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higher education. The expected return to education in terms of wages also affects educational decisions significantly. A …
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of postgraduate students who graduated every year increased at a fast pace. In this thesis doctorate and licentiate …
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We study how class size and composition affect the academic and labor market performances of college students, two … crucial policy questions given the secular increase in college enrollment. We rely on the random assignment of students to … deviation deterioration of the average grade. Further, the effect is heterogenous as female and higher income students seem …
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This paper estimates the effects on earnings of "gap years" between high school and university enrollment. The effect is estimated by means of standard earnings functions augmented to account for gap years and a rich set of control variables using administrative Swedish data. We find that...
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This paper estimates the effects on earnings of "gap years" between high school and university enrollment. The effect is estimated by means of standard earnings functions augmented to account for gap years and a rich set of control variables using administrative Swedish data. We find that...
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This paper estimates the effects on earnings of “gap years” between high school and university enrollment. The effect is estimated by means of standard earnings functions augmented to account for gap years and a rich set of control variables using administrative Swedish data. We find that...
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Despite increasing mental health problems and an existing care gap among university students, cost-effective solutions … undergraduate students in Germany. As part of a thought experiment, the treatment group reflected for ten minutes on questions … students' mindful behavior, mental health and well-being as well as perseverance in performance. Our results show the self …
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have backward looking expectations, in the other rational expectations on future wages. Only the model with backward … welfare improvements through the provision of information on future wages are considerable. …
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Is there a reward for basic skills in the German labor market? To answer this question, we examine the relationship between literacy, numeracy and monthly gross earnings of full-time employed workers. We use data from the ALWA survey, augmented by test scores on basic cognitive skills as well as...
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