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This paper provides evidence of the effect of age at school entry on college admission and earnings. It does so by … applicants with different ages at school entry depending on whether they were born on December 31 or on January 1, our estimates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524913
Universities around the world are attempting to increase the diversity of their student population. This includes individuals who are "first in family" (FiF), those who achieve a university degree, but whose (step) parents did not. We provide the first large scale, quantitative evidence on FiF...
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This paper reviews the capacity of colleges and universities to serve poor and vulnerable populations during past and present economic shocks. The main argument is that the environment of the global recession - an Asia far more economically integrated than during past economic shocks, with more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983153
A highly educated and skilled workforce has been an important driver of productivity performance and prosperity in Belgium. This paper examines skills policies that could help improve productivity and inclusiveness. An increased focus on lifelong learning, improved and more flexible working...
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We explore a potential source of human capital spatial disparities: the unequal access to tertiary education caused by the absence/presence of a local university. Because the entrance to a university is a sequential process in the Czech Republic we model both a student's decision to apply to a...
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local university. We model both a secondary school graduate's decision whether to apply to a university and a university … highly educated population, rather than the presence of a university per se, has a positive effect on a secondary school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014219296
We explore a potential source of human capital spatial disparities: the unequal access to tertiary education caused by the absence/presence of a local university. Because the entrance to a university is a sequential process in the Czech Republic we model both a student's decision to apply to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013111664
This paper provides evidence of the effect of age at school entry on college admission. We do so by exploiting a number … different ages at school entry depending on whether they are born on December 31st or on January 1st, our estimates show that … further suggest that the difference in the likelihood of admission is driven by candidates’ learning ability at primary school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014204118
school graduation cohorts (2020 and 2021). We also investigate how changes in well-being at the transition to post … linear regression models, we find that school closures had a positive immediate effect on students' well-being. Over the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012795774
school graduation cohorts (2020 and 2021). We also investigate how changes in well-being at the transition to post … linear regression models, we find that school closures had a positive immediate effect on students' wellbeing. Over the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012651697