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Early childhood stimulation interventions in developing countries : a comprehensive literature review

Baker-Henningham, Helen; López Bóo, Florencia - 2010

This report reviews the effectiveness of early childhood stimulation interventions in developing countries. The report aims to answer the questions: What works in terms of early stimulation for young children in developing countries? For whom and under what conditions do these programs work and...

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Long-term effects of early childhood care and education

Ruhm, Christopher J.; Waldfogel, Jane - 2011

This paper critically reviews what we know about the long-term effects of parental leave and early childhood education programs. We find only limited evidence that expansions of parental leave durations improved long-run educational or labor market outcomes of the children whose parents were...

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Sharpening the effectiveness of natural experiments as an analytical tool

Duleep, Harriet Orcutt - 2012

The importance of using natural experiments in economic research has long been recognized. Yet, it is only in recent years that natural experiments have become an integral part of the economist's analytical toolbox, thanks to the efforts of Meyer, Card, Peters, Krueger, Gruber, and others. This...

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Arbeitskräfte-Mismatch

Franck, Michael - In: Das Wirtschaftsstudium : wisu ; Zeitschrift für … 31 (2002) 5, pp. 710-715

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Manipulationsanreize im Gale-Shapley-Algorithmus : ein Literaturüberblick

Hübner, Frank - 2011

für eine Seite des Marktes existieren und bei größer werdenden Märkten in der Praxis sogar abnehmen. -- Matching … Stability of Marriage" (1962) led to a huge and still growing discussion in the literature on two-sided matching markets. The … twosided matching markets, e.g., within the marriage and college admissions problem. The incentives to manipulate are …

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Fun with matched firm-employee data : progress and road maps

Hamermesh, Daniel S. (contributor) - 2007

"With the beginnings of a worldwide burgeoning development of matched firm-employee data, it is worthwhile to examine the possibilities for using these data. This essay discusses a variety of areas in which some progress has been made and presents ideas for future research in a number of others,...

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