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A selection analysis on education returns in China

Kang, Lili; Peng, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011

This paper estimates the economic returns to education in China from 1989 to 2009, using the China Health and Nutrition Survey (CHNS) dataset. We find that education returns for one additional year generally increase from 2.6% in 1989 to 7.9% in 2009. Education returns, however, may reflect...

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Peer Group Effects on the Academic Performance of Italian Students

De Paola, Maria; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

We analyse peer effects among students of a middle-sized Italian public university. We explain students’ average grade in exams passed during their Second Level Degree course on the basis of their pre-determined measures of abilities, personal characteristics and peer group abilities. Thanks...

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The Use of Informal Networks in Italy: Efficiency or Favoritism?

Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

A large body of literature considers the advantages of using informal networks to match workers to jobs. However, family ties may interfere with a genuine process of worker selection, favoring people with connections over more talented workers. We offer a simple model of favoritism to explain...

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Effects of Class Size on Achievement of College Students

De Paola, Maria; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

In this paper we investigate the effects of class size on the achievements of a sample of college students enrolled at a middle-sized Italian public university. To estimate the effects of class size we exploit the exogenous variations in class size determined by a maximum class size rule...

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The Use of Informal Networks in Italian Labor Markets: Efficiency or Favoritisms?

Ponzo, Michela; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

employment as an efficient mechanism to match workers to jobs. However, evidence in Italy shows that informal networks tend to be … behavior are widespread and in jobs paying a wage rent. We offer a stripped-down model of nepotism to explain theoretically …

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Training, education and productivity

Carmichael, Fiona; Ercolani, Marco; Kang, Lili; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

This paper investigates the impact of training and education on productivity, in particular linking to a literature that emphasizes the need to reorganise production following adoption of ICT. The paper examines training at the total economy level and variation across industries, focusing...

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New measures of workforce skills in the EU

Kang, Lili; O'Mahony, Mary; Peng, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012

This paper presents new data series designed to yield a more complete picture of the growth in average skill levels embedded in the EU workforce, comparing with competitor countries such as the US and China. Harmonised data from EU surveys are employed to extend coverage in existing databases to...

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Market Mechanism and Skill Premiums in the UK 1972-2002

Peng, Fei; Kang, Lili - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper examines the effect of shifts in the relative supply and demand of skills on the skill premiums and wage …

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Economic Reform and Productivity Convergence in China

Kang, Lili; Peng, Fei - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper examines effects of the formation of physical and human capital on the growth of labour productivity, Total Factor Productivity (TFP) and wages in China, incorporating the market reform factors such as ownership shifts, population policy, openness and fiscal expenditures on education....

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Cyclical changes in the wage structure of the United Kingdom: a historical review of the GHS 1972-2002

Peng, Fei; Kang, Lili - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013

This paper aims to investigate the cyclical changes in the wage structure of the United Kingdom over the period 1972 …-2002 using the General Household Survey (GHS). Wage structure of the UK shows a cyclical pattern, which may be from the different … wage cyclicality of the top, middle and bottom percentile groups. Higher educated male workers have experienced a faster …

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