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The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement … education level between census data and observations constructed from enrolment data. We discuss a methodology for correcting …
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market. At the same time, education is a time-consuming process, and enrolment and dropout decisions depend on expected … in finding a job. Standard models of job search and education assume that skills can be upgraded instantaneously (and … mostly in the form of on-the-job training) at a fixed cost. This paper models education as a time-consuming process, a …
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public goods. We examine how health insurance coverage affects the education of students with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD … little change in ASD identification, the mandate crowds-out special education supports for students with ASD by shifting …
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on education. Afterwards, I analyze how prioritarians would allocate resources in a dynamic model of skill formation and …
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We study the long-term effects of a randomized intervention targeting children's socio-emotional skills. The classroom-based intervention for primary school children has positive impacts that persist for over a decade. Treated children become more likely to complete academic high school and...
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This paper examines the labor-market returns to a new form of postsecondary vocational education, vocational master …
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Some countries, notably those which have long had a weak history of vocational education like the UK and the US, have … recently seen a rapid expansion of hybrid schools which provide both general and vocational education. England introduced …
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Workers acquire skills through formal schooling, through training provided by governments, and through training provided by firms. This chapter reviews, synthesizes, and augments the literature on the last of these, which has languished in recent years despite the sizable contribution of firm...
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Switzerland. Using a novel dataset that links official census data on adult education to longitudinal register data on labor … risk of unemployment two years after the treatment. However, the effects are heterogeneous as to gender, age, education …, and regional labor market context. The gains are highest for middle-aged men with formal vocational education working in …
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We study the relation between the off-shoring of intermediates and services and productivity growth in the Italian manufacturing industries in 1995-2003. Our results indicate that the off-shoring of intermediates within the same industry ("narrow off-shoring") is beneficial for productivity...
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