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Internet addiction among Greek university students : demographic associations with the phenomenon, using the Greek version of young's Internet addiction rest
Frangos, Christos C.; Frangos, Constantinos C.; Kiohos, … - In: International journal of economic sciences and applied … 3 (2010) 1, pp. 49-74
is to estimate the percentage of IA among Greek university students. Results of a sample survey among 1876 Greek … university students, 18-27 years old, are presented. The questionnaire consisted of eight questions from Young's Diagnostic Test … students were associated with poorer academic performance. Multiple logistic regression showed that significant predictors of …
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Educación y escuela en el año del bicentenario de Argentina historia reciente : Tucumán 1990/2010
Macián de Barbieri, Liliana - In: Atlantic review of economics 1 (2011), pp. 1-25
, even serving more number of students, investment in education has grown in real terms, showing a considerable increase in …
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¿El fin de la educación pública en Chile?
Paredes, Ricardo D.; Pinto, Juan Ignacio - In: Estudios de economía 36 (2009) 1, pp. 47-66
In the period 2000 - 2006, municipal or public schools reduced its enrollment in 186,000 students (13%) in Chile …. Meanwhile, privately subsidized schools, receiving the same type of funding, increased their enrollment in 386,000 students (38 …
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Arbeitsmigration in Zentralasien: Kinder profitieren nicht von Geldüberweisungen
Kröger, Antje Elisabeth - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 6, pp. 11-17
In den zentralasiatischen Ländern Kirgistan und Tadschikistan müssen viele Erwachsene ihre Familien zeitweilig verlassen, um sich in anderen Regionen oder Ländern einen Arbeitsplatz zu suchen. Die Geldüberweisungen an die Familien stellen in beiden Ländern einen erheblichen wirtschaftlichen...
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Uni, Fachhochschule oder Ausbildung : welche Fächer bringen die höchsten Löhne?
Glocker, Daniela; Storck, Johanna - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 13, pp. 3-8
Mit einem Universitätsabschluss können im Durchschnitt höhere Löhne erzielt werden als mit einem niedrigeren Abschluss. Auch das Risiko, arbeitslos zu sein, ist unter Akademikern geringer als für die Gesamtbevölkerung. Doch wie weit liegen die Löhne innerhalb eines Bildungsabschlusses...
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Managing operating efficiencies of publicly owned universities : American university stochastic frontier estimates using panel data
Sav, G. Thomas - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 1, pp. 1-23
This paper investigates the extent of operating cost inefficiencies in the public provision of American higher education. The analysis employs panel data on American research and doctoral granting universities spanning four academic years, 2005-06 through 2008-09. Translog cost frontiers are...
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Review of current trends in shaping financial knowledge
Gemzik-Salwach, Agata - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 8 (2012) 1, pp. 102-107
The activity of local government units requires them to constantly deepen the financial knowledge and competence of their employees. This article presents review of current trends in shaping financial knowledge of local government units in Poland. The first part of this paper shows trends...
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Economic conditions of government expenditure on education in higher education system
Rozmus, Andrzej; Cyran, Karolina - In: E-Finanse : finansowy kwartalnik internetowy 8 (2012) 1, pp. 72-84
Higher education institutions are an essential, endogenous element of economic development and take part in resolving global issues. Their utilitarian role, however, may be greatly limited as a result of improper ways of financing science and didactics. The prevailing mechanism of financing...
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Productivity, efficiency, and managerial performance regress and gains in United States universities : a data envelopment analysis
Sav, G. Thomas - In: Advances in management & applied economics 2 (2012) 3, pp. 13-32
This paper uses data envelopment analys is to investigate the extent to which universities in the United States have undergone productivity and efficiency changes, partly due to managerial performance, during the 2005-09 academic years. Using panel data for 133 research a nd doctoral...
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School choice and information
Gómez, Daniel; Chumacero Escudero, Rómulo; Paredes, … - In: Estudios de economía 39 (2012) 2, pp. 143-157
One of the pillars of the educational voucher system is that competition between schools to attract students would …
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