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Youth Unemployment and Employment Policy : A Global Perspective
O'Higgins, Niall - 2017
This study discusses in depth the youth unemployment "problem" and examines the various policy responses to it …, including education and training, and active labour market policy. It emphasizes the need for adequate labour market information …, While analysing the characteristics, causes and consequences of youth unemployment, the study explores the nature of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012949820
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What Accounts for International Differences in Student Performance? : A Re-Examination Using PISA Data
Fuchs, Thomas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student characteristics, family backgrounds, home inputs, resources, teachers and institutions are all significantly related to math, science and reading achievement. Our models account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262036
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What accounts for international differences in student performance?
Fuchs, Thomas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student characteristics, family backgrounds, home inputs, resources, teachers and institutions are all significantly related to math, science and reading achievement. Our models account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261226
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What Accounts for International Differences in Student Performance? A Re-Examination Using PISA Data
Woessmann, Ludger; Fuchs, Thomas - 2021
We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student characteristics, family backgrounds, home inputs, resources, teachers and institutions are all significantly related to math, science and reading achievement. Our models account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319136
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What accounts for international differences in student performance? : a re-examination using PISA data
Fuchs, Thomas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student characteristics, family backgrounds, home inputs, resources, teachers and institutions are all significantly related to math, science and reading achievement. Our models account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002166499
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What accounts for international differences in student performance? : a re-examination using PISA data
Fuchs, Thomas; Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student characteristics, family backgrounds, home inputs, resources, teachers and institutions are all significantly related to math, science and reading achievement. Our models account...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011449993
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Human capital, schooling and health returns
Schultz, T. Paul - 2003
reduced poverty are closely associated with improvements in a population's child nutrition, adult health, and schooling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011613259
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General Education, Vocational Education, and Wage Growth over the Lifecycle
Weber, Sylvain; Falter, Jean-Marc - 2011
nonsignificant. Regarding education types, individuals with apprenticeship training constitute a special group. Their returns to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014198570
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Noncognitive skills in economics: Models, measurement, and empirical evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2009
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects of economic analysis: measurement, theoretical modeling, and empirical estimates. Based on the relevant literature from different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010299499
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Noncognitive skills in economics: Models, measurement, and empirical evidence
Thiel, Hendrik; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2011
There is an increasing economic literature considering personality traits as a source of individual differences in labor market productivity and other outcomes. This paper provides an overview on the role of these skills regarding three main aspects: measurement, development over the life...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010307839