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This paper analyses participation in postgraduate higher education in the UK at the micro-level makes several …
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During periods of strong economic growth, migration is and has always been important for filling gaps in the labour market. On balance, the evidence for the UK labour market suggests that fears about adverse consequences of rising immigration in general and EU immigration in particular have...
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In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources … from Britain. A robust finding is that criminal activity is negatively associated with higher levels of education. However …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the …
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productivity, particularly for matches between masses and bourgeois. At the same time, only country-wide education ("unified … education") or the regionally dominant group can choose to implement schooling in its own region but refuse to share the costs …
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The introduction of performance-related pay with Performance Management in the state school sector of England and Wales represents a considerable change in the school management system. After 2000, all teachers were subject to annual goal setting performance reviews. Experienced teachers were...
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The market is a place where people behave quite relentlessly. If one person is selling a particular commodity at a higher price than others, no one will buy that commodity from him, however virtuous or merciful he is known to be. Of course, the actual world does not always work exactly in this...
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education outcomes. In Colombia, decentralization of education finance improved enrollment rates in public schools. In Bolivia …
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This paper explores the relationship between ethnic diversity and local school funding in Kenyan primary schools. The empirical results paint a picture of pervasive local collective action problems in ethnically diverse Kenyan primary schools. Local ethnic diversity is robustly associated with...
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cited explanations of the gender gap in education in developing countries. This study empirically tests the labour market … functions and selectivity-corrected earnings fluctuations, and calculates the rates of return to education for the two sexes …. Using the Blinder-Oaxaca method, the gross gender difference in earnings is decomposed into the part that is explained by …
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-efficacy differed significantly between boys and girls when youth and gender identities were emphasized but not when stressing personal …
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