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The Quest for More and More Education: Implications for Social Mobility
Lindley, Joanne; Machin, Stephen - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
In this paper, we discuss the quest for more and more education and its implications for social mobility. We document very rapid educational upgrading in Britain over the last thirty years or so and show that this rise has featured faster increases in education acquisition by people from...
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Inequality of Opportunity, Income Inequality and Economic Mobility: Some International Comparisons
Brunori, Paolo; Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Peragine, Vito - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
, methodological differences have so far prevented meaningful international comparisons. This paper presents a comparison of ex …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011252279
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PISA Results: What a Difference Immigration Law Makes
Entorf, Horst; Minoiu, Nicoleta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
The purpose of this article is to evaluate the importance of social class, migration background and command of national languages for the PISA school performance of teenagers living in European countries (France, Finland, Germany, United Kingdom, and Sweden) and traditional countries of...
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Parental Investment and the Intergenerational Transmission of Economic Preferences and Attitudes
Zumbühl, Maria; Dohmen, Thomas; Pfann, Gerard A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We study empirically whether there is scope for parents to shape the economic preferences and attitudes of their children through purposeful investments. We exploit information on the risk and trust attitudes of parents and their children, as well as rich information about parental efforts in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010676290
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Education, Social Mobility and Religious Movements: A Theory of the Islamic Revival in Egypt
Binzel, Christine; Carvalho, Jean-Paul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper examines the economic origins of the Islamic revival that took place in Egypt in the 1970-80s, and in Muslim societies more generally. We provide the first systematic evidence of a decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt. Developing a behavioral model of religion, we...
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Social Mobility and the Importance of Networks: Evidence for Britain
Marcenaro Gutierrez, Oscar; Micklewright, John; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Greater levels of social mobility are widely seen as desirable on grounds of both equity and efficiency. Debate on social mobility in Britain and elsewhere has recently focused on specific factors that might hinder social mobility, including the role of internships and similar employment...
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Social Mobility: Is There an Advantage in Being English in Scotland?
van Ham, Maarten; Findlay, Allan; Manley, David; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper seeks to unpick the complex effects of migration, country of birth, and place of residence in Scotland on individual success in the labour market. We pay specific attention to the labour force experience of English-born residents in Scotland, whom the cross sectional literature...
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The Intergenerational Transmission of Risk and Trust Attitudes
Dohmen, Thomas; Falk, Armin; Huffman, David; Sunde, Uwe - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
We investigate whether two crucial determinants of economic decision making – willingness to take risks and willingness to trust other people – are transmitted from parents to children. Our evidence is based on survey questions that ask about these attitudes directly, and are good measures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005762390
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Showing Off to the New Neighbors? Income, Socioeconomic Status and Consumption Patterns of Internal Migrants
Danzer, Alexander M.; Dietz, Barbara; Gatskova, Ksenia; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper analyses incomes and socioeconomic status of internal migrants over time and in comparison to their new … premium for their move. In a comparison to indigenous city dwellers their earnings and household incomes are not significantly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240235
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Industrialization Lessons from BRICS: A Comparative Analysis
Naudé, Wim; Szirmai, Adam; Lavopa, Alejandro - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS). We contribute to addressing this gap by exploring the patterns of … de-industrialization (Brazil, Russia and South Africa). China is the only country where an expanding manufacturing sector … China and the other BRICS. These differences are down to differences in industrial policy: in China industrial policy …
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