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Causes and consequences of student-college mismatch
Hendricks, Lutz; Koreshkova, Tatyana; Leukhina, Oksana - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013447846
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College access and intergenerational mobility
Hendricks, Lutz; Koreshkova, Tatyana; Leukhina, Oksana - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015070193
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An evaluation of overseas oil investment projects under uncertainty using a real options based simulation model
Zhu, Lei; Zhang, ZhongXiang; Fan, Ying - 2011
. Furthermore, among the uncertainty factors considered in the model, the investment risk of overseas oil investment may be … windfall profits tax to reduce the investment risk of overseas oil fields. -- Overseas Oil Investment ; Project Value ; Real …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009379748
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An equilibrium model of habitat conservation under uncertainty and irreversibility
Di Corato, Luca; Moretto, Michele; Vergalli, Sergio - 2010
In this paper stochastic dynamic programming is used to investigate habitat conservation by a multitude of landholders under uncertainty about the value of environmental services and irreversible development. We study land conversion under competition on the market for agricultural products when...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008780408
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The finance uncertainty multiplier
Alfaro, Iván; Bloom, Nicholas; Lin, Xiaoji - 2018
We show how real and financial frictions amplify the impact of uncertainty shocks. We build a model with real frictions, and find adding financial frictions roughly doubles the impact of uncertainty shocks. Higher uncertainty alongside financial frictions induces the standard real-options...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011895833
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Returns to higher education in Chile and Colombia
González-Velosa, Carolina; Rucci, Graciana; Sarzosa, Miguel - 2015
In the last decades, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have experienced a dramatic increase in the levels of higher education enrollment. Using administrative data from Chile and Colombia, we find that this phenomenon is not always associated with higher private individual returns. In...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011290957
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Best and brightest? : the impact of student visa restrictiveness on who attends college in the US
Chen, Mingyu; Howell, Jessica; Smith, Jonathan - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012214466
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Health shocks and the evolution of earnings over the life-cycle
Capatina, Elena; Keane, Michael P.; Maruyama, Shiko - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012582565
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Risk preference and child labour : econometric evidence
Frempong, Raymond Boadi; Stadelmann, David - 2020
is a function of the risk preference of the household head. This paper estimates the effect of parental risk preference … on child labour decisions in the household using recall information on child labour and a risk elicitation question. We … address endogeneity issues by applying an instrumental variable estimation technique. We find that risk-averse households are …
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Anatomy of lifetime earnings inequality : heterogeneity in job ladder risk vs. human capital
Karahan, Fatih; Ozkan, Serdar; Song, Jae - 2022
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