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This study estimates the effect of compulsory schooling on earnings. For identification, I exploit a German reform that extended the duration of secondary schooling in the 1960s. I find that hourly wages increase by 8% per additional year of schooling. This result challenges a study by Pischke...
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Denominational schools are an important provider of education in many countries around the world. Due to their focus …. Multigrade classes are a cost-effective way to provide education and play a crucial role in education policy in the context of …
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Women are underrepresented in leadership positions - academia is no exception. Using data on careers of doctoral graduates in Germany, we study gender differences in the decision to stay at university as a postdoctoral researcher and in the intention to become a professor. We find that gender...
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In the present paper, I develop an on-the-job search model in which workers face both frictional and structural impediments to sorting. There are two key model predictions. First, versatility enhances the worker’s ability to sort into the most productive firms since a mismatch between the job...
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-background characteristics, in particular rising parental education and a decrease in family size. Moreover, a sizeable share of those pupils … German education system provides ``second chances" to revise decisions made after early tracking at age 10. However, these … upgraders are less likely to continue with university education, and they also tend to have lower earnings premia than students …
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an instrument allows to disentangle the pure effect of parental income from effects related to parental education, family … to raise schooling levels and to protect investment in children's education against transitory income shocks. Although …
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positive outcomes on health and education. In this paper, we are particularly interested in testing if children participating …
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In a globalized, knowledge-based economy, education and training is of great importance for increasing economic and …. According to Eurostat, Romania allocates less money to education than most European Union countries. These allocations reflect … the low level of attention paid to the education and training system. This paper analyses the situation and trends that …
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