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There is a considerable empirical literature which compares wage levels of workers who have studied at secondary vocational schools with wages of workers who took academic schooling. In general, vocational education does not lead to higher wages. However, in some countries where labor markets...
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, gender and various determinants. It is a preliminary version of a forthcoming UNESCO/ Kyushu University Urban Institute … Inclusive Wealth Report 2023 chapter. It focuses on five important country groups by gender - Asia, Africa, Latin America, the G … what has happened to the world's gender-disaggregated levels of education and human capital per capita over time. The …
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This paper studies how individuals believe human capital investments will affect their future career and family life … and family expectations help explain human capital choices. …
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A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children …
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This paper estimates the gender-specific effects of birthweight on a variety of schooling and labor market outcomes. A …
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gender gap in STEM. However, the state of knowledge has probably not reached the point where the empirical findings from this …
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gender gap in STEM. However, the state of knowledge has probably not reached the point where the empirical findings from this …
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paper with an emphasis on differences by gender and differences across regions. Some comparisons between China and India and … gender in any analysis. …
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In this paper, we use a hypothetical choice methodology to robustly estimate preferences for workplace attributes. Undergraduate students are presented with sets of jobs that vary in their attributes (such as earnings and job hours flexibility) and asked to state their probabilistic choices. We...
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developmental functioning of children at younger ages (2-4 years) than ever previously examined. Data from the German Socio …) controlling for various child and family characteristics. The findings indicate that, among boys, obesity is a significant risk … the correlations exist even for those preschool children who spend no time in day care, which implies that the correlation …
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