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Looking Beyond Universal Primary Education: Gender Differences in Time Use among Children in Rural Bangladesh

Chandrasekhar, S.; Amin, Sajeda - eSocialSciences - 2010

quality, attention should focus on household level private investments in education. By private investments we mean time … regarding household influences on education. First, time spent in school is insensitive to factors such as poverty and gender …

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Career progression and formal versus on-the-job training

Adda, Jerome; Dustmann, Christian; Meghir, Costas; … - Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS) - 2010

<p><p>We evaluate the German apprenticeship system, which combines on-the-job training with classroom teaching, by modelling individual careers from the choice to join such a scheme and followed by their employment, job to job transitions and wages over the lifecycle. Our data is drawn from...</p></p>

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Human Capital Investment Is a Continuous Proposition: A Study of North East African States.

Kefela, Ghirmai; Rena, Ravinder - In: Indus Journal of Management & Social Science (IJMSS) 2 (2008) 1, pp. 50-65

surest way to eradicate poverty. The education and training systems of all the nations jeopardizes the future of millions of …

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Skills, Qualities and Experiences Needed for Future Leaders in Food and Agribusiness Industries of Armenia

Urutyan, Vardan E.; Litzenberg, Kerry K. - In: International Food and Agribusiness Management Review 13 (2010) 3

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The Effect of Marriage on Education of Immigrants: Evidence from a Policy Reform Restricting Spouse Import

Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Smith, Nina; Celikaksoy, Aycan - School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus - 2007

We investigate the effect of immigrants’ marriage behavior on dropout from education. To identify the causal effect, we …

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Surface acting and work–family conflict: the roles of exhaustion, anxiety and education

Nauman, Shazia; Imam, Hassan; Basit, Ameer A. - In: International Journal of Organization Theory & Behavior 26 (2023) 1/2, pp. 61-77

, the authors modeled emotional exhaustion as a mediator and trait anxiety and education level as moderators in the surface … and level of education at time 1, emotional exhaustion at time 2 and WFC at time 3 with a three-week time lag between each … were high in trait anxiety and education level suffered most from emotional exhaustion and WFC. Practical implications To …

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Logistics programs in universities: stovepipe vs cross disciplinary

Lancioni, Richard; Forman, Howard; Smith, Michael - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 31 (2001) 1, pp. 53-64

The growth of logistics departments in colleges and universities has been unprecedented in the past ten years. In response to this demand, schools expanded their programs to accommodate more students at both the graduate and undergraduate levels. While schools have typically structured their...

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Preparation of logistics managers for the contemporary environment of the European Union

Poist, Richard F.; Scheraga, Carl A.; Semeijn, Janjaap - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 31 (2001) 7/8, pp. 487-505

This study reports and analyzes a questionnaire administered to US and European logistics managers soliciting their perceptions regarding changes in background and skill preferences for logistics managers operating in the new European Union environment. The combined sample of respondents...

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Problem‐based learning approach in teaching lower level logistics and transportation

Alvarstein, Vidar; Karen Johannesen, Liv - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 31 (2001) 7/8, pp. 557-573

This paper reports on how problem‐based learning (PBL) was introduced in a lower level logistics and transportation course, and gives some preliminary results. This paper is not based on scientific methods and solid evidence but is a narrative of some experiences. Hopefully it serves to guide...

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Using block courses for teaching logistics

Grant, David Bruce - In: International Journal of Physical Distribution & … 31 (2001) 7/8, pp. 574-585

This paper describes the use of seminar or block formats in delivering logistics and services marketing courses as pilot projects at the University of Calgary. The students attending the courses completed questionnaires regarding their pre‐course expectations, post‐course perceptions, and...

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