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Allocating subsidies for private investments to maximize jobs impacts

Robalino Aguirre, David A.; Romero, Jose Manuel; Walker, Ian - 2020

-linked externalities (JLEs). JLEs emerge when wages exceed the opportunity cost of labor (labor externalities), or when there are social … gains from creating better jobs for some classes of worker, such as women or youth (social externalities). Like all … externalities, JLEs create a gap between private and social rates of return. Investments can be socially profitable (once the …

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Gender and race heterogeneity : the impact of increases in students with limited English on native students' performance

Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2013

The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina. Recent evidence from North Carolina suggests that increases in Limited English students' concentration have led to a slight decline in performance solely for students at the top...

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The effect of personality traits on subject choice and performance in high school : evidence from an English cohort

Mendolia, Silvia; Walker, Ian - 2014

ethics at age 15, on test scores at age 16, and on subject choices and subsequent performance at age 17-18. In particular …

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Gender and racial differences in peer effects of limited English students : a story of language or ethnicity?

Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2016

There is a perception among native born parents in the U.S. that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina there has been a significant increase in immigrants especially those with limited English language skills and...

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Heterogeneous effects of missing out on a place at a preferred secondary school in England

Gorman, Emma; Walker, Ian - 2020

available. In this paper, we use nationally representative cohort data linked to administrative education records to study the …

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