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Microeconometric analysis of individual and institutional determinants of education and occupational choice

Obergruber, Natalie - 2018

This study analyses which individual and institutional factors (causally) influence individuals in their educational career and in their choice for an occupation. Chapter 2 explores consequences of parental separation for cognitive skill development of children. In the year before parental...

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Making New Zealand's economic growth more inclusive

Carey, David - 2015

New Zealand generally performs well in terms of economic and social inclusion. It has high employment rates, and education and health-care systems work well for most. However, some New Zealanders are stuck on low incomes and face material deprivation and multiple barriers to economic and social...

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Estimating multidimensional childhood poverty in the Democratic Republic of Congo, 2007 through 2013

Mahrt, Kristi; Nanivazo, Malokele - 2015

After years of economic decline, conflict, and instability, the Democratic Republic of Congo achieved rapid economic growth in the 2000s along with a reduction in rural consumption poverty. This paper evaluates the extent to which recent growth has been accompanied by improvements in...

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The PISA shock, socioeconomic inequality, and school reforms in Germany

Davoli, Maddalena; Entorf, Horst - 2018

In Germany, the poor performance in PISA 2000 stimulated a heated public debate and a strong policy response. The government reacted to the low average and remarkable disparities registered by the test, and spurred reforms led to a significant improvement in the country fs educational...

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The distributional effects of early school stratification : non-parametric evidence from Germany

Roller, Marcus; Steinberg, Daniel - 2017

The effects of early school stratification on scholastic performance have been subject to controversial debates in educational policy and science. We exploit a unique variation in Lower Saxony, Germany, where performance based tracking was preponed from grade 7 to grade 5 in 2004. We measure the...

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Einkommensentwicklung im Freistaat Sachsen : Gutachten im Auftrag der FDP-Fraktion im Sächsischen Landtag

Arent, Stefan; Nagl, Wolfgang; Ragnitz, Joachim - 2011

Die Studie stellt die Bruttolohn- und Tariflohnentwicklung von Arbeitnehmern in der Privatwirtschaft und Angestellten im öffentlichen Dienst seit der Wiedervereinigung gegenüber. Dabei werden auch Sonderleistungen (wie Urlaubs- und Weihnachtsgeld, Überstundenzuschläge usw.), flexible...

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Schooling mobility across three generations in six Latin American countries

Celhay, Pablo A.; Gallegos, Sebastian - 2024

This paper presents new evidence on schooling mobility across three generations in six Latin American countries. By combining survey information with national census data, we have constructed a novel dataset that includes 50,000 triads of grandparents, parents, and children born between 1890 and...

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How redistributive is fiscal policy in Latin America? : the case of Chile and Mexico

Castelletti, Barbara - 2013

This paper looks at the incidence of fiscal policy on the income distribution for Chile and Mexico. Notably by … fiscal policy on reducing income inequality. The contrast between the estimates for Chile and Mexico and the rest of OECD … income inequality reduction and shows how these results differ across countries. Our results for Chile and Mexico suggest …

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Within-country poverty convergence: evidence from Mexico

López-Calva, Luis F.; Ortiz-Juarez, Eduardo; … - 2020

analysis reported in this paper exploits a unique panel dataset of poverty maps covering almost 2,400 municipalities in Mexico …

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On synthetic income panels

Moreno, Hector; Bourguignon, François; Dang, Hai-Anh - 2021

In many developing countries, the increasing public interest in monitoring economic inequality and mobility is hindered by the scarce availability of longitudinal data. Synthetic panels based on matching individuals with the same time-invariant characteristics in consecutive cross-sections have...

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