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Tutkimustiedon hyödyntäminen kestävän hyvinvoinnin lähteenä: Tuloksia yliopistomaailman valmiuksista edistää löydöksien käyttöönottoa
Kotiranta, Annu; Tahvanainen, Antti-Jussi - 2018
dedicated resources. The underlying reason is systemic: performance is not linked to incentives in the form of public university … linked to earmarked public university funding; (3) Individual-level metrics concerning the exploitation of their findings …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037700
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Female admission cap in higher education : the case of Iran
Hering, Laura; Baiardi, Anna; Namini, Julian Emami - 2021 - This version: July 2021
significantly reduced university attendance by women relative to men. Additionally, we find that the policy had a negative impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012601056
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Efficiency in public higher education on Argentina 2004-2013 : institutional decisions and university-specific effects
Quiroga-Martínez, Facundo; Fernández Vázquez, Esteban; … - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 27 (2018), pp. 1-18
This paper studies the link between trade reforms and labor informality in Argentina using a long time series spanning the 1980–2001 period. We explore cross-section mechanisms, that operate at the industry level, and time-series mechanisms, that operate at a general equilibrium level. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012029601
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University rankings in action? The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students?
Horstschräer, Julia - 2011
This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a … university. Are some quality dimensions of a ranking, e.g. research reputation or mentoring more important than others? I … the common knowledge regarding the overall university attractiveness. Results show that the ranking provides more relevant …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307183
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Regional inequality of higher education in China and the role of unequal economic development
Bickenbach, Frank; Liu, Wan-Hsin - 2011
Over the past decade the scale of higher education in China has expanded substantially. Regional development policies attempted to make use of the scale expansion as a tool to reduce the inequality of higher education among different regions with different development levels through providing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274438
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Efficiency in public higher education on Argentina 2004-2013: Institutional decisions and university-specific effects
Quiroga-Martínez, Facundo; Fernández Vázquez, Esteban; … - In: Latin American Economic Review 27 (2018) 1, pp. 1-18
This paper studies the link between trade reforms and labor informality in Argentina using a long time series spanning the 1980-2001 period. We explore cross-section mechanisms, that operate at the industry level, and time-series mechanisms, that operate at a general equilibrium level. We argue...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013205106
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Female admission cap in higher education: The case of Iran
Hering, Laura; Baiardi, Anna; Namini, Julian Emami - 2021
significantly reduced university attendance by women relative to men. Additionally, we find that the policy had a negative impact on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012797231
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Research, higher education and innovation: redesigning multi-level governance within Europe in a period of crisis
Ritzen, Jo; Soete, Luc - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2011
In this paper we present a vision for the course Europe should take in its research and higher education policies in order to fully live up to the expectations of its citizens to provide a safe, comfortable, affluent and sustainable environment in this period of considerable financial restraint...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010856336
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China's higher education expansion and unemployment of college graduates
Li, Shi; Whalley, John; Xing, Chunbing - In: China Economic Review 30 (2014) C, pp. 567-582
We document the sharp expansion of higher education in China beginning in 1999 and analyze its impacts on the unemployment of college graduates, using nationally representative population surveys from 2000 and 2005. We show that the expansion policy has increased the probability of college...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010931693
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Higher Education Decisions in Peru: On the Role of Financial Constraints, Skills, and Family Background
Castro, Juan; Yamada, Gustavo; Arias, Omar - Departamento Académico de Economía, Universidad del … - 2011
"This paper analyzes the relative importance of short term financial constraints vis a vis skills and other background factors affecting schooling decisions when explaining access to higher education in Peru. We focus on college access disparities between rich and poor households. We use a novel...
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