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Year 12 Completion and Retention in Australia in the 1990s
Ryan, Chris; Watson, Louise - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 7 (2004) 4, pp. 481-500
This paper analyses high school completion rates, known as ‘apparent retention rates’ in Australia, from 1989 to 2002. Unlike most measures of educational attainment or participation in Australia, the apparent retention rate was lower at the end of the 1990s than it had been in the early...
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Chapter 2. The Production of Human Capital in Developed Countries : Evidence From 196 Randomized Field Experiments
Fryer, R.G. - 2017
Randomized field experiments designed to better understand the production of human capital have increased exponentially over the past several decades. This chapter summarizes what we have learned about various partial derivatives of the human capital production function, what important partial...
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FORTALEZA ACADÉMICO DE LAS UNIVERSIDADES PÚBLICAS ESTATALES EN MÉXICO EXPRESADA EN UN RANKING NACIONAL
LÓPEZ-LEYVA, Santos - In: Regional and Sectoral Economic Studies 12 (2012) 3
Este artículo reporta un ranking que jerarquiza las 39 universidades públicas estatales en México. Las variables son: número de profesores de tiempo completo, profesores con posgrado, profesores con perfil deseable y miembros del Sistema Nacional de Investigadores. Se integraron cinco grupos...
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ANALYSIS OF THE INTELECTUAL DEVELOPMENT AND EVOLUTION OF RESEARCH SYSTEMS IN EUROPEAN RESEARCH AREA IN THE LAST DECADE
MIRELA, NICOLOV - In: Annals of Faculty of Economics 1 (2013) 2, pp. 219-228
recognized sources as available at the time of analysis. The datas are taken from the Proinno Europe site: http://www.proinno-europe.eu/inno-metrics/page/innovation …-union-scoreboard-2011, the last document introduced by European Commision for research develompent and innovation. International scientific … of Doctoral Grant “Implications for innovation, research and development role in the development of Romania's economic …
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A Cohort Analysis of the Private Rate of Return to Higher Education in Australia
Daly, Anne; Fleming, Don - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 9 (2006) 3, pp. 257-268
There have been substantial changes in the costs and benefits of investment in tertiary education in Australia in the past twenty years. This paper compares the ex ante private rate of return to investment in a university education based on cross section data, for cohorts studying at the time of...
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Causes of Overeducation in the Australian Labour Market
Linsley, Ingrid - In: Australian Journal of Labour Economics (AJLE) 8 (2005) 2, pp. 121-143
Overeducation is a form of labour underutilization which occurs when the formal education level of a worker exceeds that which is required for the job. In Australia close to 30 per cent of workers are overeducated and are underutilising their skills. Using data from the Negotiating the Life...
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Inconsistent Implementation of the New Regional Policy
Giunta, Anna - In: QA - Rivista dell'Associazione Rossi-Doria (2010) 2
In this paper I argue that the degree of consistency in implementation of the new regional policy has been poor, and could be listed among the causes of the scant economic effects of the Patti territoriali and Contratti di programma. It is argued that future policies to enhance education in the...
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Chapter 17 Has School Desegregation Improved Academic and Economic Outcomes for Blacks?
Rivkin, Steven; Welch, Finis - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 2, (pp. 1019-1049). 2006
A half a century has passed since the landmark decision Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overturned the doctrine of separate but equal in the realm of public education. This chapter attempts to summarize what we know about the impact of Brown on enrollment patterns and academic and economic...
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Chapter 55 Schooling in Developing Countries: The Roles of Supply, Demand and Government Policy
Orazem, Peter F.; King, Elizabeth M. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 4, (pp. 3475-3559). 2007
In developing countries, rising incomes, increased demand for more skilled labor, and government investments of considerable resources on building and equipping schools and paying teachers have contributed to global convergence in enrollment rates and completed years of schooling. Nevertheless,...
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Relationships of education and health in the context of economic development
Vychová, Helena; Mertl, Jan - In: Politická ekonomie 2009 (2009) 1, pp. 58-78
This article focuses on common and different attributes of education and health from economic and social perspective. Education and health are not usually analyzed together so this could be considered to be an innovative approach. Article contains knowledge which reflects empirically known...
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