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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...
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Turkish students residing abroad. The findings of this study indicate that, as expected, higher salaries offered in the host …
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This paper provides a new perspective by classifying active labor market programs (ALMPs) depending on their main objectives and their relevance and cost-effectiveness during normal times, during a crisis, and during recovery. We distinguish ALMPs that provide: (i) incentives for retaining...
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restricted to students in initial education following university studies and preparing an Associate, a Bachelor or a Master …
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We analyze students' cheating behavior during a national evaluation test. We model the mechanisms that trigger cheating … interactions between students and show that, when monitoring is not sufficiently accurate, a social multiplier may magnify the … effects on students' achievements. We exploit a randomized experiment, which envisaged the presence of an external inspector …
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We explore the forces that shape the development of aspirations and the achievement of grades during high school and the role that these aspirations, grades, and other variables play in educational outcomes such as going to university and graduating. We find that parental expectations and peer...
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College students now use various forms of unsecured credit such as private student loans and credit cards to finance …
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set out the comparison of similar students undergoing alternative progression rules, and to shed light on whether, and to … across curricular tracks, picturing at best – depending on the data employed – a marginal improvement for students in … academic schools. We instead find sharp negative effects of the reform in technical and vocational schools, where the students …
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education in top colleges accessible to students from peripheral areas who typically did not enroll in university programs …
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We study the evolution of a campus-based aid program for low-income students that began with grant-heavy financial aid … years (2004–2006), in which students received additional institutional grant aid and few non-financial supports, improved … postsecondary progress, performance, or completion. In contrast, program-eligible students in more recent cohorts (2007–2010), when …
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