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Studying abroad and the effect on international labor market mobility: evidence from the introduction of ERASMUS

Parey, Matthias; Waldinger, Fabian - 2008

graduates. As a source of identifying variation, we exploit the introduction and expansion of the European ERASMUS student …

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Fat and out in Salerno and Province: adolescent obesity and early school leaving in Southern Italy

Barone, Adriana; O'Higgins, Niall - 2009

In this paper, we focus on the causes and consequences of adolescent obesity from an economic perspective. The paper examines the determinants of obesity and its role in influencing early school leaving amongst adolescents in the province of Salerno in Southern Italy. A simple human capital...

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Are short-lived jobs stepping stones to long-lasting jobs?

Cockx, Bart Leo Wim; Picchio, Matteo - 2009

This paper assesses whether short-lived jobs (lasting one quarter or less and involuntarily ending in unemployment) are stepping stones to long-lasting jobs (enduring one year or more) for Belgian long-term unemployed school-leavers. We proceed in two steps. First, we estimate labour market...

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The GED

Heckman, James Joseph; Humphries, John Eric; Mader, … - 2010

test claims to establish equivalence between dropouts and traditional high school graduates, opening the door to college …

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Transition from School to Work: Search Time and Job Duration

Bratberg, Espen; Nilsen, Øivind Anti - 1998

We consider the early labour market experience of young persons. Using a large data sample of Norwegian individuals finishing education in 1989-91, we analyse the transition from school to work and the duration of the first job. We allow the search duration, the accepted wage, and the job...

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Lifecycle impact of alternative higher education finance systems in Ireland

Flannery, Darragh; O'Donoghue, Cathal - 2011

With increasing numbers of young people participating in higher education in Ireland and a heavy reliance of higher education institutions on state funding, the introduction of an alternative finance system for Ireland has been muted over the past number of years. However, no study has been...

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Subject choice and earnings of UK graduates

Chevalier, Arnaud - 2011

Using a survey of a cohort of UK graduates, linked to administrative data on higher education participation, this paper … investigates the labour market attainment of recent graduates by subject of study. We document a large heterogeneity in the mean … wages of graduates from different subjects and a considerably larger one within subject with individuals with the most …

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Ethnic disparities in the graduate labour market

Zorlu, Aslan - 2011

observed characteristics. Most notably, Mediterranean female graduates have significant positive wage discrimination while … Western female graduates seem to face a small wage penalty. …

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The returns to four-year college for academically marginal students

Zimmerman, Seth - 2011

I combine a regression discontinuity design with rich data on academic and labor market outcomes for a large sample of Florida students to identify the returns to four-year college for students on the academic margin of college admission. In addition, I develop a theoretical model of college...

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Endophilia or Exophobia: Beyond Discrimination

Feld, Jan; Salamanca, Nicolas; Hamermesh, Daniel S. - 2013

The immense literature on discrimination treats outcomes as relative: One group suffers compared to another. But does a difference arise because agents discriminate against others - are exophobic - or because they favor their own kind - are endophilic? This difference matters, as the relative...

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