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clustered by population share of visible immigrants in proportion to share of native born residents. The target variable under … polarisation. Based on estimated regression models, we conclude that increased returns to parental education have forcefully …
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Using a unique data set on immigrants living in France in 2003, we investigate whether Muslims invest differently in … their children’s education compared to non-Muslims. In particular, we want to assess whether educational inequalities … between the children of Muslim and non-Muslim immigrants stem from differences between or within families. After controlling …
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-generation immigrants. Using the Current Population Survey (1994-2018), we find that the difference in female-male education persists from … local education of natives can facilitate the acculturation process. Immigrants residing in states with higher education …This paper illustrates the intergenerational transmission of the gender gap in education among first and second …
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, are high. This persistence is correlated with high returns to education, relatively low progressivity in public … investments in education, and inequality of opportunity. An index of inequality of opportunity (including dimensions beyond an …, circumstances explain below 15 % of the observed variance in education, in Chile, they amount to almost half the explained variance …
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We explore the adoption data approach to estimating causal effects of parental education and income on the same … mother?s or father?s education raises children?s education by about 0.1 year. Our estimated income elasticities are around 0.1. …
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, for the intergenerational association in education and income. We find that both pre- and post-birth factors contribute to … intergenerational transmissions, and that pre-birth factors are more important for mother's education and less important for father …
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Many authors have recently suggested that the heterogeneity in the quality of early education may be one of the key …-1977 significantly reduced the degree of heterogeneity in the Finnish primary and secondary education. The reform shifted the tracking … age in secondary education from age 10 to 16 and imposed a uniform academic curriculum on entire cohorts until the end of …
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This paper estimates the causal effect of an additional year of parents' schooling on theirchildren's education … schooling women strongly affects their sons' education. Based on severaldatasets, numerous channels that might mediate the …
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This paper estimates the effect of a major education reform on the intergenerational income mobility in Finland. The …-year comprehensive school and significantly reduced the degree of heterogeneity in the Finnish primary and secondary education. We …
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This study analyzes the educational attainment and early labor market outcomes of young migrants from the Former Soviet Union (FSU) who arrived in Germany between 1989 and 1994. The results reveal that migrants have lower educational attainments than natives, and that within the group of...
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