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surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. This paper estimates causal effects of additional education on … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …
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In this paper we investigate whether human capital accumulation, during adolescence, depends on home investments in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) equipment. Using micro-level data, for children aged 17-18 years old, drawn from the Greek part of the European Union Statistics on...
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choose the non-professional education track. Those who might have otherwise pursued higher, professional education may forgo … education since, they will be overqualified in the host country. This will have a long run affect. As time goes on, therefore …
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We examine the phenomenon of forsaken schooling resulting from opportunities abroad. The brain-drain/gain literature takes as its starting point the migration of educated/professional labor from poor origin countries to richer host countries. While high-skilled emigration is troubling, even more...
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-2005. We find that only the HEI graduates obtain a wage premium from skills acquired in the course of formal education. This …
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differences in labour supply responses to tax policy can explain differences in aggregate labour supply and years of education …
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achievements. According to the theoretical framework, the decision to invest in tertiary education is a sequential process made … under gradually decreasing levels of uncertainty on education costs and future returns. Students, applying a learning by … education. Accordingly, they decide whether to continue university studies in order to get a degree or to withdraw. This …
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when the net returns to education expected ex ante are negative. Failure can also be taken as a signal of the real skills … of individuals who do not succeed to gain a higher level of education, The job search approach underlines the role of …
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The Italian economy performs well below the EU average. The reason is a dramatic and persistent low rate of investment, always invoked but never supported by national and supra-national institutions. However, investment to increase the quantity and quality of human capital is key to boost...
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Brain drain BD, human capital h, and inequality's institutional impact is examined in a model where a rent …-shaped function of h, with minimum at 0 < h1 < 1; iii) the likelihood that Q improves with BD falls with international inequality; iv …) the likelihood that Q improves with h falls with domestic inequality; v) the likelihood Q improves with h falls (rises …
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