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The Long-Term Direct and External Effects of Jewish Expulsions in Nazi Germany
Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude - 2011
This paper provides causal evidence on long-term consequences of Jewish expulsions in Nazi Germany on the educational … residing in Germany before the Nazi Regime with individual survey data from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP). Our … identification strategy exploits the plausibly exogenous city-by-cohort variation in the Jewish population in Germany as a unique …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122121
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How Learning a Musical Instrument Affects the Development of Skills
Hille, Adrian - 2013
Despite numerous studies on skill development, we know little about the causal effects of music training on cognitive and non-cognitive skills. This study examines how long-term music training during childhood and youth affects the development of cognitive skills, school grades, personality,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074170
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Globalization, Government Popularity, and the Great Skill Divide
Aksoy, Cevat Giray - 2020
How does international trade affect the popularity of governments and leaders? The recent backlash against globalization renders this question extremely topical. Yet, most previous work has looked for political effects of aggregate trade flows without decomposing into particular types of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839064
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The Impact of Education on Unemployment Incidence and Re-Employment Success : Evidence from the U.S. Labour Market
Riddell, W. Craig - 2011
This study investigates the causal effects of education on individuals' transitions between employment and unemployment, with particular focus on the extent to which education improves re-employment outcomes among unemployed workers. Given that positive correlations between education and labour...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128216
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Non-Cognitive Skills and the Gender Disparities in Test Scores and Teacher Assessments : Evidence from Primary School
Cornwell, Christopher - 2011
We extend the analysis of early-emerging gender differences in academic achievement to include both (objective) test scores and (subjective) teacher assessments. Using data from the 1998-99 ECLS-K cohort, we show that the grades awarded by teachers are not aligned with test scores, with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120147
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Do Literacy and Numeracy Pay Off? On the Relationship between Basic Skills and Earnings
Antoni, Manfred - 2012
Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099679
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Migrant Educational Mismatch and the Labour Market
Piracha, Matloob - 2012
This paper reviews the literature on educational mismatch of immigrants in the labour market of destination countries. It draws on the theoretical arguments postulated in the labour economics literature and discusses their extension in the analysis of the causes and effects of immigrants'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013108597
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Educational and Skills Mismatches among Immigrants : The Impact of Host Language Proficiency
Budría, Santiago - 2020
This paper asks to what extent host language proficiency can insure immigrants against the risk of ending up in mismatched jobs. Using the 2003-2016 waves of the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA), the paper discriminates between three forms of mismatch,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012839060
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Over-Education and the Skills of UK Graduates
Chevalier, Arnaud - 2006
During the early Nineties the proportion of UK graduates doubled over a very short period of time. This paper investigates the effect of the expansion on early labour market attainment, focusing on over-education. We define over-education by combining occupation codes and a self-reported measure...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012779027
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Evaluation of the Reggio Approach to Early Education
Biroli, Pietro - 2017
We evaluate the Reggio Approach using non-experimental data on individuals from the cities of Reggio Emilia, Parma and Padova belonging to one of five age cohorts: ages 50, 40, 30, 18, and 6 as of 2012. The treated were exposed to municipally offered infant-toddler (ages 0–3) and preschool...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012957015