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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...
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In this paper we estimate the rate of return to firm investments in human capital in the form of formal job training. We use a panel of large firms with unusually detailed information on the duration of training, the direct costs of training, and several firm characteristics such as their...
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Social networks are known to influence migration decisions, but connections between individuals can hardly be observed. We rely on individual-level surveys conducted by Gallup in 147 countries that provide information on migration intentions and on the existence of distance-one connections for...
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panel econometric estimation with longitudinal data from Australia to show that vocational education has a considerable and …
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This paper contributes to existing work on innovation by studying the determinants of various types of interaction between a firm and its external environment. In particular, it focuses on face-to-face interactions carried out through international business visits. The results indicate that...
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disabilities on disaggregated labour choices. The first seven waves of the Household Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia survey …
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Australia. We find that young Australians from non-English-speaking background (NESB) immigrant families have an educational …
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This paper analyzes the link between young people's sense (locus) of control over their lives and their investments in education. We find that young people with a more internal locus of control have a higher probability of finishing secondary school and, conditional on completion, meeting the...
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We analyze the effect of mothers' and youths' reports of family financial stress and conflict on youths' transitions into adult roles. We find that mothersメ reports of financial stresses and borrowing constraints are associated with earlier transitions to inactivity and public assistance,...
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Using the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, this study examines the joint dynamics of …
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