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14.661 Labor Economics I, Fall 2006
Pischke, Jorn-Steffen; Angrist, Joshua - 2006
Neoclassical analysis of the labor market and its institutions. A systematic development of the theory of labor supply, labor demand, and human capital. Topics discussed also include wage and employment determination, turnover, search, immigration, unemployment, equalizing differences, and...
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Educational Choices and Educational Constraints; Evidence From Bolivia
Inchauste, Gabriela - International Monetary Fund (IMF) - 2000
Recent efforts at poverty alleviation emphasize increasing government spending on education. However, even if spending were perfectly targeted, it is not evident that spending by itself will lead to higher educational attainment. Bolivian household data is used in this paper to ascertain the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005599365
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QUANTILE REGRESSION, CENSORING, AND THE STRUCTURE OF WAGES.
CHAMBERLAIN, G. - Harvard Institute of Economic Research (HIER), … - 1991
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The fading productivity of schooling in East Asia.
Gundlach, Erich; Wößmann, Ludger - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2001
We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on … changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors … should indicate declining relative schooling productivity. We find that the price of schooling increased by more than the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520285
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The fading productivity of schooling in East Asia
Gundlach, Erich; Wößmann, Ludger - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2001
We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on … changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors … should indicate declining relative schooling productivity. We find that the price of schooling increased by more than the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010982733
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Active labour market policy effects for women in Europe: A survey
Bergemann, Annette; van den Berg, Gerard J. - 2006
We survey the recent literature on the effects of active labor market policies on individual labor market outcomes like employment and income, for adult female individuals without work in European countries. We consider skilltraining programs, monitoring and sanctions, job search assistance, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293019
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Life expectancy, schooling, and lifetime labor supply: Theory and evidence revisited
Cervellati, Matteo; Sunde, Uwe - 2013
This paper presents a theoretical and empirical analysis of the role of life expectancy for optimal schooling and … optimal schooling. The observed increase in survival rates during working ages that follows from the rectangularization of the … survival function is crucial for schooling and labor supply. The empirical results suggest that the relative benefits of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293192
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Child work and schooling under trade liberalization in Indonesia
Kis-Katos, Krisztina; Sparrow, Robert - 2009
We examine the effects of trade liberalization on child work and schooling in Indonesia. Our estimation strategy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301481
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Is The Captain of the Men of Death Still At Play? Long-Run Impacts of Early Life Pneumonia Exposure during Sulfa Drug Revolution in America
Bhalotra, Sonia; Venkataramani, Atheendar - 2011
the introduction of sulfa experienced increases in schooling, income, and the probability of employment, and reductions in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010305600
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Spillover Effects of Early-Life Medical Interventions
Breining, Sanni; Daysal, N. Meltem; Simonsen, Marianne; … - 2015
We investigate the spillover effects of early-life medical treatments on the siblings of treated children. We use a regression discontinuity design that exploits changes in medical treatments across the very low birth weight (VLBW) cutoff. Using administrative data from Denmark, we first confirm...
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