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Polish and Italian schooling then, Mexican schooling Now? : US ethnic school attainments across the generations of the 20th century
Perlmann, Joel (contributor) - 2002
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Long-lasting effects of communist indoctrination in school : evidence from Poland
Costa-Font, Joan; García-Hombrados, Jorge; Nicińska, Anna - 2020
Education can serve skill formation and socialisation goals both of which are conducive to desirable economic outcomes. However, the political manipulation of the school curricula can give rise to indoctrination effects with counterproductive welfare consequences on its pupils. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388095
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Long-lasting effects of communist indoctrination in school: evidence from Poland
Costa-Font, Joan; García-Hombrados, Jorge; Nicińska, Anna - 2020
Education can serve skill formation and socialisation goals both of which are conducive to desirable economic outcomes. However, the political manipulation of the school curricula can give rise to indoctrination effects with counterproductive welfare consequences on its pupils. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012388995
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Wechselwirkungen von Bildungsverhalten, Arbeitsmarktstruktur und Beschäftigerverhalten in postsozialistischen Gesellschaften : Ergebnisse eines Forschungskolloquiums
Grünert, Holle (ed.); Lutz, Burkart (contributor);  … - 1997
- und Berufswahlverhalten von Jugendlichen und Jungerwachsenen in Ostdeutschland. - Grünert, Holle: Was wissen wir über das … Beschäftigerverhalten in Ostdeutschland? - Lutz, Burkhart: Wechselwirkungen von Angebots- und Nachfrageverhalten. Erste Szenarien und … forschungsstrategische Überlegungen. - Steiner, Christine: Bildung und Beschäftigung in Ostdeutschland - Protokoll zur Diskussion). - Teil 2 …
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How children's schooling and work are affected when their father leaves permanently: Evidence from Colombia
Fitzsimons, Emla; Mesnard, Alice - 2012
This paper investigates how the permanent departure of the father from the household affects children's school enrolment and work participation in rural Colombia. Our results show that departure of the father decreases children's school enrolment by around 4 percentage points, and increases...
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Childhood family structure and schooling outcomes: evidence for Germany
Francesconi, Marco; Jenkins, Stephen P.; Siedler, Thomas - 2005
We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...
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Does educational tracking affect performance and inequality? Differences-in-differences evidence across countries
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2005
Even though some countries track students into differing-ability schools by age 10, others keep their entire secondary-school system comprehensive. To estimate the effects of such institutional differences in the face of country heterogeneity, we employ an international...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274166
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Econometric methods for research in education
Meghir, Costas; Rivkin, Steven - 2010
This paper reviews some of the econometric methods that have been used in the economics of education. The focus is on understanding how the assumptions made to justify and implement such methods relate to the underlying economic model and the interpretation of the results. We start by...
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Armed conflict and schooling: evidence from the 1994 Rwandan genocide
Akresh, Richard; de Walque, Damien - 2008
To examine the impact of Rwanda´s 1994 genocide on children´s schooling, the authors combine two cross-sectional household surveys collected before and after the genocide. The identification strategy uses pre-war data to control for an age group´s baseline schooling and exploits variation...
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How do crises affect schooling decisions? Evidence from changing labor market opportunities and a policy experiment
López Bóo, Florencia - 2008
This paper examines the effect of labor market opportunities on schoolingemployment decisions in 12 urban areas in Argentina over 12 years, emphasizing the recession/crisis years 1998-2002. Over 'typical' years deteriorating job rates increase the probability of attending school and decrease the...
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