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In this paper we examine the relationship between computer premium and job position in Austria. We estimate cross-section wage equations and control for selectivity of computer use via a treatment effects model. We find that the size of the wage effect attributed to computer use varies...
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Business cycle models often abstract from persistent household heterogeneity, despite its potentially significant implications for macroeconomic fluctuations and policy. We show empirically that the likelihood of being persistently financially constrained decreases with cognitive skills and...
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The transition from school-to-work has been a burning issue in most countries for the last decades. So far research on … this topic has not been conclusive, and it is still not clear whether transition problems are just individual, linked to … vocational training, who obtained lower PISA results, are significantly more likely to be in an inadequate employment situation …
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children´s educational attainment during the transition process of the 1990s. The relationship between family background and …
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children´s educational attainment during the transition process of the 1990s. The relationship between family background and …
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This paper examines the effect of financial development on educational quality in Sub-Saharan Africa. This paper also analyses the interaction effect of public education financing and measures of financial development on quality of education in Sub-Saharan Africa. The study adopts the two-step...
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This paper investigates the relationship between financial development and income inequality by taking the role of individuals' talent into account. We measure talent using the direct observations of individuals’ achievements before entering the labor force by using the Program for...
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