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of educated people in order to commence production. In such a situation, with education choices being endogenous …, coordination failure can arise in the choice of education. This is because one person's choice depends on whether sufficient other … people are choosing education to allow the advanced sector to commence production. The paper sets out a simple two …
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in sectors which have been less severely hit by the crisis. Focusing on the education sector, it seems that the demand … for education increases because individuals try to circumvent the tight labour market, while the supply of education … early to make a definite statement because the full impact of the crisis on the education sector is still to come. …
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the leading principle of the Dutch education system since the beginning of the 20th century. Based on panel data for the … Netherlands we show that there is a relation between competition and student achievement in upper secondary education, but that it …
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This study analyzes the educational attainment and early labor market outcomes of young migrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) who arrived in Germany between 1989 and 1994. The results reveal that migrants have lower educational attainments than natives, and that within the group of...
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, it shows that the comparative advantage of females in skill is reflected in their greater investment in education and in …
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The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina. Recent evidence from North Carolina suggests that increases in Limited English students' concentration have led to a slight decline in performance solely for students at the top...
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. The determinants examined within a Tobit model framework include total household expenditure, education levels of parents … and other household characteristics. Such analysis of the household behavior of attempting to provide better education to … their children will highlight the determinants of the demand for education and the intergenerational transfers in Turkey. …
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This paper investigates how framing manipulations affect the quantity and quality of decisions. In a field experiment in elementary schools, 1.377 pupils are randomly assigned to one of three conditions in a multiple-choice test: (i) gain frame (Control), (ii) loss frame (Loss) and (iii) gain...
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Using unique data from Pakistan we estimate a model of demand for differentiated products in 112 rural education …
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also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education …
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