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's education system, which is characterized by sources of school funding, the average expenditure per pupil, and the type of … are considered: (1) greater congestion in public schools; (2) a lower average tax base for education funding; (3) reduced … wages for low-skilled workers and so more dependence by low-skilled locals on public education; (4) a greater skill premium …
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's education system, which is characterized by sources of school funding, the average expenditure per pupil, and the type of … are considered: (1) greater congestion in public schools; (2) a lower average tax base for education funding; (3) reduced … wages for low-skilled workers and so more dependence by low-skilled locals on public education; (4) a greater skill premium …
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surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. In this paper, we estimate causal effects of additional education …-climate beliefs, behaviors, policy preferences, and novel data on voting for green parties – a particularly consequential outcome to … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …
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We analyze how having an incumbent among candidates affects electoral turnout. We use a rich data set providing information on the electoral results of Italian municipal elections over the period 1993-2011. Endogeneity issues are handled through an instrumental variable approach using the mayor...
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We analyze how having an incumbent among candidates affects electoral turnout. We use a rich data set providing information on the electoral results of Italian municipal elections over the period 1993-2011. Endogeneity issues are handled through an instrumental variable approach using the mayor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884216
We consider redistributional taxation between people with and without human capital if education is endogenous and if … other people receiving education and increases the quasi rents on their own human capital. It is surprising that this rather …
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We consider redistributional taxation between people with and without human capital if education is endogenous and if … other people receiving education and increases the quasi rents on their own human capital. It is surprising that this rather …
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There is no empirical evidence that trade exposure per se increases child labour. As trade theory and household economics lead us to expect, the cross-country evidence seems to indicate that trade reduces or, at worst, has no significant effect on child labour. Consistently with the theory, a...
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We test potential social costs of educational inequality by analysing the influence of spatial and social segregation on educational achievements. In particular, based on recent PISA data sets from the UK and Germany, we investigate whether good neighbourhoods with a relatively high stock of...
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the role of education. Understanding the factors that shape attitudes towards peace is important in order to be successful … of education. While some authors have linked violent and extreme positions to ignorance and to low market opportunities …, others have found that education is positively correlated with being a member of a terrorist group. To better understand the …
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