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Using a variance decomposition framework which provides bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find …. Neighbourhoods are less important than families, as the correlations among siblings are significantly higher than among children …
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primary schools and neighbourhoods on adult educational attainment controlling for family characteristics. Instead of …
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Using a variance decomposition framework which provides bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find …. Neighbourhoods are less important than families, as the correlations among siblings are significantly higher than among children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822567
bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find important effects of family characteristics as well as … residential location on educational attainment and adult earnings in Norway. Families are more important than neighbourhoods as … increasing equality of opportunity in Norway. Our results differ from previous US studies, suggesting that the role of families …
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Using a variance decomposition framework which provides bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find …. Neighbourhoods are less important than families, as the correlations among siblings are significantly higher than among children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319605
Relatively little is known about the youth labour market in general and about gender differences in Mongolia, one of the fifty poorest countries in the world. This paper addresses the issue by taking advantage of a School to Work Survey (SWTS) on young people aged 15-29 years carried out in...
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vocational training schools. At the same time, those choosing vocational training schools are more likely to drop out under the … vocational training schools due to supply constraints, and a shift in student composition to include more students from lower …
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In this paper, we investigate sibling correlations in educational outcomes, which serve as a broad measure of the importance of family and community background. Making use of rich longitudinal survey and register data for Denmark, our main aim is to identify the parental background...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011571864
In this paper, we investigate sibling correlations in educational outcomes, which serve as a broad measure of the importance of family and community background. Making use of rich longitudinal survey and register data for Denmark, our main aim is to identify the parental background...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541013