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Do Classical Studies Open your Mind?
Brunello, Giorgio; Esposito, Piero; Rocco, Lorenzo; … - 2023
We investigate whether classical studies in high school - that emphasize in Italy the study of ancient languages such as Latin and Greek - affect personality traits. Using Italian survey data, we compare individuals who did classical studies in high school with similar individuals who completed...
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Returns to Investment in Education: The Case of Turkey
Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Psacharopoulos, George; … - 2019
This paper estimates private and social returns to investment in education in Turkey, using the 2017 Household Labor … Force Survey and alternative methodologies. The analysis uses the 1997 education reform of increasing compulsory education … by three years as an instrument. This results in a private rate of return on the order of 16 percent for higher education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985886
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The Impact of Internship Experience During Secondary Education on Schooling and Labour Market Outcomes
Neyt, Brecht; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2019
The literature on workplace learning in secondary education has mainly focussed on vocational education programmes. In … this study, we examine the impact of internship experience in secondary education on a student’s schooling and early labour … sequential outcomes by means of a dynamic discrete choice model. In line with the literature on vocational education programmes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012140448
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The Impact of Compulsory Schooling on Earnings. Evidence from the 1999 Education Reform in Poland
Liwiński, Jacek - 2018
In 1999, a reform of education was implemented in Poland, which added one year to the shortest available educational … path, leading to the acquisition of basic vocational education. In the new system, students choosing this path acquire one … more year of general education, which, according to the authors of the reform, should improve the student's position in the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902722
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The Impact of Compulsory Education on Employment and Earnings in a Transition Economy
Liwiński, Jacek - 2018
primary school education from 7 to 8 years. At the same time, the reform did not affect the education system at post …-primary levels, that is the system of secondary and higher education. In result, all education tracks were extended by one year … reform had a negative impact on the hourly earnings of individuals with primary education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011811743
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Conscription and Educational Outcomes: Quasi-Experimental Evidence from the Republic of Cyprus
Savčić, Ružica; Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos; Xefteris, … - 2020
Peacetime military service has both positive and negative effects on human capital. While it depreciates academic abilities it also enhances non-cognitive skills. The net effect of conscription is hard to identify due to issues of self-selection, endogenous timing and omitted variables bias. We...
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Effects of teaching practices on life satisfaction and test scores: evidence from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Bartolini, Stefano; O’Connor, Kelsey J. - 2022
Schools are ripe for policy intervention. We demonstrate that implementing different teaching practices is effective, finding a greater prevalence of group discussion used in schools positively affects students’ life satisfaction and noncognitive skills but has no impact on test scores. The...
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Constrained School Choice in Egypt
Krafft, Caroline; Elbadawy, Asmaa; Sieverding, Maia - 2017
This paper examines patterns of school choice in Egypt from primary through higher education. We use a mixed … private schools at the pre-university level, we find that attendance of private higher education institutions has increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011738759
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Excellence for all? University honors programs and human capital formation
Pugatch, Todd; Thompson, Paul - 2022
Can public university honors programs deliver the benefits of selective undergraduate edu- cation within otherwise nonselective institutions? We evaluate the impact of admission to the Honors College at Oregon State University, a large nonselective public university. Admission to the Honors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252994
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Losing Prospective Entitlement to Unemployment Benefits. Impact on Educational Attainment
Cockx, Bart; Declercq, Koen; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2022
Providing income support to unemployed education-leavers reduces the returns to investments in education because it … conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits for education-leavers on age or schooling attainment can affect … degree completion and reduce dropout in higher education, but not in high school. We argue that the higher prevalence of …
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