparate conditions in an enlarged …

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Children and Parents Time Use: Empirical Evidence on Investment in Human Capital in France, Italy and Germany

Cardoso, Ana Rute; Fontainha, Elsa; Monfardini, Chiara - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We analyze a mechanism that has been disregarded in the literature on parental investment in children, as little attention has been devoted to the choices made by children themselves. We model directly time use by youngsters into activities related to the acquisition of human capital,...

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"Might Not Be a Tomorrow": A Multi-Methods Approach to Anticipated Early Death and Youth Crime

Brezina, Timothy; Tekin, Erdal; Topalli, Volkan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

factor to youth crime and violence. Young people who perceive a high probability of early death, it is argued, may have … early death and youth crime, this support remains tentative. Moreover, a number of questions remain regarding the … that link anticipated early death to youth crime. In this paper, we address the limitations of previous studies using a …

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A Profile of the World's Young Developing Country Migrants

McKenzie, David Mckenzie - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

around the world. Youth are found to comprise a large share of all migrants, particularly in migration to other developing … results suggest a high degree of commonality in the youth migrant experience across a number of destination countries. In … particular, developing country youth tend to work in similar occupations all around the world, and are more concentrated in these …

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Raising Juveniles

Bell, Clive; Gersbach, Hans; Schneider, Maik T. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper investigates how families make decisions about the education of juveniles. The decision problem is analyzed in three variations: a 'decentralized' scheme, in which the parents control the purse-strings, but the children dispose of their time as they see fit; a 'hierarchical' scheme,...

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