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McIntyre, Frank - 2017

We estimate the increase in earnings from a law degree relative to a bachelor's degree for graduates who majored in different fields in college. Students with humanities and social sciences majors comprise approximately 47 percent of law degree holders compared to 23 percent of terminal...

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Teaching "out of field" in STEM subjects in Australia : evidence from PISA 2015

Shah, Chandra; Richardson, Paul W.; Watt, Helen M. G. - 2020

Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education is a critical part of a modern education system … roles through the effects of other factors, such as school sector and education level of parents of students in the school …

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Improving School-to-work Transitions in New Zealand

Bibbee, Alexandra - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2013

. However, labour-market opportunities are heavily determined by initial education, where New Zealand’s system is also … the nature of skills supplied by the education sector and the skills demanded by employers. A greater role for youth … persistance intergénérationnelle des résultats en matière d’éducation et d’emploi ressort comme étant très élevée. D’un point de …

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Teaching "out of field" in STEM subjects in Australia : evidence from PISA 2015

Shah, Chandra; Richardson, Paul W.; Watt, Helen M. G. - 2020

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Timing Law School

McIntyre, Frank; Simkovic, Michael - 2017

We investigate whether economic conditions at labor market entry predict long-term differences in law graduate earnings. We find that unemployment levels at graduation continue to predict law earnings premiums within 4 years after graduation for earners at the high end and middle of the...

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Are Law Degrees As Valuable to Minorities?

McIntyre, Frank; Simkovic, Michael - 2017

We estimate the increase in earnings from a law degree relative to a bachelor’s degree for graduates of different race/ethnic groups. Law earnings premiums are higher for whites than for minorities (excluding individuals raised outside the U.S.). The median annual law earnings premium is...

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The Debate about Mandatory Retirement in Ontario Universities: Positive and Personal Choices about Retirement at 65

Munro, John H. A. - University of Toronto, Department of Economics - 2005

The debate about mandatory retirement is fundamentally a moral issue, about human rights, but one strongly related to several major economic issues. Mandatory retirement is a form of age discrimination that seems to be strictly prohibited by section 15(1) of the Canadian Charter of Rights. But...

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Energy and Labour Reform : Evidence from Iran

Alshehabi, Omar H. - 2014

transition dynamics at play. A purpose-built dynamic Computable General Equilibrium model is deployed with a unique Social …

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Life in Shackles? The Quantitative Implications of Reforming the Educational Loan System

Heijdra, Ben J.; Kindermann, Fabian; Reijnders, Laurie S. M. - 2014

stochastic general equilibrium model of a closed economy with a competitive firm sector and a government that levies taxes and … administers educational loans. Individuals are heterogeneous in their talent for education and ability to learn on the job and …

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Human capital and optimal redistribution

Koeniger, Winfried; Prat, Julien - 2014

We characterize optimal redistribution in a dynastic family model with human capital. We show how a government can improve the trade-off between equality and incentives by changing the amount of observable human capital. We provide an intuitive decomposition for the wedge between human-capital...

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