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Applying the theory of yardstick competition to the schooling system, we show that it is optimal to have central tests of student achievement and to engage in benchmarking because it raises the quality of teaching. This is true even if teachers' pay (defined in monetary terms) is not performance...
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. The determinants examined within a Tobit model framework include total household expenditure, education levels of parents … and other household characteristics. Such analysis of the household behavior of attempting to provide better education to … their children will highlight the determinants of the demand for education and the intergenerational transfers in Turkey. …
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Die Beiträge des Bandes zeigen und diskutieren das Potenzial einer mikrosoziologischen, prozessorientierten - qualitativen - Ungleichheitsforschung. Sie spüren Praktiken sozialer Besser- und Schlechterstellung in den Bereichen Bildung, Arbeit, soziale Beziehungen und Migration auf. Mit der...
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-ante identical individuals make unobservable private investments in education. We show that voting-based renegotiation can result in …
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spatial distribution of individuals' education and regional unemployment rates. We provide novel evidence showing that i) the … impact of individual's education on unemployment largely varies across regions and, ii) regional disparities in the level of …
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The paper estimates the returns to education for a cohort of individuals born in Britain in March 1958 who have been … education, social class and interest shown in the child's education as well as measures of ability. The nature of our data … from measurement error in education qualification variables which have been found to be important in other studies. The …
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to employment, unemployment or higher education. Family background is an important predictor for participation in higher … education reflecting the degree of rationing in the system. The level of educational attainment influences the probability of … entering higher education or employment. The estimates for earnings functions show large differences across gender with males …
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In this paper, we investigate sibling correlations in educational outcomes, which serve as a broad measure of the importance of family and community background. Making use of rich longitudinal survey and register data for Denmark, our main aim is to identify the parental background...
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stylized facts about the connection between the demographic transition and changes in education (the size and quality of the … labor force), with labor supply, inequality, and unemployment. The main conclusion is that demographics and education … about labor markets in Latin America. Although demographics and education move slowly through time and have a strong …
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