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Innovation benefits from nuclear phase-out : can they compensate the costs?
De Cian, Enrica; Carrara, Samuel; Tavoni, Massimo - 2012
This paper investigates whether an inefficient allocation of abatement, due to constraints on the use of currently available low carbon mitigation options, can promote innovation in new technologies and eventually generate welfare gains. We focus on the case of nuclear power phase out, when...
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The psychometric properties of child care quality measures in Ecuadord : lessons for monitoring process variables at scale
López Bóo, Florencia; Dormal, Marta; Weber, Ann - 2016
This paper analyzes four instruments that are widely used to measure the quality of centers serving children ages 0 to 36 months - the CLASS, the ITERS-R, the CC-IT-HOME, and the MITRCC - and that were administered to a sample of 404 child care centers in Ecuador. We first assess the...
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Child care quality and child development
Araujo, María Caridad; Dormal, Marta; Schady, Norbert … - 2017
Development in early childhood predicts schooling and labor market outcomes in adulthood. In this paper we use a fixed effects identification strategy to assess how differences in the quality of child care affect the communication, fine motor, and problem solving skills of infants and toddlers....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011626015
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La calidad de los jardines de cuidado infantil y el desarrollo infantil
Araujo, María Caridad; Dormal, Marta; Schady, Norbert … - 2017
Development in early childhood predicts schooling and labor market outcomes in adulthood. In this paper we use a fixed effects identification strategy to assess how differences in the quality of child care affect the communication, fine motor, and problem solving skills of infants and toddlers....
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Closing the gap between vocational and general education? : evidence from University Technical Colleges in England
Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Terrier, Camille; … - 2023
form of hybrid schools was introduced that combine general and vocational education: University Technical Colleges (UTCs … vocational education, and on student short-term workforce outcomes. The research design takes advantage of geographic and cross … going on to study STEM at university. The paper concludes that there has been both promise and disappointment in what the …
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Appraisal of research infrastructures : approaches, methods and practical implications
Pancotti, Chiara; Pellegrin, Julie; Vignetti, Silvia - 2014 - This draft: 21.10.2014
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The effect of trade openness on optimal government size under endogenous firm entry
Hanslin, Sandra - 2008
This paper analyzes the effect of trade liberalization on government spending in a general equilibrium model with a continuum of industries supplying tradable and nontradable goods under monopolistic competition. Trade liberalization is modeled as the opening up of product markets between two...
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Can bottom-up institutional reform improve service delivery?
Molina, Ezequiel - 2014
This article makes three contributions to the literature. First, it provides new evidence of the impact of community monitoring interventions using a unique dataset from the Citizen Visible Audit (CVA) program in Colombia. In particular, this article studies the effect of social audits on...
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Tourism policy, a big push to employment? : evidence from a multiple synthetic control approach
Castillo, Victoria; Garone, Lucas Figal; Maffioli, … - 2015
This paper investigates the impact of tourism policy on employment, using the Tourism Development Policy (TDP) implemented in the Argentinean province of Salta during the years of 2003 to 2010 as a case study. Following the Synthetic Control Method for comparative case studies, we use a...
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COP 21 and economic theory : taking stock
Tulkens, Henry - 2016
The texts of the COP 21 Decision and its Annex are scrutinized from the particular point of view of the extent to which economic theoretic concepts can be considered to inspire them. While this is shown to be partially the case in some of the intentions, the texts themselves contain more...
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