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Formal schooling increases earnings and provides other individual benefits. However, societal benefits of education may … exceed individual benefits. Research finds that increased average education levels in an area are correlated with higher … earnings, even for locals with relatively little education. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) graduates …
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At the national level, it has long been observed that a country's average education level is negatively associated with … its total fertility rate. At the household level, it has also been well documented that children's education is negatively … children and the average education level (the quantity-quality trade-off)? A clear answer to this question will help both …
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migrant parents' socio-economic background, cultural capital, and language skills. Education policy needs to focus on language …-born populations. With the wealth of many industrialized countries threatened by a lack of qualified labor, education of immigrants …
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its byproduct, as better education and personal characteristics could be both economically beneficial and increase the …
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the costs and benefits of smaller classes concludes that other education policies, such as tutoring, early childhood …
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Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One … essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment … reduce inequality in current and future generations. In addition to purely formal education, much less expensive …
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Governments invest a lot of money in education, so it is important to understand the benefits of this spending. One … essential aspect is that education can potentially make people better parents and thus improve the educational and employment … reduce inequality in current and future generations. In addition to purely formal education, much less expensive …
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began, but a lack of resources and policies to protect poor families hampered children’s access to education, especially for … non-compulsory school grades. Different phenomena associated with transition also negatively affected children’s education … focus on education and for monitoring of the schooling progress of children in special family circumstances. …
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Reaching the policy goal of improving student achieve­ment by adding resources to the school system has often proven elusive. By contrast, ample evidence indicates that central exit exams constitute an important feature of a school system’s institutional framework, which can hold students,...
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education, one essential aspect is that “good” peers can potentially improve students’ academic achievement, career choices, or … student educational outcomes without exacerbating inequality therefore offer a promising basis for education policies. …
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