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Inequality during the early years: Child outcomes and readiness to learn in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States
Bradbury, Bruce; Corak, Miles; Waldfogel, Jane; … - 2011
This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at the age of about five years in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. We study a series of child outcomes related to readiness to learn, focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282315
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Inequality during the early years : child outcomes and readiness to learn in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States
Bradbury, Bruce; Corak, Miles; Waldfogel, Jane; … - 2011
This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at the age of about five years in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. We study a series of child outcomes related to readiness to learn, focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009519857
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Inequality During the Early Years : Child Outcomes and Readiness to Learn in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States
Bradbury, Bruce - 2011
This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at the age of about five years in Australia, Canada, the United Kingdom and the United States. We study a series of child outcomes related to readiness to learn, focusing on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118038
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Short-term earnings mobility in the Canadian and German context : the role of cognitive skills
Pullman, Ashley; Gauly, Britta; Lechner, Clemens - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-19
It is well-established that human capital contributes to unequal levels of earnings mobility. Individuals with higher levels of human capital, typically measured through education, earn more on average and are privy to greater levels of upward change over time. Nevertheless, other factors may...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012506899
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Automation and reallocation : the lasting legacy of COVID-19 in Canada
Blit, Joel - 2020
Recent evidence suggests that recessions play a crucial role in promoting automation and the reallocation of productive resources. Consistent with this, I show that in the three previous Canadian recessions, routine jobs were disproportionately lost. COVID-19 is likely to have a similar impact,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012285610
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The Effect of Organizational Innovation and Information Technology on Firm Performance
Gu, Wulong - 2014
incidence of productivity improvement as well as high rates of innovation. These findings suggest that to be successful, firms …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071171
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Innovation, Training and Success
Baldwin, John R. - 2015
This paper describes the evidence that several Statistics Canada studies have developed on the importance of innovation … to growth and the need for highly skilled workers in the innovation process. Rather than focusing on broad industry … frequently distinguishes faster from slower growing firms is innovation. Innovators in turn place greater emphasis on training …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014171719
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The long-term effects of financial aid and career education: Evidence from a randomized experiment
Renée, Laëtitia - 2022
I study the effects of the Future to Discover Project, a randomized experiment in which Canadian high school students were either invited to participate in career planning workshops or were made eligible for an $8,000 college grant. By matching the experimental data to post-secondary institution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013286385
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An examination of poverty and sexual orientation in the UK
Uhrig, S. C. Noah - 2014
Is there a link between sexuality and poverty? If so, has this relationship changed over time? What anti-poverty policies might be relevant to address issues related to sexuality and poverty? The report synthesises literature and adds top-line findings from the UK Household Longitudinal Study....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010230513
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Health and Grades : Nutrition Programs for Kids in Canada
Wyonch, Rosalie - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012890668