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The Dynamics of Income-Related Health Inequality Among US Children
Chatterji, Pinka - 2011
income-related child health inequality is family income itself, although other factors, such as maternal education, also play …
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Diabetes and Labor Market Exits : Evidence from the Health & Retirement Study (HRS)
Chatterji, Pinka - 2016
The objective of this paper is to estimate the effect of diabetes on labor market exit using longitudinal data from the 1992-2010 Health and Retirement Study (HRS). We estimate a discrete time hazard model to test whether diabetes affects the hazard of leaving employment among individuals who...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012994089
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The effects of higher education programme characteristics on allocation and performance of the graduates: a European view
Hans, Heijke; Christoph, Meng - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2006
transition from education to the labour market. Using a unique data set on the labour market situation of graduates in nine … European countries, we investigate the significance of five characteristics of the higher education programmes: (1) The … occupations.First, our results reveal in particular the importance of the competence orientation of the education programme …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147021
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Determinants of dropout behaviour in a job training programme for disadvantaged youths
de, Crombrugghe Denis; Henry, Espinoza; Hans, Heijke - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2010
A general conclusion of the youth job training programme (YJTP) evaluationliterature is that these programmes are more effective when completed. Yet,YJTPs suffer from substantial dropout problems. This paper studies the extent ofthe dropout phenomenon and under which circumstances dropout is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011147024
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Schooling Quality in Eastern Europe: Educational Production During Transition
Andreas, Ammermüller; Hans, Heijke; Ludger, Wöszmann - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2003
data for lower secondary education. The results show substantial effects of student background on educational performance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011160614
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Job-training programmes with low completion rates: The case of Projoven-Peru
de, Crombrugghe Denis; Henry, Espinoza; Hans, Heijke - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2010
Projoven is an ongoing Peruvian youth job-training programme started in 1996and conducted in successive waves or ‘public calls’. The programme has twophases of instruction: i) three months of classroom training, followed by ii) threemonths of on-the-job training internship. From 1997 to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011165171