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The sooner the better? : compulsory schooling reforms in Sweden
Fischer, Martin; Karlsson, Martin; Nilsson, Therese; … - 2016
This paper evaluates the impact on earnings, pensions, and other labor market outcomes of two parallel educational reforms increasing instructional time in Swedish primary school. The reforms extended the compulsory years of schooling from 6 to 7 years and the annual term length from 34.5/36.5...
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Proxying ability by family background in returns to schooling estimations is generally a bad idea
Mellander, Erik (contributor);  … - 2008
A regression model is considered where earnings are explained by schooling and ability. It is assumed that schooling is measured with error and that there are no data on ability. Regressing earnings on observed schooling then yields an estimate of the return to schooling that is subject to...
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The knowledge lift : the Swedish adult education program that aimed to eliminate low worker skill levels
Albrecht, James W. (contributor);  … - 2005
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Proxying ability by family background in returns to schooling estimations is generally a bad idea
Mellander, Erik; Sandgren-Massih, Sofia - In: The Scandinavian journal of economics 110 (2008) 4, pp. 853-875
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Family structure and child outcomes in the USA and Sweden
Björklund, Anders; Ginther, Donna K.; Sundström, Marianne - In: Journal of population economics 20 (2007) 1, pp. 183-201
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Education and earnings over the life cycle : longitudinal age-earnings profiles from Sweden
Sandgren Massih, Sofia - In: Schools and the equal opportunity problem, (pp. 51-69). 2007
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The long-term earnings consequences of general vs. specific training of the unemployed
Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 22, pp. 1-26
Training programs for the unemployed typically involve training specific skills in demand amongst employers. In 1997, Swedish unemployed could also choose general schooling at the upper secondary level. This offers a unique opportunity to assess the theoretically ambiguous long-term relative...
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Internal migration of young adults : heterogeneity in effects on labour income by school grades
Tano, Sofia - 2014
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Ability and rates of return to schooling : making use of the Swedish enlistment battery test
Nordin, Martin - In: Journal of population economics 21 (2008) 3, pp. 703-717
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Family structure and child outcomes in the United States and Sweden
Björklund, Anders (contributor);  … - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
children reared in two-parent families. Evidence from the United States and Sweden indicates that living in a non-intact family … children's outcomes in terms of educational attainment and earnings using data from Sweden and the United States. Comparing the … United States and Sweden is interesting because both family structure and public policy environments in the two countries …
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