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Teaching practices and social capital
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre; Shleifer, Andrei - 2011
We use several data sets to consider the effect of teaching practices on student beliefs, as well as on organization of firms and institutions. In cross-country data, we show that teaching practices (such as copying from the board versus working on projects together) are strongly related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286875
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College major choice and the gender gap
Zafar, Basit (contributor) - 2009
Males and females are markedly different in their choice of college major. Two main reasons have been suggested for the gender gap: differences in innate abilities and differences in preferences. This paper addresses the question of how college majors are chosen, focusing on the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003812568
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Labor market outcomes of highly educated immigrants : does your name matter?
Xu, Dafeng - 2015 - (Very preliminary version)
Prior empirical research shows that acculturation in the host country might be positively related to immigrants? labor market outcomes. However, whether acculturation helps highly educated immigrants in the labor market is in question, as they have completed a significant fraction of human...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011485175
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Teaching practices and social capital
Algan, Yann; Cahuc, Pierre; Shleifer, Andrei - 2011
We use several data sets to consider the effect of teaching practices on student beliefs, as well as on organization of firms and institutions. In cross-country data, we show that teaching practices (such as copying from the board versus working on projects together) are strongly related to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009516921
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Economics of minority groups: labour market returns and transmission of indigenous languages
Fuente Stevens, Diego de la; Pelkonen, Panu - 2021
indigenous groups, retaining the minority language along with Spanish increases employment opportunities. Furthermore, we show …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012588923
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College Major Choice and the Gender Gap
Zafar, Basit - 2009
Males and females are markedly different in their choice of college major. Two main reasons have been suggested for the gender gap: differences in innate abilities and differences in preferences. This paper addresses the question of how college majors are chosen, focusing on the underlying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012718978
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Bullying at school and labour market outcomes
Drydakis, Nick - 2013
labour force participation, employment rate and hourly wages are negatively affected by bullying. In addition, men … wages. Moreover, Oaxaca-Blinder decompositions suggest that labour force participation gaps, employment gaps and hourly wage …This study examines the long-term correlates of bullying in school with aspects of functioning in adult employment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009754885
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Education reform and labor market outcomes : the case of Argentina's Ley Federal de Educación
Alzúa, María Laura; Gasparini, Leonardo; Haimovich, … - In: Journal of applied economics 18 (2015) 1, pp. 21-43
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554859
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The impact of age within academic year on adult outcomes
Crawford, Claire; Dearden, Lorraine; Greaves, Ellen - 2013
into differences in the probability of employment, occupation and earnings for adults in the UK. We also examine whether …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009740303
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Zero returns to higher education: evidence from a natural experiment
Avdeev, Stanislav - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012288508