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The impact of secondary school subsidies on career trajectories in a dual labor market : experimental evidence from Ghana
Duflo, Esther; Dupas, Pascaline; Kremer, Michael - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015050150
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Does more maths and natural sciences in high school increase the share of female STEM workers? : evidence from a curriculum reform
Biewen, Martin; Schwerter, Jakob - In: Applied economics 54 (2022) 16, pp. 1889-1911
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012875652
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Does more math in high school increase the share of female STEM workers? : evidence from a curriculum reform
Biewen, Martin; Schwerter, Jakob - 2019
This paper studies the consequences of a curriculum reform of the last two years of high school in one of the German federal states on the share of male and female students who complete degrees in STEM subjects and who later work in STEM occupations. The reform had two important aspects: (i) it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993899
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Education, gender and family formation
Virtanen, Hanna; Silliman, Mikko; Kuuppelomäki, Tiina; … - 2024
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014631329
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Education, gender, and family formation
Virtanen, Hanna; Silliman, Mikko; Kuuppelomäki, Tiina; … - 2024
We study the effect of educational attainment on family formation using regression discontinuity designs generated by centralized admissions processes to both secondary and tertiary education in Finland. Admission to further education at either margin does not increase the likelihood that men...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014564281
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Education, gender and earnings in France and Germany : level and dispersion effects
Lauer, Charlotte - In: Brussels economic review 47 (2004) 3/4, pp. 505-541
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003278586
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Gender differences in further training participation : the role of individuals, households and firms
Burgard, Claudia - 2012
indicate that there are hardly significant gender differences in the determinants of self-initiated training while employer …, besides job characteristics, as important factors determining the gender gap in employer-provided training participation …. -- Training ; time use ; partner characteristics ; gender differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579279
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Continuous training, job satisfaction and gender : an empirical analysis using German panel data
Burgard, Claudia; Görlitz, Katja - 2011
satisfaction focusing in particular on gender differences. Controlling for a variety of socio-demographic, job and firm … effects. To gain insights into the reasons for this difference, we further investigate training characteristics by gender. We … of women. -- Training ; job satisfaction ; gender differences ; fixed effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009579633
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Does secular education impact religiosity, electoral participation and the propensity to vote for Islamic parties? : evidence from an education reform in a Muslim country
Cesur, Resul; Mocan, Naci - 2014
Using a unique survey of adults in Turkey, we find that an increase in educational attainment, due to an exogenous secular education reform, decreased women's propensity to identify themselves as religious, lowered their tendency to wear a religious head cover (head scarf, turban or burka) and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010461141