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data from Turkey and leveraging an education reform which increased mandatory schooling by three years, we find that the …
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We evaluate a simple allocation mechanism of students to majors at college entry that was commonly used in universities in Brazil in the 1990s and 2000s. Students first chose a single major and then took exams that select them in or out of the chosen major. The literature analyzing student...
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We use rich microeconomic data on performance and choices of students at college entry to analyze interactions between the selection mechanism, eliciting college preferences through exams, and the allocation mechanism. We set up a framework in which success probabilities and student preferences...
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This paper poses the following question in the context of civil rights in education — is proportionality synonymous … areas of education. In some areas, male interests are stronger than female interests, and in other areas the reverse is true … rights for both men and women in education, a reality that, I argue, civil rights theoreticians and advocates don't want to …
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Research has shown that giving disadvantaged families financial incentives to invest in their children could decrease socioeconomic inequality by enhancing human capital formation. Yet, within the household how are such gains achieved? We use a field experiment to investigate how parents...
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After accumulating USD 1.5 trillion, the US education sector educated 25 million Americans, or just over 15% of the … workforce, that were ineligible for 1 million jobs for which it had to import labor.The Indian education sector spending 4 …-5% average for all occupations.Although the US education system is developing an overall better product, given the requirements …
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A Country is a predefined territory, where people live along with the nature and other living species (Botanical, Marine, Zoological etc.…). A Nation is the same as a Country, but with registered and identified group of people as the citizens. Each living group in a nation is identified as a...
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An important feature of post-secondary schooling is the experimentation that accompanies sequential decision-making. Specifically, by entering college, a student gains the option to decide at a future time whether it is optimal to remain in college or to drop out, after resolving uncertainty...
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This paper explores students' expectations about the returns to completing higher education and provides first evidence … different stages of higher education. Our findings indicate substantial perceived returns to higher education. Moreover, by … education premia as well as evidence consistent with employer learning. …
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This paper explores students' expectations about the returns to completing higher education and provides first evidence … stages of higher education. Our findings indicate substantial perceived returns to higher education. Moreover, using within …-enhancing (human capital) returns seem to be less pronounced. Over the expected course of career, we find lasting education premia as …
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