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How different are immigrants? : A cross-country and cross-survey analysis of educational achievement
Schnepf, Sylke Viola (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002485607
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Market imperfections and firm-sponsored training
Picchio, Matteo; Ours, Jan C. van - 2010
Recent human capital theories predict that labor market frictions and product market competition influence firm …, product market competition does not have an effect on firm-sponsored training. We conclude that increasing competition through …-sponsored training ; labor market frictions ; product market competition ; matched worker-firm data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003975223
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Scale economies can offset the benefits of competition : evidence from a school consolidation reform in a universal voucher system
Haan, Monique de; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2011
A large school consolidation reform in the Netherlands changed minimum school size rules underlying public funding. The … context scale economies dominated the effects of choice and competition. This points to an often ignored trade-off between … scale and competition. -- school choice ; competition ; school consolidation ; achievement ; economies of scale …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009232507
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The effects of prize spread and noise in elimination tournaments : a natural field experiment
Delfgaauw, Josse; Dur, Robert A. J.; Non, Jan Adrianus; … - 2012
We conduct a natural field experiment in a large retail chain to test basic predictions of tournament theory regarding prize spread and noise. A random subset of the 208 stores participates in two-stage elimination tournaments. Tournaments differ in the distribution of prize money across winners...
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What drives the gender wage gap? : examining the roles of sorting, productivity differences, and discrimination
Sin, Isabelle; Stillman, Steven; Fabling, Richard - 2017
product market and labor market competition, we find evidence that is consistent with taste discrimination being important for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011731875
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Inequality of learning amongst immigrant children in industrialised countries
Schnepf, Sylke Viola (contributor) - 2008
Literature examining immigrants' educational disadvantage across countries focuses generally on average differences in educational outcomes between immigrants and natives disguising thereby that immigrants are a highly heterogeneous group. The aim of this paper is to examine educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652710
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Returning to work from injury : longitudinal evidence on employment and earnings
Crichton, Sarah (contributor); Stillman, Steven (contributor) - 2005
New Zealand has a unique accident insurance system that pays the direct costs of all accidental injuries and compensates workers 80% of their earnings for any time post-injury that they are unable to work. Statistics New Zealand's Linked Employer-Employee Database contains monthly information on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003287798
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How important is selection? : Experimental vs. non-experimental measures of the income gains from migration
McKenzie, David J. (contributor);  … - 2006
Measuring the gain in income from migration is complicated by non-random selection of migrants from the general population, making it hard to obtain an appropriate comparison group of non-migrants. This paper uses a migrant lottery to overcome this problem, providing an experimental measure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003310959
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The impacts of international migration on remaining household members : omnibus results from a migration lottery program
Gibson, John K.; McKenzie, David J.; Stillman, Steven - 2009
The impacts of international migration on development in the sending countries, and especially the effects on remaining household members, are increasingly studied. However, comparisons of households in developing countries with and without migrants are complicated by a double-selectivity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003894458
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The economic consequences of "Brain Drain" of the best and brightest : microeconomic evidence from five countries
Gibson, John K.; McKenzie, David J. - 2010
Brain drain has long been a common concern for migrant-sending countries, particularly for small countries where high-skilled emigration rates are highest. However, while economic theory suggests a number of possible benefits, in addition to costs, from skilled emigration, the evidence base on...
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