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In 1999, a reform of education was implemented in Poland, which added one year to the shortest available educational … path, leading to the acquisition of basic vocational education. In the new system, students choosing this path acquire one … more year of general education, which, according to the authors of the reform, should improve the student's position in the …
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This paper re-examines the instrumental variable (IV) approach to estimating returns to education by use of compulsory … overcome these flaws by carefully distinguishing returns to education from the treatment effect of CSL. We find relatively …
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marginal future earnings on the basis of a four-month shutdown. We also estimated the losses by level of education. The …
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education closures to estimate the loss in marginal future earnings. The findings show that the school closures reduce future …
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Despite the relatively uncontested importance of promoting school attendance in the policy arena, little evidence exists on the causal effect of school absence on long-run socio-economic outcomes. We address this question by combining historical and administrative records for cohorts of Swedish...
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We use an admissions lottery to estimate the effect of a non-means tested preschool program on students' long-run earnings, employment, family income, household formation, and geographic mobility. We observe long-run outcomes by linking both admitted and non-admitted individuals to confidential...
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Child care and education are important inputs in the human capital production function. The research of Nobel prize … inputs, in short: skill begets skill. Therefore, it is crucial for a society to know how the public education system can … on the effects of some important aspects of education policies. It comprises an introduction and four core chapters which …
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This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program Bildungsprämie. The estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in training, but did not do so because of a random...
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This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program "Bildungsprämie". The estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in training, but did not do so because of a random...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010519112
This paper analyzes the returns to training that was co-financed by the German voucher program Bildungsprämie. The estimation strategy compares outcomes of participants in voucher training with voucher recipients who intended to participate in training, but did not do so because of a random...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010508580