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Impact of early childhood school intervention on enrollment and learning outcomes : evaluation of a public program in India
Bhattacharya, Nilanjan; Pakrashi, Debayan; Saha, Sarani; … - 2023
We evaluate the impact of introducing a pre-primary schooling program in government schools in the Indian state of West Bengal in 2013 on children's early enrolment in schools and subsequent test scores. Using double difference, triple difference, and synthetic control methodologies, we find...
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Impact of early childhood school intervention on enrollment and learning outcomes : evaluation of a public program in India
Bhattacharya, Nilanjan; Pakrashi, Debayan; Saha, Sarani; … - 2023
Bengal in 2013 on children’s early enrollment in schools and subsequent test scores. Using double difference, triple … difference, and synthetic control methodologies, we find that the program significantly increased enrollment in the pre …-primary sections of the government schools. However, the rise in enrollment did not translate into improved performance of the students …
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Can vocational education improve schooling and labour outcomes? : evidence from a large expansion
Ferreira, João R.; Martins, Pedro S. - 2023
We evaluate the education and labour impact of vocational education and training (VET). Identification draws on different IVs from the large-scale, staggered introduction of VET courses in public schools in Portugal from 2005. We also exploit the large gender differences in VET, with many...
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Noncognitive skills, school achievements and educational dropout
Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2009
We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003828231
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Overeducation and Skill Endowments : The Role of School Achievement and Vocational Training Quality
Büchel, Felix; Pollmann-Schult, Matthias - 2021
Thurow's job-competition model implies that overeducation is contingent upon the differing skill endowments of employees. As yet, only rudimentary evidence has been furnished to confirm this relationship. In the present paper, we test the theory in a more sophisticated manner, by means of a more...
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Thailand's education system and skills imbalances : assessment and policy recommendations
Vandeweyer, Marieke; Espinoza, Ricardo; Reznikova, Laura; … - 2020
In light of population ageing, globalisation, automation, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand’s labour market is being significantly reshaped, and so are the skills required for higher employability. This paper analyses the capacity of Thailand’s education and training system...
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Occupational mismatch of immigrants in Europe : the role of education and cognitive skills
Cim, Merve; Kind, Michael Sebastian; Kleibrink, Jan - 2017
Occupational mismatch is a wide-spread phenomenon among immigrants in many European countries. Mismatch, predominantly measured in terms of education, is often regarded as a waste of human capital. Such discussions, however, ignore the imperfect comparability of international educational degrees...
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Does technical education improve academic outcomes? : evidence from Brazil
Elacqua, Gregory; Navarro-Palau, Patricia; Prada, Maria … - 2019
Despite the renewed interest in technical education, only a handful of studies analyze its effect on academic outcomes. In this paper we apply a regression discontinuity design to oversubscribed technical high school tracks in Pernambuco, Brazil, to identify the impact of technical education...
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Noncognitive Skills, School Achievements and Educational Dropout
Coneus, Katja; Gernandt, Johannes; Saam, Marianne - 2010
We analyse the determinants of dropout from secondary and vocational education in Germany using data from the Socio-Economic Panel from 2000 to 2007. In addition to the role of classical variables like family background and school achievements, we examine the effect of noncognitive skills. Both,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014207986
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Developing employability skills in vulnerable youth : designing logic model framework and outcome evaluation using quasi-experiment
Gupta, Pallavi; Datta, Ambarish; Kothe, Satyanarayan Kishan - In: World development sustainability 2 (2023), pp. 1-12
This paper introduces a simple framework for developing work-based technical skills and enhancing employability skills in vulnerable youth from disadvantaged backgrounds. The purpose is to ascertain that sustainable skills development is not just provision of technical skills but also developing...
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