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Parallel lives? Ethnic segregation in schools andneighbourhoods

Burgess, Simon M.; Wilson, Deborah; Lupton, Ruth - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

compare patterns of segregation across nineethnic groups, and across Local Education Authorities in England. Looking atboth …

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Parental Investment in Childhood and Later Adult Well-Being: Can More Involved Parents Offset the Effects ofSocioeconomic Disadvantage?

Hango, Darcy - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005

involvement and the gender ofthe parent. Father interest in education has the strongest impact on earlierpoverty, especially at … age 11. Meanwhile, both father and mother interest inschool at age 16 have the largest direct impact on education. The … frequency ofoutings with mother at age 11 also has a larger direct impact on education thanoutings with father, however, neither …

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Schools in Disadvantaged Areas: Recognising Context and Raising Quality

Lupton, Ruth - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004

Both educational attainment and school quality are typically lower indisadvantaged areas than others and much recent policy attention has beenfocused on each. This paper looks at the quality problem, exploring therelationships between disadvantaged contexts, what schools do, and the qualityof...

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The Economic Determinants of Truancy

Burgess, Simon M.; Gardiner, Karen; Propper, Carol - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2002

Truancy is often seen as irrational behaviour on the part of school ageyouth. This paper takes the opposite view and models truancy as thesolution to a time allocation problem in which youths derive currentreturns from activities that reduce time spent at school. The model isestimated using a US...

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Job Creation by Firms in Denmark

Ibsen, Rikke; Westergård-Nielsen, Niels C. - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2011

In this paper we will look at job creation and destruction in firms. We will answer the questionif it is the large companies that create jobs, while the smaller companies are contributingmuch less. Or is it the young companies that create jobs? And who destroys the most jobs?In the crisis...

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Returns for Entrepreneurs vs. Employees: The Effectof Education and Personal Control on the RelativePerformance of Entrepreneurs vs. Wage Employees

Praag, Mirjam van; Witteloostuijn, Arjen van; Sluis, … - Institut zur Zukunft der Arbeit <Bonn> - 2009

How valuable is education for entrepreneurs’ performance as compared to employees’?What might explain any differences …? And does education affect peoples’ occupationalchoices accordingly? We answer these questions based on a large panel of US … labor forceparticipants. We show that education affects peoples’ decisions to become an entrepreneurnegatively. We show …

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Entrepreneurship and Higher Education: An Overviewof the Iowa State University Alumni Survey

Jolly, Robert William; Li, Yu; Orazem, Peter F.; Kimle, … - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2010

human capital and innovation are important for growth entrepreneurship,then higher education should have a significant role … requested information on graduates’ employmenthistory, further education, income, entrepreneurial activity and community …

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Investing in People for the 21st Century

Huffman, Wallace E. - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2009

The paper draws upon the work of T.W. Schultz to show that human capital theory andlabor market adjustments have important implications for investing in people for the 21st Century.[...]

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Patience Cycles

Barnett, Richard; Bhattacharya, Joydeep; Puhakka, Mikko - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2009

betterin school, and hence, get more education but scrimp on investing in their own progeny’s patience.This dynamic can …

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Separation and Volatility of Locational Marginal Pricesin Restructured Wholesale Power Markets

Li, Hongyan; Sun, Junjie; Tesfatsion, Leigh - Iowa State University of Science and Technology <Ames, … - 2009

This study uses an agent-based test bed (“AMES”)to investigate separation and volatility of locational marginalprices (LMPs) in an ISO-managed restructured wholesale powermarket operating over an AC transmission grid. Particular attentionis focused on the dynamic and cross-sectional response...

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