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What Next for School Vouchers?
Peterson, Paul E. - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 4, pp. 57-61
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School Choice and School Quality in the US
Nechyba, Thomas - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 4, pp. 33-38
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Regional competitiveness and training in Germany
Foders, Federico - 1997
This paper analyses the German training system from the point of view of regional policy. The problems and prospects of the German system of first and further vocational training are addressed followed by an overview over macro and micro approaches to an empirical assessment of the regional...
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Subsidizing vocational training for disadvantaged youth in developing countries: evidence from a randomized trial
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Kugler, Adriana D.; Meghir, Costas - 2009
This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for disadvantaged youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in developing countries. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269013
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Selection Bias, Comparative Advantage and Heterogeneous Returns to Education: Evidence from China in 2000
Heckman, James Joseph; Li, Xuesong - 2003
This paper uses newly available Chinese micro data to estimate the return to college education for late 20th century China when allowing for heterogeneous returns among individuals selecting into schooling based on these differences. We use recently developed semiparametric methods to identify...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274202
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The effect of education policy on crime: An intergenerational perspective
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Schnabel, Marieke - 2011
A number of studies have shown that education reforms extending compulsory schooling reduce criminal behavior of those affected by the reform. We consider the effects of a major Swedish educational reform on crime by exploiting its staggered implementation across Sweden. We first show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010321147
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The effect of education policy on crime: An intergenerational perspective
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Schnabel, Marieke - 2011
A number of studies have shown that education reforms extending compulsory schooling reduce criminal behavior of those affected by the reform. We consider the effects of a major Swedish educational reform on crime by exploiting its staggered implementation across Sweden. We first show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282489
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Duale Ausbildung, ›Jugendgarantie‹ oder zusätzliche Hilfsfonds: Was tun gegen die Jugendarbeitslosigkeit in Europa?
Rieke, Volker; Bosch, Gerhard; Esser, Friedrich Hubert; … - In: ifo Schnelldienst 66 (2013) 16, pp. 3-24
von Institutionen, der nur langfristig zu erreichen sei. Friedrich Hubert Esser, Bundesinstitut für Berufsbildung, Bonn … gefördert und 4. der Arbeitsmarkt flexibilisiert werden. Auch Felix Rauner, Universität Bremen, sieht in der Einführung der … der Berufsausbildung die enge Verknüpfung von Ausbildungs- und Arbeitsmarkt entscheidend ist. …
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The Knowledge Lift : The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels
Albrecht, James; van den Berg, Gerard J.; Vroman, Susan - 2005
The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift is unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of all low-skilled workers towards the medium level. This paper evaluates the effects of program participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably...
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Noncognitive Skills, School Achievements and Educational Dropout (Revised Version)
Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2010
-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we … examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both, better school grades and higher noncognitive skills reduce the risk of … becoming an educational dropout. The influence of school achievements on the dropout probability tends to decrease and the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011600953