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Incentives in education and marriage
Gevrek, Deniz - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011387706
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Women, family, and work : writings on the economics of gender
Moe, Karine S. (ed.) - 2003
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001671551
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Three essays on socio-economic transitions : the case of east and west Germany
Deutschmann, Franziska K. - 2018
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What happens after enrollment? An analysis of the time path of racial differences in GPA and major choice
Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban M.; Spenner, Ken - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-24
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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The fading productivity of schooling in East Asia
Gundlach, Erich; Wößmann, Ludger - In: Journal of Asian economics 12 (2001) 3, pp. 401-417
We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors should indicate declining relative schooling...
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Bildungssysteme im internationalen Vergleich
Voßkamp, Rainer; Dohmen, Dieter - In: Vierteljahrshefte zur Wirtschaftsforschung 77 (2008) 2, pp. 11-32
Education systems are integral subsystems of national innovation systems. Due to the increasing technological … background, first, this article considers the impact of education on innovation and economic growth. Afterwards, in an … international comparison it is analyzed to what extent the education system in Germany and other OECD countries meet the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010377828
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Sozialer Rohstoff: "Den meisten Menschen kann man vertrauen."
Michalski, Niels; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 34, pp. 570-579
Vertrauen ist in den letzten Jahren zu einem ambivalenten Schlüsselbegriff geworden, der in Debatten um den vermeintlichen Vertrauensverlust im öffentlichen Leben wie gegenüber Politikern und Institutionen aufgegriffen wird. Der Begriff wird auch als Ursache für die Krise auf den globalen...
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Fat spouses and hours of work: Are body and Pareto weights correlated?
Oreffice, Sonia; Quintana-Domeque, Climent - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 1 (2012), pp. 1-21
We explore the relationship between relative physical attractiveness in the household and the hours worked by married men and women. Using PSID data, we find that husbands who are thinner relative to their wives work fewer hours, while wives who are heavier relative to their husbands work more...
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Essays in health economics and labor economics
Palali, Ali - 2015
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