Student achievement has been identified as important contributor to economic growth. This paper investigates the relationship between redistributive government activities and investment in human capital measured by student performance in international comparative tests in Mathematics and Science...

The education of young people regarding the concept of sustainability, regardless of the field, has become an essential and topical subject, considering that the evolution of humanity is on an upward slope, not necessarily in the correct or appropriate sense, and our action has an important...

Social networking learning is emerging in light of the European Skills Agenda and technological development. This aims to incorporate learning techniques in social networking environments to foster formal and informal learning. However, the classical customer-oriented social networks provide an...

Using panel data for 78 countries of origin we examine the impact of student flows to the United States on subsequent migration there over the period 1971-2001. What we find is that the stock of foreign students is an important predictor of subsequent migration. This holds true whether or not...

We survey undergraduate students at a large public university to understand the pecuniary and non-pecuniary factors driving their college major and career decisions with a focus on K-12 teaching. While the average student reports there is a 6% chance they will pursue teaching, almost 27% report...

Die eine kellnert, der andere jobbt in einem Unternehmen oder an der Hochschule, wieder andere absolvieren Praktika in den Semesterferien. Nahezu jeder Studierende tut es – er arbeitet parallel zu seinem Studium. Sobald der akademische Nachwuchs neben seinem Studium einer bezahlten Tätigkeit...