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Long-Term Effects of Vietnam-Era Conscription : Schooling, Experience and Earning
Angrist, Joshua D. - 2007
Instrumental variables (IV) estimates using the draft lottery show that white Vietnam-era draftees suffered substantial post-service earnings losses in the 1970s and 1980s. Angrist (1990) explains these losses as due primarily to lost labor market experience. Non-public use data fromthe 2000...
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The intergenerational transmission of education : evidence from the World War II cohorts in Europe
Havari, Enkelejda; Peracchi, Franco - 2019
The negative long-term effects of World War II on those directly exposed to it are well documented, but there is no … intergenerational effects of World War II in terms of educational attainments. We focus on parent-children dyads in which parents were … born between 1926 and 1949, and show two things. First, parents who suffered the war, that is, were exposed to major war …
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How to cut the cost of education
Umans, Shelley - 1973
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The High Cost of Low Educational Performance : The Long-run Economic Impact of Improving PISA Outcomes
2010
This report uses recent economic modelling to relate cognitive skills – as measured by PISA and other international instruments – to economic growth, demonstrating that relatively small improvements to labour force skills can largely impact the future well-being of a nation. The report also...
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The education revolution on horseback I : the relation between Napoleon Bonaparte and education system characteristics
Korthals, Roxanne - 2016
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The education revolution on horseback II : using the Napoleonic Wars to elicit the effect of tracking on student performance
Korthals, Roxanne - 2016
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The education revolution on horseback I : the relation between Napoleon Bonaparte and education system characteristics
Korthals, Roxanne - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447215
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The education revolution on horseback II : using the Napoleonic wars to elicit the effect of tracking on student performance
Korthals, Roxanne - 2016
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The Costs of Early School Leaving in Europe
Brunello, Giorgio - 2013
in the Europe 2020 strategy and one of the five benchmarks of the strategic framework for European cooperation in … and school resources – as well as more targeted policies. While our focus is mainly on Europe, we also consider important …
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A túl- és az alulképzés bérhozama 25 országban
Galasi, Péter (contributor) - 2008
By making use of Duncan & Hoffman's empirical model, the economic returns to overeducation and undereducation are estimated using comparable microdata from the middle of the 2000s for 25 European countries. The estimates confirm some of the main results found in the literature. The wage premium...
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