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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%). In this paper we distinguish demand factors,...
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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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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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Are employability skills learned in US youth education and training programs?
Lerman, Robert I. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Policy 2 (2013), pp. 1-20
Skills are a central source of high productivity and economic well-being. But what do we mean by productive skills? Both with regard to measurement and policy, the primary focus in the U.S. has been on academic skills, as measured by tests of reading, writing and math abilities and by...
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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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Gender differences in earnings and labor supply in early career : evidence from Kosovo’s school-to-work transition survey
Pastore, Francesco; Sattar, Sarosh; Tiongson, Erwin R. - In: IZA Journal of Labor & Development 2 (2013), pp. 1-34
Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage disparities evolve over time, particularly during the first few years spent by young workers in the labor market. More generally, not much is known about gender wage gaps in early...
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Wirtschaft und Berufserziehung : W & B ; Zeitschrift für Berufsbildung und Bildungspolitik
Augsburg : ZIEL; anfangs: Lorch : Bürger; -2002: …; … - 1.1949 - 63.2011
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Frühe Förderung und Betreuung von Kindern: Bedeutende Unterschiede bei der Inanspruchnahme besonders in den ersten Lebensjahren
Schober, Pia S.; Spieß, C. Katharina - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 79 (2012) 43, pp. 17-28
Deutschland) vergleichen wir Kinder von Alleinerziehenden, Kinder mit Migrationshintergrund, Kinder in Niedrigeinkommenshaushalten …. On the basis of the German Socio-Economic Panel Study (SOEP) and the special dataset "Families in Germany" (FiD), we …, particularly younger children from these four groups are underrepresented in formal education and child care in Germany as a whole …
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School closures in Chile : access to quality alternatives in a school choice system
Elacqua, Gregory; Martínez, Matías; Santos, Humberto; … - In: Estudios de economía 39 (2012) 2, pp. 179-202
In this paper, we analyze the schooling alternatives of families that could face school closure. This article identifies, characterizes, and georeferences the institutions classified as low-performing by the SEP Law along with their closest alternatives. The findings indicate that a significant...
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Investitionen in Bildung : frühkindlicher Bereich hat großes Potential
Spieß, C. Katharina - In: DIW-Wochenbericht : Wirtschaft, Politik, Wissenschaft 80 (2013) 26, pp. 40-47
Investitionen in Bildung sind für die Wettbewerbsfähigkeit der deutschen Volkswirtschaft von großer Bedeutung. Vor allem frühkindliche Bildungsangebote versprechen eine hohe Rendite - weil Kinder davon noch Jahre später profitieren können und sich beim Lernen neuer Fähigkeiten leichter...
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