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China’s higher education expansion and its labor market consequences

Li, Shi; Xing, Chunbing - 2010

Using a 1/5 random draw of the 1% census of 2005, we investigate how China’s higher education expansion commenced in 1999 affects the education opportunities of various population groups and how this policy affects the labor market. Treating the expansion as an experiment and using a LATE...

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Pulls of international student mobility

Kahanec, Martin; Králiková, Renáta - 2011

Economic theory suggests that high-skilled immigration generally has positive effects on the receiving economy. International student mobility is an important channel through which high-skilled immigrants arrive. The purpose of this paper is to identify some of the key determinants of...

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The impact of Bologna process on the graduate labour market : demand and supply

Bosio, Giulio; Leonardi, Marco - 2011

The Bologna process inspired the Italian 3+2 reform of the university system which constitutes a big increase in the supply of college graduates. This paper is a preliminary attempt to identify the effects of the reform on (i) the relative probability (relative to non-graduates) of employment of...

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Student loan reforms for German higher education : financing tuition fees

Chapman, Bruce James; Sinning, Mathias - 2011

It is generally agreed that the funding base for German universities is inadequate and perhaps the time has come for serious consideration of the imposition of non-trivial tuition charges. Against this background, this paper compares conventional and income contingent loans for financing tuition...

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China's latent human capital investment : achieving milestones and competing for the top

Constant, Amelie; Tien, Bienvenue N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2011

In this paper we provide an overview of China's human capital strategy and educational achievements over the last two decades. While every one acknowledges China as an economic superpower, very few are aware of or realize China's notable achievements in education as well as its...

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State merit-based financial aid programs and college attainment

Sjoquist, David L.; Winters, John V. - 2012

We examine the effects of recently adopted state merit-based financial aid programs on college attendance and degree completion. Our primary analysis uses microdata from the 2000 Census and 2001-2010 American Community Survey to estimate the effects of merit programs on educational outcomes for...

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Looking back on the lessons of "higher education and developing countries: peril and promise" : perspectives on China and India

Bloom, David E.; Altbach, Philip G.; Rosovsky, Henry - 2016

In 2000, Higher Education in Developing Countries: Peril and Promise was published. This report, cosponsored by The World Bank and UNESCO, came at a time of transition in higher education worldwide and helped shape higher education policy and thinking in several developing countries. This...

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Does the expansion of higher education increase the equality of educational opportunities? : evidence from Italy

Bratti, Massimiliano (contributor); … - 2008

This paper studies the role of the expansion of higher education (HE) in increasing the equality of tertiary education opportunities. It examines Italy's experience during the 1990s, when policy changes prompted HE institutions to offer a wider range of degrees and to open new sites in...

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Short-run distributional effects of public education transfers to tertiary education students in seven European countries

Callan, Tim (contributor); Smeeding, Timothy M. (contributor) - 2008

Direct provision of public services can alter the balance of resources across income groups. We focus on the issues arising when taking account of the impact of publicly provided education services across the income distribution. We combine OECD information on spending per student in particular...

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Wage rigidity and disinflation in emerging countries

Messina, Julián; Sanz de Galdeano, Anna - 2011

, Brazil and Uruguay, relying on high quality matched employer-employee administrative data. Downward nominal wage rigidities … are more important in Uruguay, while wage indexation is dominant in Brazil. Two regime changes are observed during the … sample period, 1995-2004: (i) in Uruguay wage indexation declines, while workers' resistance to nominal wage cuts becomes …

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