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achieved, they look at the future of their children, a process that births diverse educational programs. Education then … organizations in emergency contexts is “should an emergency education focus on short-term and immediate relief, or be conceived as a … long-term objective”? (Kagawa cited in Wright, 2011, p. 29) Should education mitigate or exacerbate the conflict? What is …
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This study deals with educational production in Austria and is focused on the potential impact of schoolmates on students' academic outcomes. We used PISA 2000 data to estimate peer effects for 15 and 16 year old students. The estimations yield substantial positive effects of the peer groups'...
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This paper provides evidence on the long run relationship between European settlers presence and education levels in … massive funds allocated to the <p> education sector post-war; (2) the role of the market via migration; (3) social interaction … effects whereby natives progressively adopted education and fertility norms of the settlers. …
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education and associated years of schooling have expanded substantially in developing countries in recent years. But has this … improvements in the access to the education system and in educational outcomes across the welfare distribution between and within … schooling years. We find great heterogeneity in the distribution of progress of education, with very little pro-poor progress in …
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better education outcomes, especially for children. The causal impact of tenure, in particular of homeownership, on education …
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The need for entrepreneurial behaviour and activity in all aspects of life is becoming more pronounced, and education … programmes in entrepreneurship at all levels of education is steadily increasing worldwide. It is often said that … entrepreneurship education is one of the most important development and economic mechanisms. Organizational structure, content …
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In a globalized, knowledge-based economy, education and training is of great importance for increasing economic and …. According to Eurostat, Romania allocates less money to education than most European Union countries. These allocations reflect … the low level of attention paid to the education and training system. This paper analyses the situation and trends that …
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funds in education. The survey data reveal that on average, during the period 1991–5, schools received only 13 percent of … either used by public officials for purposes unrelated to education or captured for private gain (leakage). Moreover we find …
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Using novel survey data, we examine attitudes towards money and to what extent they affect economic outcomes in Switzerland. We find that three main types of attitudes towards money co-exist: the prestige and power attitude, the money management attitude and the goal-oriented attitude. The...
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During the past decade there has been a growing opinion of including more than an income perspective in the examination of inequality. As a result a broad theoretical literature on the subject of multidimensional inequality is present. This can mainly be divided into three different parts:...
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