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Training and individual performance in Europe: evidence from microeconometric studies
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2000
Learning at school and university and also at the work place has become more important in the knowledge-based economy. This paper provides a critical review of recent econometric work on the determinants and impacts of training in Europe. Training has non negligible positive effects for firms...
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Government expenditure in the DINA framework : allocation methods and consequences for post-tax income inequality
Riedel, Lukas; Stichnoth, Holger - 2022
Constructing measures of post-tax income inequality that are consistent with national accounts requires the allocation of the entirety of government expenditure to individuals. About half of government expenditure in the United States takes the form of in-kind collective expenditure (e.g.,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012816827
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The market value of public education
Soares, Sergei - 2018
This article estimates the market value of public education by comparing standardized test scores of students in public and private schools. The idea is to assign to the education of each public school student a market value equivalent to the tuition paid by private school students with similar...
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The role of educational quality and quantity in the process of economic development
Castelló-Climent, Amparo; Hidalgo-Cabrillana, Ana - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009373100
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Mass education or a minority well educated elite in the process of development : the case of India
Castelló-Climent, Amparo; Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009373107
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Universal pre-school education : the case of public funding with private provision
Blanden, Joanne; Del Bono, Emilia; McNally, Sandra; … - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011296910
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Suspicious success : cheating, inequality acceptance, and political preferences
Klimm, Felix - 2018
Supporters of left-wing parties typically place more emphasis on redistributive policies than right-wing voters. I investigate whether this difference in tolerating inequality is amplified by suspicious success - achievements that may arise from cheating. Using a laboratory experiment, I...
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Ruled by robots : preference for algorithmic decision makers and perceptions of their choices
Chugunova, Marina; Luhan, Wolfgang J. - 2023
negatively to redistribution decisions that do not fit any fairness ideals. Our results suggest that even in the realm of moral …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014495065
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Preferences for redistribution around the world
Neher, Frank - 2012
Gender, income, education and self-employment are robust predictors for individual support for redistribution in the … a robust association with preferences for redistribution. However, education, income, individual autonomy and moral … worth of the poor remain important determinants. On average, preferences for redistribution indicate that within the OECD …
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Optimal redistribution and education signaling
Bastani, Spencer; Blumḳin, Tomer; Micheletto, Luca - 2024
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