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The effect of Georgia's HOPE scholarship on college major: A focus on STEM
Sjoquist, David L.; Winters, John V. - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 4 (2015), pp. 1-29
There is growing concern that the U.S. is producing too few college graduates in science, technology, engineering, and … mathematics (STEM) fields, and there is a desire to understand how various policies affect college major decisions. This paper … Scholarship has affected students' college major decisions, with a focus on STEM. We find that HOPE reduced the likelihood of …
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Bachelor-Studierende mit Nebenjobs haben kaum schlechtere Noten, brauchen für ihr Studium aber etwas länger
Staneva, Mila - In: DIW Wochenbericht 85 (2018) 20, pp. 433-442
Viele Bachelor-Studierende in Deutschland sind neben ihrem Studium erwerbstätig. Sie investieren dabei nicht unerheblich viel Zeit in ihren Nebenjob: Gemessen an der Regelstudienzeit beträgt das Arbeitsvolumen im Durchschnitt rund 20 Prozent. Bei einer durchgehenden Erwerbstätigkeit während...
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Place of study, field of study and labour-market region: What matters for wage differences among higher-education graduates?
Kopecny, Silvia; Hillmert, Steffen - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-21
This paper focuses on the structure and extent of wage differences among graduates of different higher-education institutions in Germany. We ask how large these differences are and how they relate to fields of study and regional labour markets. The results from our application of...
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The evolution of educational wage differentials for women and men in Germany, from 1996 to 2019
Ordemann, Jessica; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 56 (2022) 1, pp. 1-12
This paper studies the evolution of three higher education wage differentials from 1996 to 2019 in Germany. We distinguish between degrees from academic universities, degrees from universities of applied sciences, and the master craftsman\craftswoman certificate. The educational reference...
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Decline in values of degrees and recent evolution of wage inequality: Evidence from Chile
Murakami, Yoshimichi; Nomura, Tomokazu - In: Estudios de Economía 50 (2023) 1, pp. 55-132
Using data from nationally and regionally representative household surveys, we analyze the association between the changes in coefficients of dummy variables for higher education degrees in the wage equation and evolution of wage inequality in Chile from 2013-2017. Employing a decomposition...
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STEM on demand: Can current state of higher education infrastructure meet expectations?
Jahic, Hatidza; Pilav-Velic, Amila - In: Naše gospodarstvo / Our Economy 66 (2020) 3, pp. 48-55
current state of higher education and the demand for research, innovation and a robust STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering … research that will lead to further collaborations and innovations in STEM. Universities are primarily seen as a source of …
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What is the economic value of literacy and numeracy?
Vignoles, Anna - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Even in OECD countries, where an increasing proportion of the workforce has a university degree, the value of basic skills in literacy and numeracy remains high. Indeed, in some countries the return for such skills, in the form of higher wages, is sufficiently large to suggest that they are in...
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The labor market consequences of impatience
Cadena, Brian C. - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Standard economic theory suggests that individuals know best how to make themselves happy. Thus, policies designed to encourage “better” behaviors will only reduce people’s happiness. Recently, however, economists have explored the role of impatience, especially difficulties with delaying...
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How do adult returns to schooling affect children’s enrollment?
Swinnerton, Kenneth A. - In: IZA World of Labor (2016)
Universal completion of secondary education by 2030 is among the targets set by the United Nations’ Sustainable Development Goals. Higher expected adult wages traced to schooling may play a major role in reaching this target as they are predicted to induce increased school enrollment for...
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How effective is compulsory schooling as a policy instrument?
Harmon, Colm P. - In: IZA World of Labor (2017)
Compulsory schooling laws are a common policy tool to achieve greater participation in education, particularly from marginalized groups. Raising the compulsory schooling requirement forces students to remain in school which, on balance, is good for them in terms of labor market outcomes such as...
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