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This study measures the impact of changes in the income determinants on inequality in the 1990 to 2003 period, in order to answer the question of why income distribution as a whole has not changed. The methodology utilized are micro-simulations of income distribution, which is the most...
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Uruguay. Social conditions such as social security benefits and the participation of women in the labor market are not … earlier estimation. Even though this significative reduction the reasons to explain the gap would remain identical than …
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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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Der Anteil von Grundschulkindern, die ganztägig zur Schule gehen, ist in den letzten Jahren stark gestiegen. Maßgeblich dazu beigetragen hat das Investitionsprogramm "Zukunft Bildung und Betreuung" (IZBB), mit dem der Bund die Länder seit 2003 beim Ausbau der Ganztagsschule unterstützt. Doch...
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The quality dimension of immigrant human capital has received little attention in the economic assimilation literature. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how human capital acquired in different source countries may be adjusted according to its quality in the Canadian labor market....
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At the private university we analyze, the gap between white and black grade point averages falls by half between the students’ freshmen and senior year. This outcome could suggest that affirmative action policies are playing a key role to reduce racial differences. However, this convergence...
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Higher educational institution (HEI) is a one of an organisation in a service industry field. It likes any other organisations are realising that the mission of the university is to provide a high quality environment that meets the requirements of users in an efficient and effectively. Basically...
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This study addresses the phenomenon of permanence for long years of low performance (urban) schools, measured by SIMCE. We also analyze mobility of students to other schools of same or better quality. The results show that student ?s mobility rates in these schools is almost 11%. Almost 30% of...
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The present paper analyzes the relationship between the criminal offences, the function of the justice system and some of their socio-economic determinants in the case of Greece by estimating their dynamic interactions. The analysis covers the period 1971-2006 and the cointegration methodologies...
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