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inequality in Greece is strong. Inequities are evident at all levels of the education system; especially as regards access to the … income and influences the probability of poverty. Nevertheless, so far, several links between education and inequality have …In the public discourse, education is usually considered as the main vehicle for the promotion of social equality and …
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to remedy. We also show that cognitive ability is not the only determinant of education, labor market outcomes and …
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This paper presents economic models of child development that capture the essence of recent findings from the empirical literature on skill formation. The goal of this essay is to provide a theoretical framework for interpreting the evidence from a vast empirical literature, for guiding the next...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010275686
This paper presents economic models of child development that capture the essence of recent findings from the empirical literature on skill formation. The goal of this essay is to provide a theoretical framework for interpreting the evidence from a vast empirical literature, for guiding the next...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703306
to remedy. We also show that cognitive ability is not the only determinant of education, labor market outcomes and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822555
This Paper examines the education literature through the lens of sorting. It argues that how individuals sort across … neighborhoods, schools and households (spouses), can have important consequences for the acquisition of human capital and inequality …. It discusses the implications of different education finance systems for sorting and analyses the efficiency and welfare …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123607
The paper studies the optimal education policy of a budget-constrained utilitarian government. Households differ in … information. Households can choose to use private education, but cannot borrow to finance it. The results we obtain are striking …. The optimal education policy is elitist: it increases the spread between the education achievement of the bright and the …
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The changes made to Australian higher education financing in the 1996-97 Budget are arguable the most significant since …
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it has taken place, attention needs to be given to a whole range of issues. These include : scale of higher education …, funding, university/government relations, research, diversity, quality, higher education and vocational education and training …. The reforms that have occurred in the Astralian higher education sector in recent years, and those that are currently …
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The purpose of this paper is to provide an update of the empirical evidence on the private returns to education in … Italy. First, we show that, whilst returns to education in Italy (based on gross wages) are in line with the European … marginal return to the marginal cost of education – we speculate that either marginal costs are steeper in Italy or that a …
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