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-scale physical destruction on the educational attainment, health status and labor market outcomes of German children. I combine a …-by-cohort variation in the intensity of WWII destruction as a unique quasi-experiment. My findings are as follows: First, these children … years. Second, these children were about one centimeter shorter and had lower self-reported health satisfaction in adulthood …
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This paper analyzes peer effects among university scientists. Specifically, it investigates whether the number of peers and their average quality affects the productivity of researchers in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. The usual endogeneity problems related to estimating peer effects are...
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Is it true that communist countries had well-developed human capital, or is it just a myth? What were human capital stocks at the beginning of transition to market economy? What happened to human capital formation during the transition? We attempt to answer these questions using evidence from...
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. We then show that the benefits extended to the next generation with large reductions in the crime rates of the children …
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Oradea, an important cultural, economic and administrative town at the Western border of Romania, is known as an academic center since 1780 through its area of operation for over two centuries of the Academy of Law. The Romanian age of higher education institutions has proven to be a step in...
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Amazon Region in Peru. The target beneficiaries are the non-Spanish-speaking children from three Amazon ethnic communities … experiences points to an improvement in learning and performance levels in children. …
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Schools' population is to be found in Brussels and Luxembourg, and the pupils include many "non-entitled", i.e. children whose …
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There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates. Based on the relevant literature from different...
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I investigate the effect of faculty quality on Ph.D. student outcomes. To address the endogeneity of faculty quality I use exogenous variation provided by the expulsion of mathematics professors in Nazi Germany. I find that faculty quality is a very important determinant of short and long run...
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I investigate the effect of faculty quality on Ph.D. student outcomes. To address the endogeneity of faculty quality I use exogenous variation provided by the expulsion of mathematics professors in Nazi Germany. I find that faculty quality is a very important determinant of short and long run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008542742