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The Mobility of English School Children
Machin, Stephen; Telhaj, Shqiponja; Wilson, Joan - Centre for the Economics of Education, LSE - 2006
In this paper we examine links between pupil mobility and pupil and school characteristics at all levels of compulsory … schooling in England. We derive measures of mobility from two academic years of the Pupil Level Annual School Census (PLASC …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005017252
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Firm-Sponsored General Training in Frictional Labour Markets : An Empirical Analysis for Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael - 2004
According to the classical human capital theory general training is entirely financed by workers. This prediction is at odds with the empirical evidence. This observation inspired new theoretical models of training in frictional labour market. These frictions create incentives for firms to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261838
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Immigrant parents' attributes versus discrimination: New evidence in the debate about the creation of second generation educational outcomes in Israel
Perlmann, Joel; Elmelech, Yuval - 2010
There is much interest in explaining the persistent ethnic gaps in education among Israeli Jews; specifically, the much lower attainments of those from Asian and African countries compared to the rest - Mizrahim vs. Ashkenazim, respectively. Some explanations (especially early ones) have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286511
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Income Equality, School Performance and Educational Mobility
Bauer, Philipp C.; Schaltegger, Christoph A. - 2011
Is income equality a precondition for higher school performance and higher educational mobility? Or is the opposite … the upward mobility of disadvantaged children cannot be confirmed. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012168371
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The Effect of Education on Geographic Mobility : Incidence, Timing, and Type of Migration
Aydemir, Abdurrahman; Kïrdar, Murat G.; Torun, Huzeyfe - 2021
We take advantage of a major compulsory school reform in Turkey to provide novel evidence on the causal effect of education on both the incidence and timing of internal migration. In addition, for the first time in literature, we provide causal effects of education on migration by reason for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013251544
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Intergenerational Transmission of Disadvantage : Mobility or Immobility Across Generations?
D'Addio, Anna - 2007
This report surveys the research in OECD countries on intergenerational mobility – i.e. the extent to which key … earnings mobility varies significantly across countries; Education is a major contributor to intergenerational income mobility …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444612
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"Immigrant Parents' Attributes versus Discrimination: New Evidence in the Debate about the Creation of Second Generation Educational Outcomes in Israel"
Perlmann, Joel; Elmelech, Yuval - Levy Economics Institute - 2010
There is much interest in explaining the persistent ethnic gaps in education among Israeli Jews; specifically, the much lower attainments of those from Asian and African countries compared to the rest—Mizrahim vs. Ashkenazim, respectively. Some explanations (especially early ones) have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008692981
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Higher Education Reform and the Renewed Lisbon Strategy: Role of Member States and the European Commission
Ploeg, Frederick van der; Veugelers, Reinhilde - Department of Economics, European University Institute - 2007
-EU mobility of students, researchers and teachers. The EU should take more initiatives to facilitate global mobility and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005697670
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Firm-sponsored Work-Related Training in Frictional Labour Markets: An empirical analysis for Switzerland
Gerfin, Michael - Department Volkswirtschaftlehre, Universität Bern - 2003
Work-related training is considered to be very important for providing the workforce with the necessary skills for maintaining and enhancing the competitiveness of the firms and the economy. According to the classical human capital theory general training is entirely financed by workers. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005515696
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Evolution of long distance students' mobility : the role of the air transport service in Italy
Cattaneo, Mattia; Malighetti, Paolo; Paleari, Stefano; … - 2015
? changes on the long distance mobility of students. In the last decade, students aiming to increase their opportunities in the … same time, long distance students? mobility has been facilitated by the decrease of travel costs (e.g. Ryanair, Freccia … mobility of first-time first-year university students (more than 300 km from their households) departing from each Italian …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011477176