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Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education is a critical part of a modern education system … roles through the effects of other factors, such as school sector and education level of parents of students in the school …
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Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education is a critical part of a modern education system … roles through the effects of other factors, such as school sector and education level of parents of students in the school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012221051
between education institutions and employment, iii) providing training opportunities during working life, and iv) making … high-skill equilibrium and discusses areas of action to improve the conditions that promote the development of a more …
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(i.e., caregiver education and experience), and convenience (i.e., caregiver car ownership and availability). We find …
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better educational outcomes: quality pre-primary education, quality teaching, accountability and autonomy of teaching … institutions, comprehensive lower secondary education and availability of individual financing for the pursuit of higher education. …
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Educational attainment (EA) is influenced by characteristics other than cognitive ability, but little is known about the genetic architecture of these "non-cognitive" contributions to EA. Here, we use Genomic Structural Equation Modelling and prior genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of EA...
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period, first the post-World War baby boom and then the substantial increase in education led to higher economic growth than … otherwise expected. As the pace of increase in education slowed and the workforce aged toward the end of the period, human …
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This paper establishes that the rise in employer-provided training due to technological change has dampened the college wage premium. Using unique survey micro-data, I show that hightechnology firms provide more training overall, but the gap in training participation between high- and low-skill...
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invest in their children’s education. In this paper, I describe a study undertaken to gauge the impact of microcredit … availability on education expenditures for children of clients of a South Indian microfinance institution. I first look at some … determinants of the demand for education and then go on to consider what we know about how microcredit affects this demand. I find …
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This paper is the first to use a randomized trial in the US to analyze the short- and long-term educational and employment impacts of an after-school program, the Quantum Opportunity Program, that offered disadvantaged high-school youth: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards...
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