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Can higher education policy boost intergenerational mobility? : evidence from an empirical matching model
Britton, Jack; Dias, Mónica Costa; Goll, David - 2023
Higher education policy potentially has an important role in improving intergenerational income mobility. We use rich administrative data to estimate a novel two-sided matching model of sorting into field and institution within higher education. We use it to simulate a wide set of policies aimed...
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How much does degree choice matter?
Britton, Jack; Erve, Laura van der; Belfield, Chris; … - 2021
Using a large and novel administrative dataset, this paper investigates variation in returnsto different higher education ‘degrees’ (subject-institution combinations) in the United King-dom. Conditioning on a rich set background characteristics, it finds substantial variation inreturns, even...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012610918
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Racial and ethnic inequality in Latin America
Telles, Edward E.; Bailey, Stanley R.; Davoudpour, Shahin; … - 2023
This chapter examines socioeconomic inequality in Latin America through the lens of race and ethnicity. We primarily use national census data from the International Public Use Micro Data Sample (IPUMS). Since censuses use inconsistent measures of race and ethnicity, we also draw on two...
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First generation elite : the role of school networks
Cattan, Sarah; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Tominey, Emma - 2023
High school students from non-elite backgrounds are less likely to have peers with elite educated parents than their elite counterparts in Norway. We show this difference in social capital is a key driver of the high intergenerational persistence in elite education. We identify a positive elite...
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First generation elite : the role of school networks
Cattan, Sarah; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Tominey, Emma - 2022
Intergenerational persistence in studying for elite education is high across the world. We study the role that exposure to high school peers from elite educated families (‘elite peers’) plays in driving such a phenomenon in Norway. Using register data on ten cohorts of high school students...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013466103
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University quotas and peers' achievement
Giardili, Soledad - 2018
In 2012, the Brazilian government passed a law that mandated all federal higher education institutions to implement a 50 percent admission quota for historically disadvantaged students. I study the implications of this regulation on the academic performance of non-targeted students....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011812152
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Who benefits from tuition-free, top-quality universities? : evidence from Brazil
Duryea, Suzanne; Ribas, Rafael Pérez; Sampaio, Breno; … - 2023
This paper investigates the long-term impact on earnings of attending a tuition-free, top-quality university in Brazil. We identify the causal effect through a sharp discontinuity in an admission process based on test scores. If admitted, low-income students are found to increase their earnings...
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Diversities in diversity : exploring Moroccan migrants' livelihood in Genoa
Alzetta, Roberto (contributor) - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003366014
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Diversity and discrimination in the classroom
Anderberg, Dan; Dahl, Gordon B.; Felfe, Christina; … - 2024
What makes diversity unifying in some settings but divisive in others? We examine how the mixing of ethnic groups in German schools affects intergroup cooperation and trust. We leverage the quasi-random assignment of students to classrooms within schools to obtain variation in the type of...
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Gender inequality in Latin America and the Caribbean
Berniell, Inés; Fernández, Raquel; Krutikova, Sonya - 2023
This chapter examines gender inequality, focusing on two critical spheres in which gender inequality is generated …: education and work. The objective is to provide a current snapshot of gender inequality across key indicators as well as a …. Finally, it reflect on differences in the ways that gender inequalities play out across different socio-economic groups …
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