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entrepreneurial elite, resulting in economic policy and institutions which are more conducive to entrepreneurship and productivity …
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We use data from time-use surveys and the Mexican Health and Aging Study (MHAS) to analyze the relationship between family long-term care (LTC) and female labor supply in four Latin American countries. Time-use survey data from Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica and Mexico shows that: (i) women provide...
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We collect data on the movement and productivity of elite scientists. Their mobility is remarkable: nearly half of the …
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, encountering three years of droughts in childhood reduces an elite's life span by about two years. A remarkably important channel …
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The lawsuit Students For Fair Admissions v. Harvard University provided an unprecedented look at how an elite school …
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A commonly held perception is that an elite graduate degree can "scrub" a less prestigious but less costly … relationship between the status of undergraduate degrees and earnings among those with elite post-baccalaureate degrees. Few … graduates of nonselective institutions earn post-baccalaureate degrees from elite institutions, and even when they do …
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.10% and 19.93%). Moreover, our analysis suggests heterogeneous treatment effects related to elite capture within Farmer …
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We explore recent policy changes which aim to equalize access to elite elementary schools in Beijing, to identify the … elementary schools through lotteries, the policy of school federation led by elite schools consolidates ordinary primary schools … through alliance with elite schools. Moreover, the designated primary school for a residential complex can change from an …
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In Australia, the so-called Group of Eight (Go8) universities have lower student-to-staff ratios, better qualified staff, superior research outcomes, and generally better placement in university rankings compared to non-Go8 universities. They are also typically the most competitive universities...
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State merit aid programs have been found to reduce the likelihood that students attend college out-of-state. Using the U.S. News & World Report rankings of colleges and universities to measure college quality and Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System data to measure enrollment, we...
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