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Determinants of the acquisition of smaller firms by larger incumbents in high-tech industries: Are they related to innovation and technology sourcing?
Wagner, Marcus - 2007
these issues for three high-tech industries, namely semiconductor manufacturing, biotechnology and electronic design …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010263707
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Math or science? Using longitudinal expectations data to examine the process of choosing a college major
Stinebrickner, Todd R.; Stinebrickner, Ralph - 2011
Due primarily to the difficulty of obtaining ideal data, much remains unknown about how college majors are determined. We take advantage of longitudinal expectations data from the Berea Panel Study to provide new evidence about this issue, paying particular attention to the choice of whether to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291963
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Literacy traps: Society-wide education and individual skill premia
Atal, Vidya; Basu, Kaushik; Gray, John; Lee, Travis - 2009
Using a model of O-ring production function, the paper demonstrates how certain communities can get caught in a low-literacy trap in which each individual finds it not worthwhile investing in higher skills because others are not high-skilled. The model sheds light on educational policy. It is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010292080
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Reducing start-up costs for new firms: The double dividend on the labor market
Dulleck, Uwe; Frijters, Paul; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003
insurance against unemployment caused by labor market frictions and hence increases the incentives for education. We show within … a matching model that reducing the start-up costs for new firms results in higher take-up rates of education. It also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293727
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Peer effects in Austrian schools
Schneeweis, Nicole; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2005
This study deals with educational production in Austria and is focused on the potential impact of schoolmates on students' academic outcomes. We used PISA 2000 data to estimate peer effects for 15 and 16 year old students. The estimations yield substantial positive effects of the peer groups'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293753
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Reducing start-up costs for New Firms: The double dividend on the labor market
Dulleck, Uwe; Frijters, Paul; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2003
insurance against unemployment caused by labor market frictions and hence increases the incentives for education. We show within … a matching model that reducing the start-up costs for new firms results in higher take-up rates of education. It also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294544
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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nichole; … - 2011
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education and … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010294907
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A Model of Educational Attainment: Application to the German Case
Lauer, Charlotte - 2002
education to decide on the optimal amount of education they want to invest in. In an extension of the model, the educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298115
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Young and innocent international evidence on age effects within grades on school victimization in elementary school
Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2009
This study examines the impact of children's age within grade on school victimization in elementary school. Identification of age effects relies on the instrumental variables approach drawing on official school entry age rules based on children's month of birth. The empirical analysis uses the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298802
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Migration, remittances and educational outcomes: The case of Haiti
Bredl, Sebastian - 2009
. Household wealth, captured via an asset index, is found to have a signi?cant impact on education as well, supporting the idea …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301373