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itself. Internationalization is a powerful means to fulfill a university’s central task “Bildung of individuals” as it …
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This paper estimates social returns to education in Turkey. Most evidence on spillovers from human capital comes mostly … from developed countries, and estimates vary from country to country. The paper finds that social returns to education are … around 3-4%, whereas private returns per year of education amount to 5% in Turkey. Moreover, the findings indicate that …
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In this paper, I obtain the estimates of the effects of for-profit training and credentials on students' annualized earnings. I differentiate for-profit students by the program level and account for students' self-selection into for-profit sector. I formulate the evaluation as the series...
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This paper investigates the time-varying correlation between the EU12-wide business cycle and the initial EU12 member-countries based on Scalar-BEKK and multivariate Riskmetrics model frameworks for the period 1980-2012. The paper provides evidence that changes in the business cycle...
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When estimating regional inequality, many economists use inequality indices weighted by the regions' shares in the national population. Although this approach is widespread, its adequacy has not received attention in the regional science literature. This paper proves that such approach is...
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education inequality. The econometrics indicate that a higher level of human capital and the relative dispersion of human … targeted not only more at education but also more equal access to education …
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uses a regression discontinuity design to identify the effect of peacetime conscription on education and labor market … outcomes. Results indicate that conscription eligibility induces a significant increase in years of education, which is … consistent with conscription avoidance behavior. However, this increased education does not result in either an increase in …
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An emerging body of literature examines the economic returns to quality of postsecondary education. This literature has … and postsecondary education to labor market outcomes, allowing us to track the complete educational and professional paths … postsecondary education leads to a significant earnings premium for academically marginal students. …
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education. Then, we construct a conceptual framework which allows us to answer the question “What happens to doctoral degree …
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This article summarises the recent literature on the relationship between inequality in wages and education for … measures of over-education, particularly among younger cohorts. Since schooling mis-matches are associated with lower wages … associ-ated with higher wages and appear to act as remedial education. Less educated individuals are less likely to get …
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