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The Effects of Compulsory Military Service Exemption on Education and Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Torun, Huzeyfe; Tumen, Semih - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Based on a law enacted in November 1999, males born on or before December 31st 1972 are given the option to benefit from a paid exemption from the compulsory military service in Turkey. Exploiting this natural experiment, we devise an empirical strategy to estimate the intention-to-treat effect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145371
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Wage inequality and returns to schooling in Europe: a semi-parametric approach using EU-SILC data
Biagetti, Marco; Scicchitano, Sergio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper we apply a semi-parametric approach (quantile regression - QR) to the last 2007 wave of the EU-SILC data set, in order to explore the connection between education and wage inequality in 8 European countries. We find that wages increase with education and this holds true across the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458508
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Inter-industry Wage Premia in Portugal: Evidence from EU-SILC data
Biagetti, Marco; Scicchitano, Sergio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper we investigate whether inequality in the inter-industry wage premia may be explained by unobserved differences in workers’ educational skills. We use the 2007 EU-SILC data set for Portugal, a nation which can be considered a case-study, due to its high inter-industry wage...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008458518
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Does bullying reduce educational achievement? An evaluation using matching estimators
Ponzo, Michela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Mathematics and Science Study (2007-TIMSS), we investigate the impact of being a victim of school bullying on educational … for a number of individual characteristics and school fixed effects. Secondly, in order to attenuate the impact of … suggest that being a victim of school bullying has a considerable negative effect on student performance at both the fourth …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421988
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Employability and transition to labour market in emerging economies: An Indian perspective on Higher education
Gopalakrishnan, Ambili - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Young people account for one fifth of the world’s population and according to the population projections of Planning Commission of India, they contribute to 22.8% of the Indian population. Majority of these young people constitute student population acquiring higher education who may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009278263
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Immigrant Concentration at School and Natives' Achievement : Does the Type of Migrants and Natives Matter?
Bossavie, Laurent - 2017
Using a rich dataset of primary school students in the Netherlands, this paper investigates the heterogeneous effects … takes advantage of some features of the Dutch primary school system and uses cohort-by-cohort deviations in immigrant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950369
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The Chilean Labor Market: Job Creation, Quality, Inclusiveness, and Future Challenges
Parro, Francisco; Reyes, Loreto - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
This paper analyzes recent labor market developments in the Chilean economy. The evidence shows a booming labor market with strong job creation since 2010. Most of the jobs created during the past three years are quality jobs—that is, jobs with a written contract and whose employers have made...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258725
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中国对外出口的区域劳动力市场效应
Zhang, Chuanchuan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
One striking phenomena of the macro economy in China during the past decade is the rapid exporting growth. Exporting growth provides strong demand for domestic manufacturing production and is one of the most important engines of economic growth. Using population census data and trade data, this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259851
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Creative accounting in the British Industrial Revolution: Cotton manufacturers and the ‘Ten Hours’ Movement.
Toms, Steven; Shepherd, Alice - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
The paper examines an early case of creative accounting, and how, during British industrialization, accounting was enlisted by the manufacturers’ interest to resist demands, led by the ‘Ten hours’ movement, for limiting the working day. In contrast to much of the prior literature, which...
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State Intervention and Labour Market in India: Issues and Options
Mukherjee, Dipa - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
State interventions into Labour policies in India are directed towards ensuring both job security and income security. In this paper we look at likely impact of such policies. The laws are found to serve the organised workers primarily while large masses of unorganised workers are without any...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260210