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Arts vs engineering : the choice among consumption of and investment in education
Romano, Richard E.; Tampieri, Alessandro - 2013 - Preliminary
In this paper we develop a model in which students choose their university coursework based on both investment and consumption incentives. We show that these education decisions are socially inefficient. This result is driven by the fact that students do not consider an externality in the...
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A contractual look at the role of religion in the stability of marriage
Bose, Feler - In: Journal of economics, theology and religion : JETR 1 (2021) 1, pp. 45-63
Christianity. The paper takes a historical and contemporary look at how religious traditions affect marriage, using a modified … contractual lens, which enables us to theorize about long-run marriage and divorce rates. …
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Making the Grade : The Sensitivity of Education Program Effectiveness to Input Choices and Outcome Measures
Kerwin, Jason - 2020
This paper demonstrates the acute sensitivity of education program effectiveness to the choices of inputs and outcome measures, using a randomized evaluation of a mother-tongue literacy program. The program raises reading scores by 0.64SDs and writing scores by 0.45SDs. A reduced-cost version...
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Manufacturing Equality : Title IX, Proportionality, and Natural Demand
Emam, Daniel - 2020
This paper poses the following question in the context of civil rights in education — is proportionality synonymous with parity? Since 1974 the Office of Civil Rights (OCR) has determined that in order for an educational institution to be in compliance with Title IX of the Educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012855113
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Applied Education, Investment in Social Skills for Better Social Economic Results
Tripunoski, Mirko - 2019
The education and application of skills in it is an essential prerequisite for the growth and development of each national economy in the future. Investing in education and skills development are essential incentive for raising the growth and competitiveness of each country and its participation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012863167
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Mathematical Models of Multi-Criteria Optimization of Subsystems of Higher Educational Institutions
Kitaeva, Marina; Speshilova, Natalia; Shepel, Vyacheslav - 2016
In new conditions an institution for successful work needs optimization of control, adaption of existing mathematical tools and development of new aspects. In the article it is suggested viewing the activities of higher educational institutions as production activities and higher educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014125103
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Sex ratios, polygyny, and the value of women in marriage : a Beckerian approach
Grossbard-Shechtman, Shoshana - 2014
A central component of his theory of marriage Becker's Demand and Supply (D&S) models of marriage are also among the … of men to women in marriage markets - on individual consumption of married men and women, and indicate some of the ways … benefits women and used the positive association between brideprice and polygyny as evidence. Relying on D&S models of marriage …
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Knowledge spillovers through FDI and trade : moderating role of quality-adjusted Human Capital
Ali, Muhammad; Cantner, Uwe; Roy, Ipsita - 2015
The paper extends the findings of Coe and Helpman (1995) model of R&D spillovers by considering foreign direct investment (FDI) as a channel for knowl- edge spillovers in addition to imports. Deeper insights on the issue are provided by examining inter-relationship between knowledge spillovers...
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Occupational choice, human capital, and financial constraints
Castro, Rui; Ševčík, Pavel - 2016
We study the aggregate productivity effects of firm-level financial frictions. Credit constraints affect not only production decisions but also household-level schooling decisions. In turn, entrepreneurial schooling decisions impact firm-level productivities, whose cross-sectional distribution...
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Education and growth with learning by doing
Marconi, Gabriele; Grip, Andries de - 2015
We develop a general equilibrium overlapping generations model which is based on the view that education makes workers more productive by increasing their ability to learn from work experience, rather than providing skills that directly increase productivity. One important implication of the...
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