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Graduate employment in the UK: an application of the Gottschalk-Hansen model

Grazier, Suzanne; O'Leary, Nigel C.; Sloane, Peter J. - 2008

supply of graduates, the literature on over-education suggests that many graduates are unable to find employment in graduate …

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American education in the age of mass migrations 1870 - 1930

Murtin, Fabrice; Viarengo, Martina - 2009

This paper derives original series of average years of schooling in the United States 1870-1930, which take into account the impact of mass migrations on the US educational level. We reconstruct the foreign-born US population by age and by country of origin, while combining data on the flow of...

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The crime reducing effect of education

Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujić, Sunčica - 2010

In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources … from Britain. A robust finding is that criminal activity is negatively associated with higher levels of education. However …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the …

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Under pressure? The effect of peers on outcomes of young adults

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2010

variables (average age, average mother's education) have little impact on the outcomes of teenagers. …

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The effect of family separation and reunification on the educational success of immigrant children in the United States

Gindling, T. H.; Poggio, Sara Z. - 2010

For many immigrants, especially those from Central America and Mexico, it is common for a mother or father (or both) to migrate to the United States and leave their children behind. Then, after the parent(s) have achieved some degree of stability in the United States, the children follow. Using...

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Measurement Error in Education and Growth Regressions

Portela, Miguel; Alessie, Rob J. M.; Teulings, Coen N. - 2006

The perpetual inventory method used for the construction of education data per country leads to systematic measurement … education level between census data and observations constructed from enrolment data. We discuss a methodology for correcting …

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Public sector decentralization and school performance: International evidence

Falch, Torberg; Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2010

Using a panel of international student test scores 1980 2000 (PISA and TIMSS), panel fixed effects estimates suggest that government spending decentralization is conducive to student performance. The effect does not appear to be mediated through levels of educational spending.

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The effect of tracking students by ability into different schools: a natural experiment

Guyon, Nina; Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra - 2010

The tracking of pupils by ability into elite and non-elite schools represents a controversial policy in many countries. There is no consensus on how large the elite track should be and little agreement on the effects of any further increase in its size. This paper presents a natural experiment...

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Mother's autonomy and child welfare: A new measure and some new evidence

Chakraborty, Tanika; De, Prabal K. - 2011

on her child's secondary education in Mexico and find that the children of Mexican mothers with greater autonomy in … autonomy and welfare outcomes. We argue that omitted variables that may drive education and autonomy are likely to be …

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Measurement Error in Education and Growth Regressions

Alessie, Rob J. M.; Portela, Miguel; Teulings, Coen N. - 2004

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