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A hazard model of the probability of medical school dropout in the United Kingdom

Arulampalam, Wiji; Naylor, Robin A.; Smith, Jeremy - 2001

From individual-level longitudinal data for two entire cohorts of medical students in UK universities, we analyse the … examine the cohort of students enrolling for a medical degree at the start of the academic years 1985 or 1986. We find …

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Am I missing something? : the effects of absence from class on student performance

Arulampalam, Wiji (contributor); … - 2008

We exploit a rich administrative panel data-set for cohorts of Economics students at a UK university in order to … unobserved heterogeneity across students and hence for endogeneity between absence and academic performance of students stemming … features of the data such as the random assignment of students to classes and information on the timetable of classes, which …

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Doctor who? : Who gets admission offers in UK medical schools

Arulampalam, Wiji (contributor); … - 2005

particularly disadvantaged the later they apply within the application process. -- medical students ; admissions ; offer (non …

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Differences in decline : quantile regression analysis of union wage differentials in the United Kingdom, 1991 - 2003

Manquilef-Bächler, Alejandra A.; Arulampalam, Wiji; … - 2009

Wage premia related to union membership and coverage are examined over 1991-2003, a period involving first decline, then stabilization, of unionization. Differences in union premia across workers and over time are studied using individual-level British Household Panel Survey data and quantile...

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Unofficial development assistance : a dynamic model of charities' donation income

Arulampalam, Wiji; Backus, Peter; Micklewright, John - 2011

The empirical literature on the determinants of charities donation income, distinguishing the charitable cause, is small. We extend the literature in several ways. First, we focus on overseas development charities allowing us to give more consideration to the particular characteristics of this...

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Arulampalam, Wiji; Booth, Alison L.; Bryan, Mark L. - 2002

In this paper we use important new training and wage data from the British Household Panel Survey to estimate the impact of the national minimum wage (introduced in April 1999) on the work-related training of low-wage workers. We use two "treatment groups" for estimating the impact of the new...

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State dependence in unemployment incidence : evidence for British men revisited

Arulampalam, Wiji - 2002

The issues of persistence in the observed labour market status of men are investigated using the British Household Panel Survey for the period 1991-97. The paper extends previous work in many directions. In particular, problems of endogenous initial conditions, and unobserved heterogeneity, are...

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Effects of in-class variation and student rank on the probability of withdrawal : cross-section and time-series analysis for UK university students

Arulampalam, Wiji; Naylor, Robin A.; Smith, Jeremy - 2002

From individual-level data for nine entire cohorts of undergraduate students in UK universities, we estimate the … students enrolling full-time for a three or four-year course, and focus on the sensitivity of the probability of withdrawal to … the individual's prior qualifications relative to those of the other students in their university course. We show not only …

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Is unemployment really scarring? : effects of unemployment experiences on wages

Arulampalam, Wiji - 2000

This paper looks at the effects of unemployment on re-employment wage for men using the first seven waves of the British Household Panel Survey (BHPS) conducted over the period 1991- 1997. In particular, how the effect of an interruption changes over time, and whether the type of interruption...

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