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The effect of educational mismatch on wages using European panel data
Iriondo, Iñaki; Pérez-Amaral, Teodosio - 2013
the depreciation of skills on human capital. The main policy implication of the paper is that overeducation constitutes a … waste of resources. Therefore public authorities should seek to reduce the negative impact of overeducation on the labor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010368169
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Within-the-Family Education and its Impact on Equality
Nordblom, Katarina - 2001
This is a theoretical study of human-capital accumulation, where parental, as well as public investments are essential. Policy influence rich and poor parents differently when they make educational decisions. Rich parents allocate resources efficiently between physical bequests and educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321766
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The duration of paid parental leave and cildren's scholastic performance
Liu, Qian; Nordström Skans, Oskar - 2009
We study how the duration of paid parental leave affects the accumulation of cognitive skills among children. We use a reform which extended parental leave benefits from 12 to 15 months for Swedish children born after August 1988 to evaluate the effects of prolonged parental leave on children's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273952
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The impact of working memory training on children's cognitive and noncognitive skills
Berger, Eva M.; Fehr, Ernst; Hermes, Henning; Schunk, Daniel - 2020
Working memory capacity is thought to play an important role for a wide range of cognitive and noncognitive skills such as fluid intelligence, math, reading, the inhibition of pre-potent impulses or more general self-regulation abilities. Because these abilities substantially affect individuals'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012244615
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Education-occupation mismatch: Is there an income penalty?
Nordin, Martin; Persson, Inga; Rooth, Dan-Olof - 2009
This paper adds to the small literature on the consequences of education-occupation mismatches. It examines the income penalty for field of education – occupation mismatches for men and women with higher education in Sweden and reveals that the penalty for such mismatches is large for both men...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208536
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Demand for Low-Skilled Labor and Parental Investment in Children's Education: Evidence from Mexico
Majlesi, Kaveh - 2014
Previous research has shown that school enrollment in developing countries responds to the changes in demand for low-skilled and high-skilled labor in the market. Using data from Mexico, I show that the negative effects of increases in relative demand for low-skilled labor are not limited to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208675
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The impact of working memory training on children's cognitive and noncognitive skills
Berger, Eva M.; Fehr, Ernst; Hermes, Henning; Schunk, Daniel - 2024
Working memory capacity is a key component of executive functioning and is thought to play an important role for a wide range of cognitive and noncognitive skills such as fluid intelligence, math, reading, the inhibition of pre-potent impulses or more general self-regulation abilities. Because...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014468190
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Assessing the returns to education in Georgia
Khitarishvili, Tamar - 2010
The economic returns to education in transition countries have been extensively evaluated in the literature. The present study contributes to this literature by estimating the returns to education in Georgia during the last transition period 2000-04. We find very low returns to education in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286544
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Overeducation Among Swedish Youth
Bourdet, Yves; Persson, Inga - 2008
first provide an overview of theoretical and measurement issues related to the concept of overeducation. Against this … and of the extent and character of over- and undereducation. We then look specifically at overeducation among Swedish … youths during their labour market entrance and early career and discuss the main issues related to overeducation that have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013208527
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Girls, girls, girls: gender composition and female school choice
Schneeweis, Nicole; Zweimüller, Martina - 2009
Gender segregation in the labor market may be explained by women's re-luctance to choose technical occupations, although the foundations for career choices are certainly laid earlier, during education. Educational experts claim that female students are doing better in math and science and are...
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