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Sharpe, Andrew - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 1-2
The fourth issue of the International Productivity Monitor produced by the Centre for the Study of Living Standards contains five articles. Topics covered are: recent productivity developments in the United States and Canada and implications for the Canada-U.S. productivity and income gaps; the...
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Where to attend? Estimating the effects of beginning college at a two-year institution
Lockwood Reynolds, C. - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 4, pp. 345-362
Two-year colleges are an important part of the higher education system in the United States but there are concerns as …
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Do boys and girls use computers differently, and does it contribute to why boys do worse in school than girls?
Fairlie, Robert W. - In: The B.E. journal of economic analysis & policy 16 (2016) 1, pp. 59-96
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Books or laptops? : the effect of shifting from printed to digital delivery of educational content on learning
Bando Grana, Rosangela; Gallego, Francisco A.; Gertler, … - In: Economics of education review 61 (2017), pp. 162-173
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Chapter 5. Technology and Education : Computers, Software, and the Internet
Bulman, G.; Fairlie, R.W. - In: Handbook of the economics of education : Volume 5, (pp. 239-280). 2016
A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families, and policymakers with the hope of improving … educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational … outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary contexts in which technology may be used for educational purposes: (i …
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Chapter 16 Schools, Teachers, and Education Outcomes in Developing Countries
Glewwe, Paul; Kremer, Michael - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 2, (pp. 945-1017). 2006
education they receive. School enrollment rates have increased dramatically in developing counties since 1960, but many children … of education and other policies on the quantity and quality of education obtained by children in developing countries …
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Has ICT Polarized Skill Demand? Evidence from Eleven Countries over Twenty-Five Years
Michaels, Guy; Natraj, Ashwini; Reenen, John Van - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 96 (2014) 1, pp. 60-77
Massachusetts Institute of Technology …
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Wage inequality, technology and trade: 21st century evidence
Van Reenen, John - In: Labour Economics 18 (2011) 6, pp. 730-741
inequality trend is due to technology-related increases in the demand for skilled workers outstripping the growth of their supply … the lowest skilled service tasks largely unaffected. Finally, I argue that technology is partly endogenous, for example it …
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Has Trend Productivity Growth Increased in Canada?
Robidoux, Benoît; Wong, Bing-Sun - In: International Productivity Monitor 6 (2003) Spring, pp. 47-55
Trend productivity growth is a crucial determinant of future living standards as well as fiscal balances. In this article, Benoit Robidoux and Bing-Sun Wong from Finance Canada examine the issue of whether trend productivity growth has increased in Canada and conclude that in fact it has. If...
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The giant graduates: China's strive for high-technology
Opper, Sonja - In: CESifo Forum 06 (2005) 3, pp. 43-48
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