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Career progression and formal versus on-the-job training
Adda, Jerome; Dustmann, Christian; Meghir, Costas; … - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2010
<p><p>We evaluate the German apprenticeship system, which combines on-the-job training with classroom teaching, by modelling individual careers from the choice to join such a scheme and followed by their employment, job to job transitions and wages over the lifecycle. Our data is drawn from...</p></p>
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008642596
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Education policy and intergenerational transfers in equilibrium
Abbott, Brant; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Meghir, Costas; … - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2013
education, labour supply, and consumption/saving decisions. Altruistic parents make inter vivos transfers to their children … of funding for college education. We find that the current financial aid system in the U.S. improves welfare, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686004
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Improving the Education Component of Conditional Cash Transfers in Urban Settings
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Meghir, Costas; Santiago, Ana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
Presents information about opportunity cost of attendance to school, touching on issues of the proper dimensioning of cash subsidies, the adequacy of the conditionality and operational issues associated with conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs. It then analyzes the challenge of increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010653579
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Education Policy and Intergenerational Transfers in Equilibrium
Abbott, Brant; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Meghir, Costas; … - Rimini Centre for Economic Analysis (RCEA) - 2013
education, labor supply, and consumption/saving decisions. Altruistic parents make inter vivos transfers to their children … of funding for college education. We find that the current financial aid system in the U.S. improves welfare, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010656020
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Enriching the Home Environment of Low-Income Families in Colombia: A Strategy to Promote Child Development at Scale
Attanasio, Orazio; Grantham-McGregor, Sally; … - Mathematica Policy Research - 2013
This article outlines how a home visiting intervention in Colombia, delivered at scale through partnering with existing social welfare systems, successfully increased the variety of play materials and play activities in economically disadvantaged households with young children. The study shows...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011144914
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Improving the Education Component of Conditional Cash Transfers in Urban Settings
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Meghir, Costas; Santiago, Ana; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009
Presents information about opportunity cost of attendance to school, touching on issues of the proper dimensioning of cash subsidies, the adequacy of the conditionality and operational issues associated with conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs. It then analyzes the challenge of increasing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009193784
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Education Policy and Intergenerational Transfers in Equilibrium
Abbott, Brant; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Meghir, Costas; … - Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University - 2013
education, labor supply, and consumption/saving decisions. Altruistic parents make inter vivos transfers to their children … of funding for college education. We find that the current financial aid system in the U.S. improves welfare, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010939077
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Education Policy and Intergenerational Transfers in Equilibrium
Abbott, Brant; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Meghir, Costas; … - Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics, … - 2013
education, labor supply, and consumption/saving decisions. Altruistic parents make inter vivos transfers to their children … of funding for college education. We find that the current financial aid system in the U.S. improves welfare, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010828410
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Maternal education, home environments and the development of children and adolescents
Carneiro, Pedro; Meghir, Costas; Parey, Matthias - 2007
We study the intergenerational effects of maternal education on children's cognitive achievement, behavioral problems … substantial intergenerational returns to education. For children aged 7-8, for example, our IV results indicate that an additional … transmit the effect of maternal education to the child, including family environment and parental investments at different ages …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268532
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Growth, distance to frontier and composition of human capital
Vandenbussche, Jérôme; Aghion, Philippe; Meghir, Costas - 2004
two separate margins of primary/secondary and tertiary education. Interestingly, the latter type of schooling proves to be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292939