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Education and early career outcomes of second-generation immigrants in France
Belzil, Christian (contributor);  … - 2008
We estimate a flexible dynamic model of education choices and early career employment outcomes of the French population. Individuals are allowed to choose between 4 options: continue to the next grade, accept a permanent contract, accept a temporary contract, or withdraw from the labor force (a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784382
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Estimating complementarity between education and training
Belzil, Christian (contributor); Hansen, Jörgen (contributor) - 2008
In this paper, we formulate and estimate a structural model of post-schooling training that explicitly allows for possible complementarity between initial schooling levels and returns to training. Precisely, the wage outcome equation depends on accumulated schooling and on the incidence of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784398
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Rising tuition and enrollment in public higher education
Hemelt, Steven W. (contributor);  … - 2008
In this paper we review recent trends in tuition at public universities and estimate impacts on enrollment. We use data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System on all public four-year colleges and universities from 1991 to 2007 and illustrate that tuition increased dramatically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003777880
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Merit aid and sorting : the effects of HOPE-style scholarships on college ability stratification
Cornwell, Christopher Mark (contributor);  … - 2006
In the last fifteen years there has been a significant increase in merit aid. Coincident with this increase in merit aid has been increased attention to sorting in various aspects of life, especially in education. This paper examines the extent to which merit-based aid exacerbates or ameliorates...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003278942
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Age at school entry and intergenerational educational mobility
Bauer, Philipp; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2009
We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children first … enter (primary) school. Early age at school entry significantly affects mobility and reduces the relative advantage of … children of better educated parents. -- Age at entry ; intergenerational transmission of education ; educational mobility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003808470
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Do students expect compensation for wage risk?
Schweri, Jürg; Hartog, Joop; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2009
We use a unique data set about the wage distribution that Swiss students expect for themselves ex ante, deriving parametric and non-parametric measures to capture expected wage risk. These wage risk measures are unfettered by heterogeneity which handicapped the use of actual market wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003825129
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Genes, legitimacy and hypergamy : another look at the economics of marriage
Saint-Paul, Gilles - 2009
In order to credibly "sell" legitimate children to their spouse, women must forego more attractive mating opportunities. This paper derives the implications of this observation for the pattern of matching in marriage markets, the dynamics of human capital accumulation, and the evolution of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003901742
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Kindergarten enrollment and the intergenerational transmission of education
Bauer, Philipp; Riphahn, Regina T. - 2009
We use Swiss data to test whether intergenerational educational mobility is affected by the age at which children … significantly increases educational mobility. -- Kindergarten ; pre-school enrollment ; educational mobility ; intergenerational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003902078
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Career progression and formal versus on-the-job training
Adda, Jérôme; Dustmann, Christian; Meghir, Costas; … - 2006
We develop a dynamic discrete choice model of training choice, employment and wage growth, allowing for job mobility … estimate this model on a large administrative panel data set which traces labour market transitions, mobility across firms and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003464503
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Immigration, citizenship, and the size of government
Ortega, Francesc - 2009
. Voters take into account their children's prospects of economic mobility and the future political consequences of today …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003908627