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Economic growth, comparative advantage, and gender differences in schooling outcomes : evidence from the birthweight differences of Chinese Twins

Rosenzweig, Mark R.; Zhang, Junsen - 2012

, it shows that the comparative advantage of females in skill is reflected in their greater investment in education and in …

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Microeconometric analyses on determinants of individual labour market outcomes

Simon, Lisa - 2019

This doctoral thesis analyses the impact of education and other determinants on labour market outcomes using … terms of credibility, relevance, and expectedness by gender and education level. Females are particularly rewarded for IT … and language skills and males for maturity. Chapter 3 analyses the impact of beliefs about refugees' education levels on …

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The role of labour market expectations and admission probabilities in students' application decisions on higher education : the case of Hungary

Varga, Júlia - 2003

strategies to higher education. The starting hypothesis of this study is that students consider the expected utility of their …-priced education. The results of this paper confirm that both expected wages and admission probabilities determine students …

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Intergenerational trends in educational and income mobility in the United States of America since the 1960s

Ernst, Ekkehard; Langot, François; Merola, Rossana; … - 2024

top of the education and income distribution (upward mobility) has increased. On the other hand, for children whose …

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From the cradle to the grave : the effect of family background on the career path of Italian men

Raitano, Michele; Vona, Francesco - 2015

This paper investigates the influence of parental education on the returns to experience of Italian men using a new … that an additional year of parental education increases sons' weekly wages by 11.7% after twenty years of experience and … it appears the result of both a glass ceiling effect, due to the complementarity between parental education and son …

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Intergenerational mobility in occupational choices : are there gender differences in Ghana?

Twumasi Baffour, Priscilla; Turkson, Festus Ebo; … - 2021

Historically, the issue of intergenerational evolution of income, wealth, and socioeconomic status has been the subject of considerable research in the analysis of inequality. Such intergenerational linkages are anticipated to come from two sources: first, the inheritance of innate abilities and...

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Parental investments and socio-economic gradients in learning across European countries

Carneiro, Pedro; Reis, Hugo; Toppeta, Alessandro - 2024

Generous maternity leave, affordable daycare, extensive social safety nets, excellent universal health care, and high-quality public schools, are all notable features of Nordic countries. There is a widespread belief that such strong public investments in children contribute to a levelled...

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Educational pathways and earnings trajectories of second-generation immigrants in Australia : new insights from linked census-administrative data

Ha Trong Nguyen; Zając, Tomasz; Tomaszewski, Wojtek; … - 2025

higher education, particularly bachelor's and master's degrees, and specialise in fields such as management and commerce …

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Education, skill, and earnings : further evidence from Ghana

Ackah, Charles; Adjasi, Charles Komla Delali; Turkson, … - 2014

This paper provides evidence on the nature of returns to education in Ghana and confirms the emerging empirical … literature on the convexity of returns to education in Ghana. Using a basic Mincerian, model we find that returns to education … results point to the importance of higher education in productivity. Nonetheless educational policies should not only be …

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Chapter 6 Educational Wage Premiums and the U.S. Income Distribution: A Survey

Deere, Donald R.; Vesovic, Jelena - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 1, (pp. 255-306). 2006

This chapter discusses the large literature and numerous issues regarding education-related differences in income in …, empirical analyses concentrated directly on education-related differences in earnings. The human capital revolution of the late … 1950s/early 1960s greatly expanded the research on education and income and shifted the focus to wages. The human capital …

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