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Financing of Education: Some Experiences from ten European Countries.
Werner, Jan; Shah, Anwar - Institute of Local Public Finance - 2006
providers in ten European countries. We observe the educational system in Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005627652
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Education and unemployment : a French-German comparison
Lauer, Charlotte - 2003
This paper analyses the link between educational attainment and unemployment risk in a French-German comparison, based on a discrete time competing risks hazard rate model applied to comparable microdata sets. The unemployment risk is broken down into the risk of entering unemployment and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011448577
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Education, Gender and Earnings in France and Germany : Level and Dispersion Effects
Lauer, Charlotte - 2008
the uncertainty of earnings. General qualifications are found to increase the earnings risk, vocational ones to reduce it … uncertainty. Women enjoy a higher earnings premium for education than men and though they face overall a higher earnings … uncertainty, they can - more than men - reduce this risk by investing in their education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014070459
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Education and Unemployment : A French-German Comparison
Lauer, Charlotte - 2008
This paper analyses the link between educational attainment and unemployment risk in a French-German comparison, based on a discrete time competing risks hazard rate model applied to comparable microdata sets. The unemployment risk is broken down into the risk of entering unemployment and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014075647
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Education and early career outcomes of second-generation immigrants in France
Belzil, Christian (contributor);  … - 2008
We estimate a flexible dynamic model of education choices and early career employment outcomes of the French population. Individuals are allowed to choose between 4 options: continue to the next grade, accept a permanent contract, accept a temporary contract, or withdraw from the labor force (a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003784382
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Schooling, nation building, and industrialization : a gellnerian approach
Hauk, Esther; Ortega, Javier - 2015
We model a two-region country where value is created through bilateral production between masses and elites (bourgeois and landowners). Industrialization requires the elites to finance schools and the masses to attend them. Schooling raises productivity, particularly for matches between masses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010528771
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Family background, cohort and education : a French-German comparison
Lauer, Charlotte - 2002
This paper analyses the impact of family background, gender and cohort on educational attainment in France and Germany, relying on a theoretical model imbedded in the human capital theory. In a second step, the educational process is decomposed into school and post-school achievement. The same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447159
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Educational Attainment, Wages and Employment of Second-Generation Immigrants in France
Langevin, Gabin - 2013
We use data from the Trajectoires et Origines survey to analyze the labor-market outcomes of both second-generation immigrants and their French native counterparts. Second-generation immigrants have on average a lower probability of employment and lower wages than French natives. We find however...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074239
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Vive La Revolution! Long Term Returns of 1968 to the Angry Students
Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra - 2021
The famous events of May 1968, starting with student riots, threw France into a state of turmoil. The period of 'revolution' coincided with the time in which important examinations are undertaken. Normal procedures were abandoned and the pass-rate for various qualifications increased enormously....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318689
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Sibling Rivalry : A Six Country Comparison
Wolter, Stefan C. - 2021
In this paper we analyse with the PISA data on literacy achievement of fifteen-year-old pupils in six member countries of the OECD, whether the fact of having many siblings affects the individual educational outcome. The hypothesis that we test is whether parents' resources matter for...
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