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Local labor markets and higher education mismatch: What is the role of public and private institutions?
Arias Ortiz, Elena; Kaltenberg, Mary; Jara-Figueroa, … - 2020
We analyze mismatches between local labor markets and higher education enrollments in 22 educational fields across 137 mesoregions in Brazil between 2009 and 2016 using a two-stage regression model. Local labor markets have a significant effect on enrollment rates by field in higher education...
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A Cross-Country Analysis of the Risk Factors for Depression at the Micro and Macro Level
Melgar, Natalia; Rossi, Maximo - 2010
Past research has provided evidence of the role of some personal characteristics as risk factors for depression. However, few studies have examined jointly their specific impact and whether country characteristics change the probability of being depressed. In general, this is due to the use of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010328216
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Crime time: How ambient light affects crime
Domínguez, Patricio; Asahi, Kenzo - 2019
This paper studies the effect of ambient light on crime, taking advantage of the daylight saving time (DST) policy, which imposes exogenous variations in daylight exposure at specific hours of the day. The paper uses a rich administrative database managed by Chile's national police, a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141982
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Combating vaccine hesitancy: The case of HPV vaccination
Díaz, Lina; Villarreal, Deborah Martínez; Márquez, Karina - 2025
Cervical cancer, primarily caused by persistent Human Papillomavirus (HPV) infection, remains one of the leading causes of cancer-related deaths among women in developing countries. Although HPV vaccines are widely available in these regions, vaccine uptake remains persistently low. To address...
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Becoming a teacher: Experimental evidence from an information intervention
Alfonso, Mariana; Busso, Matias; Ñopo, Hugo; Rivera, … - 2024
on both the extensive and intensive margins: treated students were more likely to enroll in higher education and to …
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Digging deep: Resource exploitation and higher education
Balza, Lenin H.; de los Rios Rueda, Camilo; Rivera, … - 2022
college dropouts is primarily present among students that graduated from public high schools, which generally cater to low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014518212
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The effect of the pandemic on the transition to tertiary education in Chile: A focus on students with disabilities
Contreras, M. Ignacia; Duryea, Suzanne; Martínez … - 2023
education for students with disabilities in Chile. Enrollment rates in primary and secondary education in Chile differ by less … than 2 percentage points for students with or without disabilities, but there is an approximately 17 percentage point gap … decreased the probability of students with disabilities taking the admission test to tertiary education and enrolling in high …
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Humans versus Chatbots: Scaling-up behavioral interventions to reduce teacher shortages
Ajzenman, Nicolas; Elacqua, Gregory; Jaimovich, Analia; … - 2023
motivating high school students to pursue an education degree. The intervention was delivered through WhatsApp chats by trained … show that the humans arm successfully increased high-school students' demand for and enrollment in education majors …, particularly among high-performing students. The bots arm showed positive but smaller and statistically insignificant effects …
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Who benefits from tuition-free, top-quality universities? Evidence from Brazil
Duryea, Suzanne; Ribas, Rafael Pérez; Sampaio, Breno; … - 2023
, low-income students are found to increase their earnings by 26% ten years later. However, admission has a small and … insignificant effect on high-income students. The difference between income groups is not explained by educational attainment …
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Better Luck Next Time: Learning through Retaking
Frisancho Robles, Verónica; Krishna, Kala; Lychagin, Sergey - 2014
less advantaged students. …
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