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We study how native-immigrant (second generation) differences in educational trajectories and school-to-work transitions vary by gender. Using longitudinal Belgian data and adjusting for family background and educational sorting, we find that both male and female second-generation immigrants,...
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Patience and risk-taking – two cultural traits that steer intertemporal decision-making – are fundamental to human capital investment decisions. To understand how they contribute to international differences in student achievement, we combine PISA tests with the Global Preference Survey. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828604
Patience and risk-taking – two cultural traits that steer intertemporal decision-making – are fundamental to human capital investment decisions. To understand how they contribute to international differences in student achievement, we combine PISA tests with the Global Preference Survey. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828793
The paper explores the evolution of ethnic identities of two important and distinct immigrant religious groups. Using data from Germany, a large European country with many immigrants, we study the adaptation processes of Muslims and Christians. Individual data on language, culture, societal...
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Patience and risk-taking - two cultural traits that steer intertemporal decision-making - are fundamental to human capital investment decisions. To understand how they contribute to international differences in student achievement, we combine PISA tests with the Global Preference Survey. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012241063
Patience and risk-taking - two cultural traits that steer intertemporal decision-making - are fundamental to human capital investment decisions. To understand how they contribute to international differences in student achievement, we combine PISA tests with the Global Preference Survey. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012255834
Patience and risk-taking - two cultural traits that steer intertemporal decision-making - are fundamental to human capital investment decisions. To understand how they contribute to international differences in student achievement, we combine PISA tests with the Global Preference Survey. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012248854
The present study is part of a much larger study that examined the ethics of bribery and the ethics of tax evasion from a variety of perspectives. In this study, data were taken from the most recent World Values Survey. Forty-seven countries were included in the study. In some cases, education...
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This chapter summarizes the results of 23 studies that were conducted on the relationship between education level and attitude toward bribery. Additional summaries will be published in the second volume of this series, The Ethics of Bribery: Country Studies
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This study examines Educational Attainment and Perception of Feminists' values among Bariga residents in Lagos State, Nigeria. It also investigates the influence of sex and other factors on perception of Feminists’ values. Feminists' theory, structural functionalism and Social construction...
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