This study examined whether the demand for more educated science and engineering workers outweighed longstanding practices of discrimination in hiring in high technology industries and science and engineering occupations. The study focused on the effects of education on the distribution of...

ENGLISH ABSTRACT: This study investigates the extent to which educational attainment, school quality and numericcompetency influence individuals’ employment and earnings prospects in the South African labourmarket using data from the 2008 National Income Dynamics Study (NIDS). While NIDSis one...

These are lecture notes for the article "Technological Progress and Economic Transformation," in the Handbook of Economic Growth, 2005, v. 1B, edited by Philippe Aghion and Steven N. Durlauf. Amsterdam: Elsevier North-Holland, pp. 1225-1273.

The aim of the research is to examine the relationship between each of four factors affecting life expectancy and life expectancy and thereby provide primary data for government policy. First, the research chose four factors among many factors affecting life expectancy. The four factors chosen...

Este documento analiza cómo impacta en el desempeño escolar la reubicación de niños en servicios de cuidado tutelar, tras investigaciones familiares por maltrato infantil. Para estimar el efecto causal de la reubicación, se construye una variable instrumental. Dicha variable es la...

Summary of Banco de España Working Paper no. 2126