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Inequality of learning amongst immigrant children in industrialised countries
Schnepf, Sylke Viola (contributor) - 2008
of this paper is to examine educational inequalities among immigrants in eight high immigration countries: Australia …, Canada, Germany, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, UK and USA. Results indicate that for almost all countries immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003652710
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The distribution of top incomes in five Anglo-Saxon countries over the twentieth century
Atkinson, Anthony B.; Leigh, Andrew - 2010
that have relatively similar backgrounds and tax systems: Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, and the US. The first … ; taxation ; Australia ; Canada ; New Zealand ; United Kingdom ; United States …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003962818
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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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Child poverty in English-speaking countries
Micklewright, John (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002000815
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Remote work across jobs, companies, and space
Hansen, Stephen; Lambert, Peter; Bloom, Nicholas; … - 2023
days per week rose more than three-fold in the U.S and by a factor of five or more in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229411
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Emigration from the UK, 1870 - 1913 and 1950 - 1998
Hatton, Timothy J. (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001776070
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Human capital investment under exit options : evidence from a natural quasi-experiment
Chand, Satish; Clemens, Michael A. - 2019
Theory suggests that groups historically subject to discrimination, such as Jews, could exhibit traditionally high investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit is uncertain, it could induce investment in skill...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985775
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Estimating long-run incarceration rates for Australia, Canada, England & Wales, New Zealand and the United States
Leigh, Andrew - 2020
-run imprisonment rate for five English-speaking nations: Australia, Canada, England and Wales, New Zealand and the United States. These …. In the late-nineteenth century, Australia had the highest incarceration rate of these nations. Today, the United States … has the highest rate. With the exception of Canada, incarceration rates have risen markedly since the mid-1980s. These new …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012180431
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Immigration, human capital formation and endogenous economic growth
Ehrlich, Isaac; Kim, Jinyoung - 2015
Census data from international sources covering 77% of the world's migrant population indicate that the skill composition of migrants in major destination countries, including the US, has been rising over the last four decades. Moreover, the population share of skilled migrants has been...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011428114
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International migration and the economics of language
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2014
, Canada, Australia, the UK, Germany, Israel and Spain. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230532