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Economic growth and unemployment exhibit an ambiguous relationship – according to empirical studies. This ambiguity can be investigated by observing the role of the underground economy in shaping the productivity of firms. Indeed, unemployment may be absorbed by underground firms, which adopt...
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particular towards improving the education and training of people throughout the life cycle. Similarly, in the perspective of …
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relevant results emerge for Scandinavian countries with regard to the complementarity between past level of education and … inequality in human capital, as it results from education levels. Denmark is the only country where, for women, being less …
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Aulia Internally Displaced People, specially their efforts in education were investigated. It is concluded that introduce … governmental efforts in improving facilities are minimized. With the increasing loads of children vying to join education, lack of … children leave education and search for working opportunities to support their families. It is basically required from the …
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This paper explores the causal pathway by which poor fetal health translates into reducing educational attainment and earnings as an adult. Using insights from the medical literature, I decompose low birth weight infants into two distinct subtypes: a symmetric type, which is characterized by...
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In this paper we analyse the correlation between the level of education and the number of children in Italy. We select … analysis. First, we estimate the correlation between the female’s education and her number of children, and then we use also … partner’s education to take into account the family dimension. Furthermore, in the context of fertility, zero observations …
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This paper examines the impact of labor market frictions and institutions on the divide of schooling investment between general and specific skills. We offer a simple matching model of unemployment in which individuals determine the scope and intensity of their skills. In partial equilibrium, we...
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Gender disparities in education raise many questions for governments and civil societies. There are many factors that … contribute to the gender gap in education. In Eritrea, gender disparities persist in the enrolment rates between boys and girls … educational development in the country. It identifies and analyses various factors that cause gender inequality in education …
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This study analyses the role of education in economic development in the republics of the former Socialist Bloc and … Federation, and Ukraine. The factors that are associated with the human capital in terms of education levels are analyzed in …
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nature of entrepreneurial talent and the specific role of education in entrepreneurial selection and performance. Empirical … studies on entrepreneurship do not offer a neat picture of the actual contribution of education to entrepreneurial human …
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