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Heterogeneous effects of women's schooling on fertility, literacy and work : evidence from Burundi's free primary education policy

Wild, Frederik; Stadelmann, David - 2020

situated at all wealth levels, the relevant downstream effects of schooling - measured by fertility, literacy and employment … reduced fertility through policy induced education, while there are almost no effects of additional education for non …-poor women. Our findings help in evaluating the generalisability of the nexus between women's education and fertility as well as …

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Speaking the same language : the effect of foreign origin teachers on students' language skills

Höckel, Lisa Sofie - 2019 - This version: August 12, 2019

Population diversity arising from international migration does not only affect the labor market, but also its training ground – the classroom. While the economics literature studies the large and persistent achievement gap between native and foreign origin students, surprisingly little is...

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Cultural distance and gravity effects among migrants : a comparative analysis of the EU15

Tubadji, Annie; Nijkamp, Peter - 2013

This paper introduces cultural gravity as a new concept for analyzing socio-economic disparities among immigrants. It tests the existence of cultural gravity effects on the geographic concentration and human capital productivity of immigrants. Using cultural distance as a proxy for the local...

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The effect of education on fertility : evidence from a compulsory schooling reform

Cygan-Rehm, Kamila; Maeder, Miriam - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 25 (2013), pp. 35-48

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The long-run effect of Mexican immigration on crime in US cities : evidence from variation in Mexican fertility rates

Chalfin, Aaron - In: The American economic review 105 (2015) 5, pp. 220-225

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Wage and occupational assimilation by skill level: Migration policy lessons from Spain

Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 1 (2012), pp. 1-20

What are the migration policy lessons that can be learned from the Spanish case? Unlike countries with a large tradition of receiving immigrants, in Spain having a high-school degree does not give immigrants an advantage in terms wage or occupational assimilation (relative to their native...

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The Party Identification of Germany's Immigrant Population: Parties Should Not Fear Eased Naturalization Requirements

Kroh, Martin; Tucci, Ingrid - In: Weekly Report 6 (2010) 4, pp. 20-26

Individuals with a migration background represent a steadily increasing percentage of Germany's population. Although the majority of individuals with migration background lack German citizenship and are therefore unable to vote, the number of naturalized immigrants continues to rise....

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Parteibindungen von Migranten: Parteien brauchen erleichterte Einbürgerung nicht zu fürchten

Kroh, Martin; Tucci, Ingrid - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 47, pp. 821-827

Menschen mit Migrationshintergrund bilden einen stetig wachsenden Anteil an der Bevölkerung Deutschlands. Die Mehrzahl von ihnen kann aufgrund eines fehlenden deutschen Passes nicht an Wahlen teilnehmen. Da aber die Zahl eingebürgerter und damit wahlberechtigter Menschen mit...

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Affirmative action and university fit: Evidence from Proposition 209

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban; Coate, Patrick; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-29

Proposition 209 banned the use of racial preferences in admissions at public colleges in California. We analyze unique data for all applicants and enrollees within the University of California (UC) system before and after Prop 209. After Prop 209, minority graduation rates increased by 4.35...

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Why to employ both migrants and natives? A study on task-specific substitutability

Haas, Anette; Lucht, Michael; Schanne, Norbert - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 46 (2013) 3, pp. 201-214

This paper analyses the performance of migrants on the German labour market and its dependence on the tasks performed on their jobs. Recent work suggests quantifying the imperfect substitutability relationship between migrants and natives as a measure for the hurdles migrants have to face. Our...

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