This study examines the extent, duration and timing of employment breaks amongst a large representative sample of …, unique in Israel, which was derived from a linkage of 1995 Population Census data with monthly employment records of the …, breakdowns are provided by ethnic origin, marital status, age and education level. While most of the results are both expected …

emerge. First, minor differences in education technologies, preferences, or wealth, can lead to a high degree of … inequality in education and income more persistent across generations. Whether the same is true of inequality in total wealth … richer communities; thus average academic performance and income growth both fall. Yet it may still be possible for education …

and general education, with a superior social status attached to general. The resulting dynamic political equilibrium is … best summarized by the ratio of vocational to general education, which we interpret as a measure of the degree of … vocational education at the expense of general. …

vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher … wages. In some countries where labour markets are characterized by employment growth, skill shortages and a good match … case in point. Little attention has been given to examining the success of vocational education in raising the wages of …

differences in labour supply responses to tax policy can explain differences in aggregate labour supply and years of education …