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surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. In this paper, we estimate causal effects of additional education …-climate beliefs, behaviors, policy preferences, and novel data on voting for green parties - a particularly consequential outcome to … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …
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This paper estimates a private school learning premium in Tanzania by implementing a flexible value-added model with unique administrative data on exam scores. The dataset covers 635,000 secondary school students with information on both their primary and lower secondary school exam records,...
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surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. This paper estimates causal effects of additional education on …-climate beliefs, behaviors, policy preferences, and novel data on voting for green parties - a particularly consequential outcome to … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229832
This paper surveys the empirical and theoretical link between education and growth in the growth process of Asian … countries. Particular attention is paid to the link between education and productivity, and to models that characterize key … education. …
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This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education …
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). Human capital theory predicts investment in education to improve labour market outputs. However, when it comes to lagging …
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While the majority of micro studies finds that rural education increases agricultural productivity, various recent … of education in the international context is rather a data problem related to the use of enrolment and literacy … Barro-Lee educational attainment dataset, we show that education indeed has a highly significant, positive effect on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010349170
surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. In this paper, we estimate causal effects of additional education …-climate beliefs, behaviors, policy preferences, and novel data on voting for green parties - a particularly consequential outcome to … combat climate change. Results show a year of education increases pro-climate beliefs, behaviors, most policy preferences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014247920
A firm may induce voters or elected politicians to support a policy it favors by suggesting that it is more likely to invest in a district whose voters or representatives support the policy. In equilibrium, no one vote may be decisive, and the policy may gain strong support though the majority...
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We model a society that values the coherence between past policy platforms and current implemented policy, and where policy platforms partially commit candidates to their future actions. If an incumbent politician seeks to be reelected, she has to use her platforms to commit to moderate policies...
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