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Post-secondary education and information on labor market prospects : a randomized field experiment

Pekkala Kerr, Sari; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Sarvimäki, Matti; … - 2015

We examine the impact of an information intervention offered to 97 randomly chosen high schools in Finland. Graduating students in treatment schools were surveyed and given information on the labor market prospects associated with detailed post-secondary programs. A third of the students report...

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The evolution of social mobility : Norway over the 20th century

Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sarvimäki, Matti - 2016

This paper documents trends in social mobility in Norway starting from fathers born at the turn of the 20th century and ending with sons born in the 1970s. We measure social mobility with intergenerational income elasticities, associations between fathers' and sons' income percentiles, and...

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The making of social democracy: the economic and electoral consequences of Norway’s 1936 folk school reform

Acemoglu, Daron; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Salvanes, Kjell G.; … - 2021

by the reform significantly increased their education and experienced higher labor income. Our main result is that the …. These results are not driven by the direct impact of education and are not explained by higher turnout, or greater attention …

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The timing of puberty and gender differences in educational achievement

Koerselman, Kristian; Pekkarinen, Tuomas - 2017

In this paper, we study the effect of the timing of puberty on educational achievement and examine to what extent the gender differences in the timing of puberty can explain gender differences in achievement. We use British cohort data that combine information on pubertal development with test...

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Lost boys : access to secondary education and crime

Huttunen, Kristiina; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Uusitalo, Roope; … - 2019

We study the effect of post-compulsory education on crime by exploiting a regression discontinuity design generated by …

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The impact of internship experience during secondary education on schooling and labour market outcomes

Neyt, Brecht; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2019

The literature on workplace learning in secondary education has mainly focussed on vocational education programmes. In … this study, we examine the impact of internship experience in secondary education on a student's schooling and early labour … sequential outcomes by means of a dynamic discrete choice model. In line with the literature on vocational education programmes …

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Student work, educational achievement, and later employment : a dynamic approach

Baert, Stijn; Neyt, Brecht; Omey, Eddy; Verhaest, Dieter - 2017

education on later employment outcomes. To this end, we jointly model student work and later schooling and employment outcomes …. Using unique longitudinal Belgian data, we find that pupils who work during the summer holidays of secondary education are … education enrolment. …

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The impact of dual apprenticeship : programs on early labour market outcomes : a dynamic approach

Neyt, Brecht; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2018

This study examines the impact of enrolling into dual apprenticeship programs in secondary education on six early … education framework – the effects of two distinct types of dual programs that combine part-time school- or training centre …

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Does student work really affect educational outcomes? : a review of the literature

Neyt, Brecht; Omey, Eddy; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2017

We review the theories put forward, methodological approaches used, and empirical conclusions found in the multidisciplinary literature on the relationship between student employment and educational outcomes. A systematic comparison of the empirical work yields new insights that go beyond the...

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