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Optimal higher education enrollment and productivity externalities in a two-sector model
Meier, Volker; Schiopu, Ioana Cosmina - 2012
We investigate externalities in higher education enrollment over the course of development in a two-sector model. Each … stages of development witness underenrollment in higher education, while highly developed economies experience overenrollment. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010283617
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Geographical Origins and Economic Consequences of Language Structures
Galor, Oded; Özak, Ömer; Sarid, Assaf - 2016
This research explores the economic causes and consequences of language structures. It advances the hypothesis and establishes empirically that variations in pre-industrial geographical characteristics that were conducive to higher return to agricultural investment, larger gender gap in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011584853
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Islam and Human Capital in Historical Spain
Cinnirella, Francesco; Naghavi, Alireza; Prarolo, Giovanni - 2020
This paper studies the impact of Muslim rule on human capital development. Using a unique novel dataset containing yearly data on Muslim presence in the period 711-1492 and literacy rate in 1900 for about 7500 municipalities in Spain, we estimate the local impact of the length of Muslim rule in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207988
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The Effects of the 2010 Haiti Earthquake on Children's Nutrition and Education
Dodlova, Marina; Escobar Carias, Michelle; Grimm, Michael - 2023
We assess the impact of the 2010 Haiti earthquake on children's nutrition and education. We combine geo-coded shaking … education. The results are robust to alternative specifications and different measures of exposure to the earthquake. Our … education. Reduced children's health and education will have lasting private and social costs, which could easily exceed the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377479
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The Politics of Public Service Reform: Experimental Evidence from Liberia
Sandholtz, Wayne Aaron; Sandholtz, Wayne - 2023
This paper provides experimental evidence on the electoral effect of a large education reform in a developing democracy …
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Globally Engaged Firms in the COVID-19 Crisis
Constantinescu, Cristina; Fernandes, Ana M.; Poupakis, … - 2022
This paper analyzes the initial impact and recovery of globally engaged firms from the COVID-19 crisis. It uses rich survey data of nearly 65,000 firm-year observations in 45 countries spanning three waves of data collection. The findings are organized in a series of stylized facts, which...
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Contact-Intensity, Collapsing Entertainment Sector and Wage Inequality : A Finite Change Model of COVID-19 Impact
Marjit, Sugata; Das, Gouranga - 2021
In a general equilibrium model with online, entertainment and informal sectors employing skill, unskilled, and capital, we show that Covid-19 could cause polarization pushing contact-intensive entertainment industry on the brink of collapse while other two survive. Dual roles of factor-intensity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013211122
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Time Preferences, Study Effort, and Academic Performance
Non, Arjan; Tempelaar, Dirk - 2015
We analyze the relation between time preferences, study effort, and academic performance among first-year business and economics students. Time preferences are measured by stated preferences for an immediate payment over larger delayed payments. Data on study efforts are derived from an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388209
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The Return to College: Selection Bias and Dropout Risk
Hendricks, Lutz; Leukhina, Oksana - 2014
This paper estimates the effect of graduating from college on lifetime earnings. Motivated by the fact that nearly half of all college students fail to earn a bachelor’s degree, we study a model of risky college completion. The central idea is that students drop out of college mainly because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352440
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Education, Political Discontent, and Emigration Intentions: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Turkey
Gevrek, Z. Eylem; Kunt, Pinar; Ursprung, Heinrich - 2019
effect of education on emigration intentions. Our IV estimates indicate that an additional year of schooling increases the … effect of education on emigration intentions does not operate through financial dissatisfaction but rather through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012052816