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Causes of Low Secondary School Enrollment in Indonesia
Suryadarma, Daniel; Suryahadi, Asep; Sumarto, Sudarno - East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) - 2006
In this study we investigate the causes of low secondary school enrollment in Indonesia despite near universal primary … welfare level is a significant determinant of the low enrollment. Secondly, children from Muslim families have a significantly …
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Towards a New Consensus for Addressing the Global Challenge of the Lack of Education
Pritchett, Lant - 2004
societies and communities. Many of the international goals are framed exclusively around enrollment, which is merely a means …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005509601
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Differences in the College Enrollment Decision Across Race
Baumann, Robert - Department of Economics and Accounting, College of the … - 2007
The gap in college enrollment rates between whites and blacks has remained stable since 1990, despite large increases … in tuition and higher average wages for whites. We find the determinants of the enrollment decision differ greatly … systematic differences require separate enrollment estimations for each race and for blacks each gender. Specifically, responses …
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The impact of dual apprenticeship : programs on early labour market outcomes : a dynamic approach
Neyt, Brecht; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2018
This study examines the impact of enrolling into dual apprenticeship programs in secondary education on six early employment outcomes. Our contribution to the literature is threefold. First, we estimate . within the same, Belgian secondary education framework – the effects of two distinct...
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The Impact of Dual Apprenticeship Programs on Early Labour Market Outcomes: A Dynamic Approach
Neyt, Brecht; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2018
This study examines the impact of enrolling into dual apprenticeship programs in secondary education on six early employment outcomes. Our contribution to the literature is threefold. First, we estimate – within the same, Belgian secondary education framework – the effects of two distinct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011984571
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Current trends in E-learning development
Zakota, Zoltan - In: Proceedings of the ENTRENOVA - ENTerprise REsearch … 5 (2019) 1, pp. 207-720
E-learning, electronic or digital education, is one of the areas in which information and communication technologies, if although not in the most spectacular way, but have certainly had the deepest impact. All that first seemed to be just an extension of distance learning, and then of the...
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Occupational mismatch of immigrants in Europe : the role of education and cognitive skills
Cim, Merve; Kind, Michael Sebastian; Kleibrink, Jan - 2017
Occupational mismatch is a wide-spread phenomenon among immigrants in many European countries. Mismatch, predominantly measured in terms of education, is often regarded as a waste of human capital. Such discussions, however, ignore the imperfect comparability of international educational degrees...
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Are apprenticeships business cycle proof?
Lüthi, Samuel; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2018
Although there is evidence that apprenticeship training can ease the transition of youth into the labour market and thereby reduce youth unemployment, many policy makers fear that firms will cut their apprenticeship expenditures during economic crises, thus exacerbating the problem of youth...
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The complementarity of education and use of productive inputs among smallholder farmers in Africa
Kirui, Oliver K. - 2019
This study seeks to assess the complementarity of education and use of use of agricultural inputs-improved seeds, fertilizers, access to credit facilities (loans)), and the incremental effects of education on intermediate to longer-term economic outcomes (consumption expenditure and poverty)...
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Minimum wages and vocational training incentives in Germany
Kellermann, Kim Leonie - 2017
We examine the impact of sector-specific minimum wages in Germany on the willingness of youths to undergo vocational training. The theoretical intuition on the impact of wage floors on education is ambiguous. On the one hand, they raise the opportunity cost of education and prevent further skill...
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