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Endogenous persistent inequality
FALL, Falilou - Center for Operations Research and Econometrics (CORE), … - 2005
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that inherited human capital is a powerful vector of inequality formation and persistence, irrespective of its links with financial wealth endowment. This paper argues that the agents who inherit a low level of human capital bear a greater utility cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005042890
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Endogenous persistent inequality
Fall, Falilou - HAL - 2005
The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate that inherited humain capital is a powerful vector of inequality formation and persistence, irrespective of its links with financial wealth endowment. This paper argues that the agents who inherit a low level of human capital bear a greater utility...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010750358
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Why emotional capital matters in education and in labour? toward an Optimal exploitation of human capital and knowledge management.
Gendron, Bénédicte - Maison des Sciences Économiques, Université Paris 1 … - 2004
From the perspective of the Chicago school, there is no behaviour that is not interpretable as economic. In this paper, we discuss the assertion in the perspective of an optimal constitution and exploitation of Human Capital, through our conceptual framework named Emotional Capital (EC)....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005696875
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The native-migrant gap in the progression into and through upper-secondary education
Wolter, Stefan C.; Zumbuehl, Maria - 2017
progress in uppersecondary education. We observe a substantive difference in the rate of progress between natives and students …-track - entering the second year of uppersecondary education - is 15 percentage points. Observable differences in cognitive and non …-cognitive skills can explain the gap in the success rate within upper-secondary education, but cannot fully explain the difference in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011776016
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Intergenerational trends in educational and income mobility in the United States of America since the 1960s
Ernst, Ekkehard; Langot, François; Merola, Rossana; … - 2024
top of the education and income distribution (upward mobility) has increased. On the other hand, for children whose …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014517469
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Intergenerational trends in educational and income mobility in the United States of America since the 1960s
Ernst, Ekkehard; Langot, François; Merola, Rossana; … - 2024
top of the education and income distribution (upward mobility) has increased. On the other hand, for children whose …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014507194
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The International Transferability of Immigrants’ Human Capital Skills
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
This paper uses the approach in the under/over education literature to analyze the extent of matching of educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005761876
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Entrepreneurship selection and performance
Sluis, Justin van der; Praag, Mirjam van; Vijverberg, … - 2004
entrepreneurship to farming. The education effect that separates workers into self-employment and wage employment is stronger for women …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011333877
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The Native-Migrant Gap in the Progression into and through Upper-Secondary Education
Wolter, Stefan C.; Zumbuehl, Maria - 2017
progress in upper-secondary education. We observe a substantive difference in the rate of progress between natives and students …-track - entering the second year of upper-secondary education - is 15 percentage points. Observable differences in cognitive and non …-cognitive skills can explain the gap in the success rate within upper-secondary education, but cannot fully explain the difference in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794149
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The Native-Migrant Gap in the Progression into and through Upper-Secondary Education
Wolter, Stefan C.; Zumbühl, Maria - 2017
progress in uppersecondary education. We observe a substantive difference in the rate of progress between natives and students …-track – entering the second year of uppersecondary education – is 15 percentage points. Observable differences in cognitive and non …-cognitive skills can explain the gap in the success rate within upper-secondary education, but cannot fully explain the difference in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816489