gender role model. Controlling for a number of individual and household characteristics, we show that participation in the …

vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher … constitutes a case in point. However, little attention has been given to examining the success of vocational education in raising …, we examine the efficacy of vocational education in raising the wage levels of four such groups: recent immigrants, Jews …

social preferences, preferences for competition, and risk attitudes. We show that the greater the share of education an … their Eastern heritage. Increased exposure to Western education has a strong negative impact on altruism, trust, and … trustworthiness. For risk and competitive preferences, our results are gender-specific. These results have important implications for …

survey. The sample of professionals is decomposed into several sub-samples: within each gender, a distinction is made … jobs taken up by individuals, according to their experience, background and education. This leads us to favor an …

exploiting within-individual variation this quasi-experiment provides evidence on the role of education in moderating the …

, lowering the return to native education and discouraging native high school completion. Conversely, native children might be …

We study whether Australian employers recognise immigrants' education acquired abroad, and if so how. Using data from … immigrants from non-OECD countries are the ones who can gain the most from obtaining further education in Australia, and that … targeted rather than generic policies in this area could reduce the extent of the education-occupation mismatch amongst …

This paper analyzes the effects of immigration on the education system of the receiving country from a political … incorporating a subsidy to private schools, a distinguishing feature of Spain's education system. We calibrate the model to match … key moments of Spain's economy and education system in year 2008, the end of a large episode of immigration. By means of …

attainment of US immigrants is currently lower than that in Canada and the intergenerational transmission of education is … in educational attainment, but a lower immigrant rate of return attenuates education’s impact. Moreover, observable …