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Language diversity in urban landscapes : an econometric study

Onofri, Laura; Nunes, Paulo A. L. D.; Cenoz, Jasone; … - 2008

This multidisciplinary study adopts econometric analysis for investigating how different characteristics determine the choice of the language used in the signs of a shopping street. We work with a dataset containing about 200 observations collected in the main shopping streets of the cities of...

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Access to language training and the local integration of refugees

Foged, Mette; Van der Werf, Cynthia - 2023

This paper examines whether language classes raises refugees' language proficiency and improves their socio-economic integration. Our identification strategy leverages the opening, closing, and gradual expansion of local language training centers in Denmark, as well as the quasi-random...

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Foreign language learning : an econometric analysis

Ginsburgh, Victor; Mélitz, Jacques; Toubal, Farid - 2015

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Languages disenfranchisement in the European Union

Ginsburgh, Victor; Weber, Shlomo - 2004

We introduce the notion of language disenfranchisement which arises if the number of EU working languages is reduced. We use the data on language proficiency in EU and show that, in spite of the widespread knowledge of English, the retention of French and German as working languages in essential...

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Unbundling returns to degrees and skills : evidence from postsecondary education in Colombia

Busso, Matias; Muñoz, Juan Sebastián; Montaño, Sebastián - 2020

This paper shows that returns to education are not enough to capture all the returns to human capital. Using longitudinal data of all college graduates in Colombia, we estimate labor market returns to postsecondary degrees and to various skillsincluding literacy, numeracy, foreign language,...

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Experimental evidence on credit constraints

Bando Grana, Rosangela; Uribe, Claudia - 2016

Credit constraints are central to development economics theory. However, there is scant direct evidence that supports the existence of such constraints. Traditional tests observe how consumption changes after an unexpected income shock. Such changes can also result from myopic behavior or...

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Where the girls are not : households, teachers, and the gender gap in early math achievement

Carneiro, Pedro; Cruz Aguayo, Yyannú; Schady, Norbert … - 2017

effects, teacher effects, or the observed interactions between teachers and children. …

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Mothers, teachers, peers, and the gender gap in early math achievement

Carneiro, Pedro; Cruz Aguayo, Yyannú; Schady, Norbert … - 2018

child in our sample was exposed to four separate, orthogonal shocks to the quality of teachers and peers. We first show that …, teachers, and peers. We find no evidence of differential responses by gender. …

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Can financial incentives help disadvantaged schools to attract and retain high-performing teachers? : evidence from Chile

Elacqua, Gregory; Hincapié, Diana; Hincapié, Isabel; … - 2019

The extensive sorting of more talented teachers into the most advantaged schools contributes to the wide socioeconomic … program in the region that provides monetary incentives to talented teachers with an additional bonus if they work in … estimate the causal impact of winning the award on the school choice decisions of talented teachers. By exploiting the fact …

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Teacher transfers and the disruption of teacher staffing in the city of Sao Paulo

Elacqua, Gregory; Rosa, Leonardo - 2023

This paper analyzes preferences for certain school attributes among in-service teachers. We explore a centralized … matching process in the city of Sao Paulo that teachers must use when transferring schools. Because teachers have to list and …

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