British selective grammar school system, it would seem that the role of selection (ability tracking) in the school system … merits further investigation. This paper explores the inter-relationship between school selection, ability and educational … of tracking for low/middle ability students. …

We study life-cycle educational transitions in an education system characterized by early tracking and … model covers all major transitions ranging from preschool education through primary and secondary schooling to different … forms of tertiary education and vocational training. We consider the role of previous decisions and background …

selection effects. Main focus is on accelerated duration models and the estimators that are of the limited information type, i ….e. they are not based on a fully specified selection model. The estimators are instrumental variable adaptations to the Powell … Swedish Adult Education Initiative and labour market training. The latter ones are included as controls and are found to have …

selection effects. Main focus is on accelerated duration models and the estimators that are of the limited information type, i ….e. they are not based on a fully specified selection model. The estimators are instrumental variable adaptations to the Powell … Swedish Adult Education Initiative and labour market training. The latter ones are included as controls and are found to have …

impact on monotonicity bias of bandwidth selection in regression discontinuity (RD) designs, finding that "full sample …

The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement … education level between census data and observations constructed from enrolment data. We discuss a methodology for correcting …

secular education reform, decreases women's propensity to identify themselves as religious, lowers their tendency to wear a … religious head cover (head scarf, turban or burka) and increases the tendency for modernity. Education reduces women …'s propensity to vote for Islamic parties. There is no statistically significant impact of education on men's religiosity or their …

examines the impact of education on both risk components. France faces a higher unemployment rate than West-Germany, due to a …. The risk of entering unemployment is particularly high for French employees with poor education, but higher education … unemployed, they are better in France than in West-Germany at all education levels, but particularly for the unemployed with a …

This paper analyses the relationship between education, gender and earnings in France and Germany. The model chosen … here enables to estimate the impact of education not only on the expected earnings level but also on their dispersion … general instruction yields an earnings premium that cannot compensated by a vocational degree. Moreover, education affects the …