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The Russian Labor Market : Moving from Crisis to Recovery
World Bank - 2013
This report suggests measures to help Russia develop a formal, competitive labor market over the medium term. The study … addresses four major questions: (1) How well has Russia been able to redress the misallocation of labor inherited from its … required in a market economy? (4) How well has Russia been able to reduce explicit protection offered by firms and create an …
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Skills for the 21st century in Latin America and the Caribbean
Aedo, Cristián - 2012
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Vocational schooling, labor market outcomes, and college entry
Chen, Dandan - 2009
"This paper examines the differentiated outcomes of vocational and general secondary academic education, particularly in terms of employment opportunities, labor market earnings, and access to tertiary education in Indonesia. With data from a panel of two waves of the Indonesia Family Life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011394108
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The great proletarian cultural revolution, disruptions to education, and returns to schooling in urban China
Giles, John - 2008
"In determining whether a country's higher education system should be expanded, it is important for policymakers first to determine the extent to which high private returns to post-secondary education are an indication of the scarcity of graduates instead of the high unobserved ability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010521030
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Education Quality and Economic Growth
2007
This book aims to contribute to the World Bank's education agenda by communicating research findings on the impact of education quality on economic growth. Eric Hanushek and Ludger Wößmann show that indeed the quality of education, rather than mere access to education, is what impacts economic...
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Public-private sector wage differentials and returns to education in Djibouti
Anás Casero, Paloma - 2006
"Do public sector workers earn a wage premium in Djibouti and are the returns to education different across the sectors? The authors estimate private and public sector wage earnings using 1996 household survey data, while controlling for selectivity using Heckman's two stage approach. They find...
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Is formal lifelong learning a profitable investment for all of life? : how age, education level, and flexibility of provision affect rates of return to adult education in Colombia
Sohnesen, Thomas Pave - 2005
"Lifelong learning is increasingly being recognized as a primary factor for knowledge diffusion and productivity growth. However, little economic evidence exists on the economic value of lifelong learning for the individual, especially in developing countries. This paper contributes to remedy...
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Estimating the returns to education in Argentina : 1992-2002
Giovagnoli, Paula Ines - 2005
"The authors estimate returns to schooling in urban Argentina for a 10-year period. In addition to comparable earnings functions, they also estimate the returns using quantile regression analysis to detect differences in the returns across the distribution. Over time, men in higher quantiles...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522485
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Rising returns to schooling in Argentina, 1992-2002 : productivity or credentialism?
Savanti, Maria Paula - 2005
"There has not been much change in the premium to primary education, while the returns to secondary education increased, but by less than the premium to university. The returns to incomplete university also increased significantly. There is a signal that there might be credentialism at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010522486
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Schooling and labor market impacts of a natural policy experiment
Sakellariou, Chris N. - 2004
"Patrinos and Sakellariou use a nationally representative household survey to estimate returns to schooling in Venezuela from instrumental variables based on a supply-side intervention in the education market. These estimates apply to a subgroup of liquidity-constrained individuals, in the...
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