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Humanitarian aid, internal displacement and social impacts in Sudan
Mohamed, Issam A.W.; Osman, Kamal M. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Aulia Internally Displaced People, specially their efforts in education were investigated. It is concluded that introduce … governmental efforts in improving facilities are minimized. With the increasing loads of children vying to join education, lack of … children leave education and search for working opportunities to support their families. It is basically required from the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009223350
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Human Capital in the European Union: Public and Supranational Context
Klinova, M.; Ye. Sidorova. - In: VOPROSY ECONOMIKI 8 (2012)
The article examines the process of shaping and employment of human capital as a key factor in modern economic development. The interconnection between human capital and economic growth in the European countries is analyzed, as well as the role of human capital for realization of the Strategy...
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Kick It Like Özil? Decomposing the Native-Migrant Education Gap
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960127
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Kick It Like Özil?: Decomposing the Native-Migrant Education Gap
Krause, Annabelle; Rinne, Ulf; Schüller, Simone - Forschungsbasierte Infrastruktureinrichtung … - 2012
We investigate second generation migrants and native children at several stages in the German education system to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128956
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The Effect of Historically Black Colleges on Wages of Black Students: an Analysis by Gender.
Constantine, J.M. - Center for Development Economics, Williams College - 1998
This study considers the effect of attending Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) on wages of black students. A model is developed to estimate reduced form wages equations conditioned on the decision to attend a four year HBCU, non-HBCU or no four year institution. Models are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005519085
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Compulsory Education and the Benefits of Schooling
Melvin Stephens Jr.; Yang, Dou-Yan - In: American Economic Review 104 (2014) 6, pp. 1777-92
Causal estimates of the benefits of increased schooling using U.S. state schooling laws as instruments typically rely on specifications which assume common trends across states in the factors affecting different birth cohorts. Differential changes across states during this period, such as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010815623
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The Economic Progress of American Jewry: From 18th Century Merchants to 21st Century Professionals
Chiswick, Barry R. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper tracks the economic status of American Jewry over the past three centuries. It relies on qualitative material in the early period and quantitative data since 1890. The primary focus is on the occupational status of Jewish men and women, compared to non-Jews, with additional analyses...
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Unionization and Productivity: Evidence from Charter Schools
Hart, Cassandra M. D.; Sojourner, Aaron J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper studies the relationship between teacher unionization and student achievement. Generally stable patterns of teacher unionization since the 1970s have historically presented challenges in measuring the effects of unionization on educational production. However, the blossoming of the...
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Whether to Hire Local Contract Teachers? Trade-off Between Skills and Preferences in India.
Fagernäs, Sonja; Pelkonen, Panu - Department of Economics, School of Business, Management … - 2011
and education. …
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Whether to Hire Local Contract Teachers? Trade-off Between Skills and Preferences in India
Fagernäs, Sonja; Pelkonen, Panu - Spatial Economics Research Centre, LSE - 2011
Whether to hire teachers locally on a contract basis, or via competitive examinations as government officials, is a major policy question in developing countries. We use a Discrete Choice Experiment to assess the job preferences of 700 future elementary school teachers in the state of...
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