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Gender differences in the effects of behavioral problems on school outcomes
Kristoffersen, Jannie H. G.; Smith, Nina - 2013
Behavioral problems are important determinants of school outcomes and later success in the labor market. We analyze whether behavioral problems affect girls and boys differently with respect to school outcomes. The study is based on teacher and parent evaluations of the Strength and Difficulties...
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Improving the employment rates of people with disabilities through vocational education
Mavromaras, Kostas G.; Polidano, Cain - 2011
; disabilities ; productivity ; vocational training ; dynamic panel regression …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009233118
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Artificial intelligence against COVID-19 : an early review
Naudé, Wim - 2020
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is a potentially powerful tool in the fight against the COVID- 19 pandemic. Since the outbreak of the pandemic, there has been a scramble to use AI. This article provides an early, and necessarily selective review, discussing the contribution of AI to the fight...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012199140
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Innovative events
Nathan, Max; Rosso, Anna - 2019
We take a fresh look at firms' innovation-productivity linkages, using novel data capturing new aspects of innovative …, trademarks and innovation surveys. We also establish connections between launches and previous innovative activity. We then link …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011992882
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The pandemic push : digital technologies and workforce adjustments
Gathmann, Christina; Kagerl, Christian; Pohlan, Laura; … - 2023
encouraged additional firm-sponsored training despite pandemic-related restrictions indicating that investments in digital … technologies and training are complements. We then demonstrate that the additional investments helped firms to insure workers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250022
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Sheepskin or Prozac : the causal effect of education on mental health
Chevalier, Arnaud (contributor); Feinstein, Leon (contributor) - 2006
Mental illness is associated with large costs to individuals and society. Education improves various health outcomes but little work has been done on mental illness. To obtain unbiased estimates of the effect of education on mental health, we rely on a rich longitudinal dataset that contains...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003355560
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The changing economic advantage from private school
Green, Francis; Machin, Stephen; Murphy, Richard; Zhu, Yu - 2010
Despite its relatively small size, the private school sector plays a prominent role in British society. This paper focuses on changing wage and education differentials between privately educated and state educated individuals in Britain. It reports evidence that the private/state school wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003979896
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The measurement of educational inequality : achievement and opportunity
Ferreira, Francisco H. G.; Gignoux, Jérémie - 2011
This paper proposes two related measures of educational inequality: one for educational achievement and another for educational opportunity. The former is the simple variance (or standard deviation) of test scores. Its selection is informed by consideration of two measurement issues that have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009522507
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A balancing act at times of austerity : matching the supply and demand for skills in the Greek labour market
Pouliakas, Konstantinos - 2014
stronger vocational education and training pillar may constitute a valuable option for strengthening the links between the … of high performance workplace practices, investment in continuous training, less reliance on casual labour and policies …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010238208
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Apprenticeship, vocational training and early labor market outcomes in East and West Germany
Riphahn, Regina T.; Zibrowius, Michael - 2015
We study the returns to apprenticeship and vocational training for three early labor market outcomes all measured at … employment, and wages. We find strong positive effects of apprenticeship and vocational training. There are no significant … differences for different types of vocational training, minor differences between East and West Germany and males and females, and …
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