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A new macroeconomic measure of human capital with strong empirical links to productivity
Botev, Jarmila; Égert, Balázs; Smidova, Zuzana; … - 2019
This paper calculates new measures of human capital. Contrary to the existing literature, they are based on realistic rates of return to education, which are allowed to vary substantially across countries and to some extent over time. The new measures perform well in regression analysis...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202839
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Preterm births and educational disadvantage : heterogeneous effects across families and schools
Baranowska-Rataj, Anna; Barclay, Kieron; Costa-Font, Joan; … - 2019
Using Swedish population register data on cohorts born 1982-1994 (N=1,087,750), we examine the effects of preterm births on school grades using sibling fixed effect models which compare individuals with their non-preterm siblings. We test for heterogeneous effects by degree of prematurity, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110249
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Microeconometric analyses on determinants of individual labour market outcomes
Simon, Lisa - 2019
über das Bildungsniveau von Flüchtlingen, die Wahrnehmung der Teilnehmer hierzu experimentell verändert. Die Ergebnisse … zeigen, dass ein höheres wahrgenommenes Bildungsniveau von Flüchtlingen, Sorgen der Teilnehmer um Wettbewerb auf dem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011971651
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Unbundling returns to degrees and skills : evidence from postsecondary education in Colombia
Busso, Matias; Muñoz, Juan Sebastián; Montaño, Sebastián - 2020
longitudinal data of all college graduates in Colombia, we estimate labor market returns to postsecondary degrees and to various …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012154159
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Different channels of impact of education on poverty : an analysis for Colombia
Zuluaga, Blanca (contributor) - 2007
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003405415
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More teachers, smarter students? : potential side effects of the German educational expansion
Westphal, Matthias - 2017
In this paper, I evaluate potential side effects of the educational expansion in Germany on the learning outcomes of today's students. The educational expansion was a demand shock in the labor market of teachers, which could have thus encouraged individuals with different teaching abilities to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011770582
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Roma children in the transformational recession : widening ethnic schooling gap and Roma poverty in post-communist Hungary
Kertesi, Gábor (contributor); Kézdi, Gábor (contributor) - 2005
(necessary for college entrance). Our results indicate that long-term poverty of the Roma is strongly associated with their high … drop-out rate after 8th grade. Roma poverty has increased considerably with the massive layoffs of unskilled workers since … helps overcoming the adverse effects of long-term poverty on schooling outcomes. -- Roma Minority ; Education ; Poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003435289
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The long-run effects of recessions on education and income
Stuart, Bryan A. - 2019
This paper examines the long-run effects of the 1980-1982 recession on education and income. Using confidential Census data, I estimate difference-in-differences regressions that exploit variation across counties in recession severity and across cohorts in age at the time of the recession. For...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022789
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Task specialization and cognitive skills: evidence from PIAAC and IALS
Martinez-Matute, Marta; Villanueva, Ernesto - 2020
We study how the tasks conducted on the job relate to measures of cognitive skills using data from 18 countries participating in the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC) and from 13 countries that also participate in the International Adult Literacy Study...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257923
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Roma children in the transformational recession - Widening ethnic schooling gap and Roma poverty in post-communist Hungary
Kertesi, Gábor; Kézdi, Gábor - 2005
(necessary for college entrance). Our results indicate that long-term poverty of the Roma is strongly associated with their high … drop-out rate after 8th grade. Roma poverty has increased considerably with the massive layoffs of unskilled workers since … helps overcoming the adverse effects of long-term poverty on schooling outcomes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494667