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Public Education Expenditures, Growth and Income Inequality
Artige, Lionel - 2017
income inequality. This paper revisits both relations in a single model of occupational choice with an endogenous supply of … education spending and income inequality can be U-shaped. We provide empirical evidence for this U-shaped relationship. Finally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012969608
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Math matters : education choices and wage inequality
Rendall, Andrew; Rendall, Michelle - 2014
cannot mimic the US within-group wage inequality. This paper provides an explanation for the observed intra-college group … inequality by showing that the top decile earners’ significant wage growth is underpinned by the link between ex ante ability …-group and general wage inequality is explained by math-biased technical change (MBTC). …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010360293
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Specific Human Capital and Real Wage Cyclicality : An Application to Postgraduate Wage Premium
Gu, Ran - 2020
This paper examines how specific human capital affects labour turnover and real wage cyclicality in a frictional labour market. I develop an equilibrium search model with long-term contracts and imperfect monitoring of worker effort. Imperfect monitoring creates a moral hazard problem that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012848014
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Investigating the Genetic Architecture of Non-Cognitive Skills Using GWAS-by-Subtraction
Demange, Perline - 2020
Educational attainment (EA) is influenced by characteristics other than cognitive ability, but little is known about the genetic architecture of these "non-cognitive" contributions to EA. Here, we use Genomic Structural Equation Modelling and prior genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of EA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012834590
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Investigating the genetic architecture of non-cognitive skills using GWAS-by-subtraction
Demange, Perline A.; Malanchini, Margherita; Mallard, … - 2020
Educational attainment (EA) is influenced by characteristics other than cognitive ability, but little is known about the genetic architecture of these "non-cognitive" contributions to EA. Here, we use Genomic Structural Equation Modelling and prior genome-wide association studies (GWASs) of EA...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012210627
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The dynamics of asymmetry among fertility, income inequality and financial development in Bangladesh
Husain, Humaira - In: World development sustainability 1 (2022) 1, pp. 1-9
income inequality in Bangladesh utilizing annual data from 1984-2019. We employ both linear and non- linear autoregressive … income inequality under assumptions of symmetric and asymmetric relationships between fertility and each of the control … development. However, there exists no significant short run and long- run asymmetries between fertility and Inequality. Families …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013553635
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Educational inequality and the returns to skills
Lundberg, Shelly - 2013
Research and policy discussion about the diverging fortunes of children from advantaged and disadvantaged households have focused on the skill disparities between these children – how they might arise and how they might be remediated. Analysis of data from the National Longitudinal Study of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010125884
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The PISA shock, socioeconomic inequality, and school reforms in Germany
Davoli, Maddalena; Entorf, Horst - 2018
In Germany, the poor performance in PISA 2000 stimulated a heated public debate and a strong policy response. The government reacted to the low average and remarkable disparities registered by the test, and spurred reforms led to a significant improvement in the country fs educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011901978
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Long-run trends in the U.S. SES-achievement gap
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Peterson, Paul E.; Talpey, Laura M.; … - 2020
Rising inequality in the United States has raised concerns about potentially widening gaps in educational achievement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012171330
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Long-run trends in the U.S. SES-achievement gap
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Peterson, Paul E.; Talpey, Laura M.; … - 2020
Rising inequality in the United States has raised concerns about potentially widening gaps in educational achievement …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012171844