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Biases in Student Evaluations of Teaching: An American Case Study
Radchenko, Natalia - 2020
This work contributes to the literature raising concerns with the use of SET (student teaching evaluation) scores to evaluate teaching effectiveness and to motivate or demotivate faculty tenure and promotion decisions. It shows that the non-deterministic and qualitative nature of the SETs...
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Migration strategies of the crisis-stricken youth in an enlarged European Union
Kahanec, Martin; Fabo, Brian - 2013
This paper studies the migration response of the youth from new EU member states to disparate conditions in an enlarged …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293199
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Low-Skilled Jobs and Student Jobs: Employers' Preferences in Slovakia and the Czech Republic
Kureková, Lucia Mýtna; Žilinčíková, Zuzana - 2015
Massification of tertiary education, growing share of student workers on labour market and consequently increased competition for low-skilled jobs gave rise to the theory of crowding out of the less educated workers. This paper contributes to better understanding of temporary...
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The Impact of Adolescent Motherhood on Education in Chile
Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana - 2014
We analyze the effect of having a child in adolescence on high school completion, educational attainment, and college enrollment in a developing country setting using nine repeated rounds of Chilean household surveys that span the 1990–2009 period. We control for selection bias and household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352247
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La Meglio Gioventù: Earnings Gaps across Generations and Skills in Italy
Naticchioni, Paolo; Raitano, Michele; Vittori, Claudia - 2014
skill-biased literature, our results surprisingly show that the Italian best of youth, i.e. the best workers of the most …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010352331
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Decision to Emigrate Amongst the Youth in Lebanon
Dibeh, Ghassan; Fakih, Ali; Marrouch, Walid - 2017
This paper studies the determinants of youth emigration decisions, which is considered to be one of the main causes of … people aged 15 to 29 from the year 2016. The aim of the paper is to identify the profile of youth's propensity to emigrate … from Lebanon. The empirical results indicate that youth from non-wealthy backgrounds living in smaller dwellings have a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653221
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Labor Market and Institutional Drivers of Youth Irregular Migration: Evidence from the MENA Region
Dibeh, Ghassan; Fakih, Ali; Marrouch, Walid - 2018
decision to migrate irregularly amongst the youth in the MENA region and that the quality of institutions matters. In addition …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984463
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To Pill or Not to Pill? Access to Emergency Contraception and Contraceptive Behaviour
Nuevo-Chiquero, Ana; Pino, Francisco J. - 2019
We examine the effects of free-of-charge availability of emergency contraception on contraceptive behaviour in Chile. Using a survey of individuals 15 to 29, we exploit variation in availability at the municipality level as a consequence of legal and judicial decisions in the late 2000s. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984636
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Jobs for Young University Graduates : Is It Worth Having a Degree?
Cardoso, Ana Rute - 2004
This study addresses the question: Are workers who hold a university degree increasingly filling job openings meant for people with lower levels of schooling? It focuses on Portugal, where the higher education system has been expanding at a fast pace and the share of university graduates in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262056
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Might not be a tomorrow: a multi-methods approach to anticipated early death and youth crime
Brezina, Timothy; Tekin, Erdal; Topalli, Volkan - 2008
factor to youth crime and violence. Young people who perceive a high probability of early death, it is argued, may have … early death and youth crime, this support remains tentative. Moreover, a number of questions remain regarding the … that link anticipated early death to youth crime. In this paper, we address the limitations of previous studies using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268990