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Explaining the evolution of educational attainment in the U.S.

Castro, Rui; Coen-Pirani, Daniele - 2015 - This version: September 2015

heterogeneous learning ability. Inter-cohort variation in schooling is driven by changes in skill prices, tuition, and education …

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Higher education and the fall and rise of inequality

Prettner, Klaus; Schäfer, Andreas - 2016

We investigate the effect of higher education on the evolution of inequality. In so doing we propose a novel … initial phase in which no social class invests in higher education of their children such that inequality is driven by … bequests. Once a certain income threshold is surpassed, the rich start to invest in higher education of their children, which …

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The Tower of Babel in the Classroom: Immigrants and Natives in Italian Schools

Ballatore, Rosario Maria; Fort, Margherita; Ichino, Andrea - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2015

We exploit rules of class formation to identify the causal effect of increasing the number of immigrants in a classroom on natives test scores, keeping class size constant (Pure Composition Effect). We explain why this is a relevant policy parameter although it has been neglected so far. We show...

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The educational attainment, labour market participation and living conditions of young Roma in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania

Cekota, Jaromir; Trentini, Claudia - Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE), United Nations - 2011

This paper investigates the educational attainment, labour market participation and living conditions of young Roma adults in Bulgaria, Hungary and Romania based on data from the generations and gender surveys and other sources of information. It shows that in spite of a small improvement in the...

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Erfolge trotz schlechter Startbedingungen: was hilft Migrantennachkommen in Frankreich und Deutschland?

Tucci, Ingrid; Jossin, Ariane; Keller, Carsten; … - In: DIW Wochenbericht 78 (2011) 41, pp. 3-11

Die Bildungs- und Erwerbsverläufe von Migrantenkindern in Frankreich und Deutschland sind äußerst vielfältig. In der öffentlichen Wahrnehmung dominieren die wenig Erfolgreichen. Dabei sind erfolgreiche Biographien junger Erwachsener mit Migrationshintergrund aber keineswegs eine zu...

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Success Despite Starting out at a Disadvantage: What Helps Second-Generation Migrants in France and Germany?

Tucci, Ingrid; Jossin, Ariane; Keller, Carsten; … - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 1 (2011) 5, pp. 3-11

The educational and employment trajectories of migrant children in France and Germany are extremely diverse. The few successful ones dominate the public eye. Yet successful biographies of young adults with a migration background are in no way a negligible exception. However, the picture is...

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Do High School Peers Have Persistent Effects on College Attainment and Other Life Outcomes?

Bifulco, Robert; Fletcher, Jason; Oh, Sun Jung; Ross, … - Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics, … - 2014

Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study examines the impact of high school cohort composition on the educational and labor market outcomes of individuals during their early 20s and again during their late 20s and early 30s. We find that the positive...

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Making Jobs Good

Schmitt, John; Jones, Janelle - Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR) - 2013

A series of earlier CEPR reports documented a substantial decline over the last three decades in the share of “good jobs” in the U.S. economy. This fall-off in job quality took place despite a large increase in the educational attainment and age of the workforce, as well as the productivity...

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The Tower of Babel in the Classroom: Immigrants and Natives in Italian Schools

Ballatore, Rosario Maria; Fort, Margherita; Ichino, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014

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Etnia y rendimiento académico en Colombia

Jabba, Andrés Sanchez - - In: REVISTA DE ECONOMÍA DEL ROSARIO (2011)

Resumen: En Colombia, los estudiantes pertenecientes a una etnia presentan un rendimiento inferior alde sus pares no étnicos en pruebas académicas estandarizadas, en las áreas de matemáticas y lenguaje. Dicha brecha es persistente a nivel departamental, especialmente entre los...

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