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Three decades ago most immigrants to Australia with work entitlements came as permanent settlers. Today the annual … early years in Australia, they have substantially reduced full-time employment and substantially increased part …
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The tracking of students in upper-secondary school is often criticised for narrowing the career prospects of student in … tackle this problem, Australia blurred the lines between the two tracks by introducing VET courses that count to both a …
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students from first-year courses (𝑁 = 6954) was offered large incentives (worth AUD 55,000) to attend PASS, which increased … was larger (0.89) for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Instrumental variable estimates suggest that one hour of … estimate is not statistically significant, reflecting limited statistical power. The estimated effect is largest for students …
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What are the perceptions of employers towards hiring immigrants and international students in Atlantic Canada? How are … harder working than local workers are more likely to report hiring or intending to hire newcomers and international students … Although most employers report positive attitudes towards newcomers and international students, employers who report …
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This paper studies the labour market outcomes of native and foreign PhD graduates staying as migrants in Australia …
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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...
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setting where students are randomly assigned to a university instructor's first, second, third or fourth lesson on the same … teachers' preparation time without negative effects on students. …
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and many more experience non-repayment. The stress of repayments faced by many students results at least in part from the … income-contingent loan (ICL) systems operating in England and Australia, in which monthly repayments are related to the …
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positively affects students' life satisfaction and noncognitive skills but has no impact on test scores, based on a sample from … the 2015 PISA which includes more than 35 thousand students from approximately 1500 schools in 14 countries. We perform …
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This study investigates the impact of single-sex versus coeducational schooling on students' decisions to pursue STEM … Australian university, we compare students with similar Australian Tertiary Admissions Ranks (ATARs) who could have feasibly … and the academic quality of the high schools attended. Our primary outcomes are the proportion of students from each …
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