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, on average, women have lower education attainment than men but this educational disparity is masked among the sample of … other characteristics, tends to fully offset the gender wage gap. Not surprisingly, the returns to women's education among … women. When the analysis controls for sample selection bias and heterogeneity, the returns to women's education rise …
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Relatively little is known about the youth labour market in general and about gender differences in Mongolia, one of the fifty poorest countries in the world. This paper addresses the issue by taking advantage of a School to Work Survey (SWTS) on young people aged 15-29 years carried out in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271285
Building on recent analyses that find a sizeable, overall gender wage gap in Azerbaijan's workforce, this paper uses data on young workers in their early years in the labor market to understand how gender wage gaps evolve over time, if at all. Using a unique database from a survey of young...
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, on average, women have lower education attainment than men but this educational disparity is masked among the sample of … to women's education among employed women are low because there is little variation in educational attainment among the … to women's education rise, confirming the lower productivity-related characteristics of non-employed women compared to …
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when the net returns to education expected ex ante are negative. Failure can also be taken as a signal of the real skills … of individuals who do not succeed to gain a higher level of education, The job search approach underlines the role of …
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, on average, women have lower education attainment than men but this educational disparity is masked among the sample of … other characteristics, tends to fully offset the gender wage gap. Not surprisingly, the returns to women's education among … women. When the analysis controls for sample selection bias and heterogeneity, the returns to women's education rise …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319461
achievements. According to the theoretical framework, the decision to invest in tertiary education is a sequential process made … under gradually decreasing levels of uncertainty on education costs and future returns. Students, applying a learning by … education. Accordingly, they decide whether to continue university studies in order to get a degree or to withdraw. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802651
Relatively little is known about the youth labour market in general and about gender differences in Mongolia, one of the fifty poorest countries in the world. This paper addresses the issue by taking advantage of a School to Work Survey (SWTS) on young people aged 15-29 years carried out in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008517976
area. Nonetheless, important constraints seem to affect the supply of education, especially in rural areas. In addition, as …
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achievements. According to the theoretical framework, the decision to invest in tertiary education is a sequential process made … under gradually decreasing levels of uncertainty on education costs and future returns. Students, applying a learning by … education. Accordingly, they decide whether to continue university studies in order to get a degree or to withdraw. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011873425