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The persistently high employment share of the informal sector makes entrepreneurship a necessity for youth in many … profits were concentrated among marginal students induced into entrepreneurship by the program. Youth entrepreneurship …
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The persistently high employment share of the informal sector makes entrepreneurship a necessity for youth in many … profits were concentrated among marginal students induced into entrepreneurship by the program. Youth entrepreneurship …
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National Longitudinal Study Youth 1997 (NLSY97) was the primary source of information. The group of black, Hispanic & other …
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This article uses teacher assessments at age 16 in Norwegian comprehensive schools to estimate the relationship between different types of skills and performance of young adults. While we follow the literature and consider grades in Mathematics and Science as proxy for cognitive skills, we use a...
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This paper presents findings from the multi-year, random assignment study of the National Guard Youth ChalleNGe Program … (NGYCP), an intensive residential program for high school dropouts. The "second chance" program gives youth an opportunity to … study sample includes 1173 youth, ages 16-18, from ten program sites across the USA. Positive impacts on employment and …
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In high-income countries, not completing secondary school often entails a high risk of social exclusion. Using data on young adults born in 1985 that grew up in metropolitan Sweden, we study factors associated with not graduating from upper secondary school at age 21. Our hypothesis is that if a...
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In high-income countries, not completing secondary school often entails a high risk of social exclusion. Using data on young adults born in 1985 that grew up in metropolitan Sweden, we study factors associated with not graduating from upper secondary school at age 21. Our hypothesis is that if a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012993935