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Youth Employment and Academic Performance in High School
Eckstein, Zvi; Wolpin, Kenneth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
wages for part-time and full-time employment that depend also on some inherent skill ‘endowment’ and labour market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656445
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Which club should I attend, Dad?: Targeted socialization and production
Albornoz-Crespo, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio; Hauk, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We study a model that integrates productive and socialization efforts with network choice and parental investments. We characterize the unique symmetric equilibrium of this game. We first show that individuals underinvest in productive and social effort, but that solving only the investment...
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Early Maternal Time Investment and Early Child Outcomes
del Bono, Emilia; Francesconi, Marco - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
Using large longitudinal survey data from the UK Millennium Cohort Study, this paper estimates the eect of maternal time inputs on early child development. We nd that maternal time is a quantitatively important determinant of skill formation and that its eect declines with child age. There is...
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Human Capital and Ethnic Self-Identification of Migrants
Constant, Amelie; Gataullina, Liliya; Zimmermann, Klaus F; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
The paper investigates the role of human capital for migrants' ethnic ties towards their home and host countries. Pre-migration characteristics dominate ethnic self-identification. Human capital acquired in the host country does not affect the attachment to the receiving country.
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Can Vocational Education Improve the Wages of Minorities and Disadvantaged Groups? The Case of Israel
Neuman, Shoshana; Ziderman, Adrian - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
wages. In some countries where labour markets are characterized by employment growth, skill shortages and a good match …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123991
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Language Proficiency and Labour Market Performance of Immigrants in the UK
Dustmann, Christian; Fabbri, Francesca - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
proficiency, and the effect of language on earnings and employment probabilities of non-white immigrants. Our results show that … language acquisition, employment probabilities, as well as earnings differ widely across non-white immigrants, according to … their ethnic origin. Language has a strong and positive effect on employment probabilities. Furthermore, lack of English …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124481
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The Dynamics of the Racial Test Score Gap During the School Years in Britain
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
We investigate the racial gap in test scores between white and non-white students in Britain both in levels and differences across the school years. We find that there is a substantial racial gap in test scores, especially between ages 7 and 11, and a less severe one between ages 11 and 16. It...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504336
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Unexplained Gaps and Oaxaca-Blinder Decompositions
Elder, Todd E.; Goddeeris, John H.; Haider, Steven J. - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
We analyze four methods to measure unexplained gaps in mean outcomes: three decompositions based on the seminal work of Oaxaca (1973) and Blinder (1973) and an approach involving a seemingly naïve regression that includes a group indicator variable. Our analysis yields two principal findings....
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The Economic Performance of Germany's East European Immigrants
Schmidt, Christoph M - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1994
display lower levels of education, lower rates of self-employment and higher unemployment rates than natives and immigrants …
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Estimating Labour Market Discrimination with Selectivity Corrected Wage Equations: Methodological Considerations and an Illustration from Israel
Neuman, Shoshana; Oaxaca, Ronald L - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1998
This paper presents a modified and improved methodology for the decomposition of wage differentials between two groups of workers into an endowment component and a discrimination component. The standard decomposition technique does not take into account different probabilities of entering the...
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