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expected, students who perceive the monetary returns to education to be higher are more likely to intend to continue in full …-time education. However, the main driver is the perceived consumption value, which alone explains around half of the variation of the … intention to pursue higher education. Moreover, the perceived consumption value can account for a substantial part of both the …
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expected, students who perceive the monetary returns to education to be higher are more likely to intend to continue in full …-time education. However, the main driver is the perceived consumption value, which alone explains around half of the variation of the … intention to pursue higher education. Moreover, the perceived consumption value can account for a substantial part of both the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521174
We develop a model of intergenerational educational mobility incorporating gender bias against girls in the family, school, and labor market. Mobility and investment equations from the model are estimated for India using data not truncated by coresidency. The standard linear model misses...
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We incorporate gender bias against girls in the family, the school and the labor market in amodel of intergenerational persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's educationbecause of credit market imperfections. Parents may underestimate a girl's ability, expect lowerreturns,...
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This study investigates men's attitudes toward women's education in Afghanistan, focusing on primary, secondary, and … toward women's education are predominantly negative, notably in rural areas. However, women's contributions to household … income significantly mitigate these negative attitudes, particularly toward secondary education, followed by tertiary …
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We employ 2011 European Union Survey on Income and Living Conditions (EU-SILC) data for Austria to perform Markovian mobility matrix analysis and uni- and multivariate econometric analysis to study intergenerational educational mobility by gender and migration background. We find that the...
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persistence in schooling where parents self-finance children's education because of credit market imperfections. Parents may …
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Elisabeth Grewenig prepared this study while she was working at the Center for Economics of Education at the ifo … Munich. It consists of five distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of human capital formation and education …
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