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leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects of class size on students' test scores. We observe the same student …-linear class size effects controlling for unobserved heterogeneity of both individual students and faculty. We find that (i) at the … and largest ranges of class sizes and zero over a wide range of intermediate class sizes; (iii) students at the top of the …
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We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based … conclude that part of the US-Europe difference, as well as the European North-South difference in labour mobility, is likely to … be due to differences in levels of education in the respective regions. …
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After graduation many students start working in sectors not related to their field of study or participate in training … targeted at work in other sectors. In this paper, we look at mobility immediately after graduation from the perspective that … develop a model where students accumulate partially transferable human capital but also learn about their professional …
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migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of …
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charging students for the costs of their education. …
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We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based … conclude that part of the US-Europe difference, as well as the European North-South difference in labour mobility, is likely to … be due to differences in levels of education in the respective regions. …
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investment in education because discrimination spurred exit facilitated by human capital. Theory moreover suggests that if exit …
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European Union economies are pressed by (i) a demographic change that induces population ageing and a decline of the workforce, and (ii) a split labour market that is characterized by high levels of unemployment for low-skilled people and a simultaneous shortage of skilled workers. This lack of...
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According to Ljungqvist and Sargent (1998), high European unemployment since the 1980s can be explained by a rise in economic turbulence, leading to greater numbers of unemployed workers with obsolete skills. These workers refuse new jobs due to high unemployment benefits. In this paper we...
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I use the European Community Household Panel to ask whether unemployment affects the relationship between education and … subsequent earnings growth. show that individuals with more education have more to lose in terms of subsequent earnings growth … from the experience of unemployment. This result partially compensates the fact that more education reduces the incidence …
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