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This study finds substantial reductions to criminal activity from the introduction of a comprehensive high school support program for disadvantaged youth living in the largest public housing project in Toronto. The program, called Pathways to Education, bundles supports such as regular coaching,...
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subsequent wages as the result of joblessness early in one's working years. Many youths get into a rut at the beginning of their …
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In this paper, we estimate the returns on schooling for young men and women in Turkey using the exogenous and substantial variation in schooling across birth-cohorts brought about by the 1997 reform of compulsory schooling. We estimate that among 18- to 26-year-olds, the return from an extra...
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Using Difference-in-Differences estimation and data from the European Community Household Panel, this paper suggests that the fixed exchange-rate policy adopted by Italy in the 1997-2000 period has reduced the real hourly wage growth of Italian fulltime workers with permanent contracts, on...
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wages. The results suggest that migrants are better educated and obtain higher wages than non-migrants, controlling for …
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In this paper, we analyze how forced displacements caused by violent conflicts affect the wages of displaced workers in … country. Using data from the Quality of Life Survey (2011-2014), we analyze differences in wages between those who were forced … find that forced displacement decreases between 6% and the 22% the wages of males, and between 17% and 37% the wages of …
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This paper examines the impact of the legal status of overseas migrants on their wages upon return to the home country … international migration, documented versus undocumented, we examine the impact of the illegal status on wages upon return. Relying …
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While the literature on the incidence and wage effects of over-education is substantial, specific results for doctoral graduates are surprisingly scarce. This article aims to fill this gap, not only by measuring the prevalence of over-educated PhD holders in Europe (i.e. in EU Member States and...
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temporary help service firm that records both workers' wages and their productivity as measured by the fees charged to client … demonstrate that the fees charged to clients grow faster over workers' tenure than the wages paid to workers. Finally, we find …-by-doing increases productivity more than wages. …
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establishment growth, vacancy filling and entry wages, we calibrate a model with directed search and ex-ante heterogeneous workers … response of vacancy filling to firm-level wages. We discuss the implications of this finding as well as potential resolutions. …
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