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Occupational Structures across 25 EU Countries: The Importance of Industry Structure and Technology in Old and New EU Countries

Frank, Cörvers; Jaanika, Meriküll - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2008

This paper analyzes the occupational structures of 25 European Union countries during the period 2000-2004. Shift-share analyses have been used to decompose cross-country differences in occupational structure into within industry and between industry effects. The static analysis for 2004 shows...

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The Occupational Structure of Further and Higher Education in Ireland and the Netherlands

Borghans L.; Hughes G.; Smits W. - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 1997

comparison of the occupational structure of further and higher education in Ireland and the Netherlands is made. This comparison … Dutch system, Ireland has a broader occupational domain for similar types of further and higher education, on average, than … types of education in Ireland, such as engineering and agricultural science, at higher levels seem to be closer to the Dutch …

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The effects of pension rights and retirement age on training participation: Evidence from a natural experiment

Raymond, Montizaan; Frank, Cörvers; de, Grip Andries - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2009

This paper uses a natural experiment approach to identify the effects of an exogenouschange in future pension benefits on workers’ training participation. We use uniquematched survey and administrative data for male employees in the Dutch public sectorwho were born in 1949 or 1950. Only the...

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Which skills protect graduates against a slack labour market?

Martin, Humburg; de, Grip Andries; der, Velden Rolf van - Researchcentrum voor Onderwijs en Arbeidsmarkt (ROA), … - 2012

This paper explores the relationship between graduates’ skill levels and the risk ofovereducation and unemployment in 17 European countries. We distinguish betweenfield-specific and general skills and between two labour market segments, theoccupational domain of a particular field of study and...

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Does Improved Local Supply of Schooling Enhance Intergenerational Mobility in Education? Evidence from Jordan

Assaad, Ragui; Saleh, Mohamed - Toulouse School of Economics (TSE) - 2015

This paper examines the effect of increased local supply of schooling on intergenerational mobility in education in … increase intergenerational mobility in education. For instance, an increase in the supply of basic public schools of one school … not seem to have a similar effect on intergenerational mobility in education. …

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Does Improved Local Supply of Schooling Enhance Intergenerational Mobility in Education? Evidence from Jordan

Assaad, Ragui; Saleh, Mohamed - Institute for Advanced Study in Toulouse (IAST), … - 2015

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From Rawlsian autonomy to sufficient opportunity in education

Shields, Liam - In: Politics, Philosophy & Economics 14 (2015) 1, pp. 53-66

Equality of Opportunity is widely thought of as the normative ideal most relevant to the design of educational institutions. One widely discussed interpretation of this ideal is Rawls' principle of Fair Equality of Opportunity. In this paper I argue that theories, like Rawls, that give priority...

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How risky is college investment?

Hendricks, Lutz; Leukhina, Oksana - Center for Financial Studies - 2015

This paper is motivated by the fact that nearly half of U.S. college students drop out without earning a bachelor's degree. Its objective is to quantify how much uncertainty college entrants face about their graduation outcomes. To do so, we develop a quantitative model of college choice. The...

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An assessment of regional authorities preparedness for attracting non-governmental public services providers

Efremov, S. - In: Public administration issues (2013) 1, pp. 102-122

The article considers a subjective preparedness of regional administrations for attracting non-governmental providers of social services at the cost of the budget means. It is assumed, that this depends a lot on their understanding the necessity of the action, their successful experience in such...

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An Evaluation of the Long-Term Impacts of the Sponsor-A-Scholar Program on Student Performance: Final Report to the Commonwealth Fund

Johnson, Amy W. - Mathematica Policy Research - 1998

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