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Costa Rica: competitividad global y educación superior. Resultados 2008-2010

Aguilar Fernández, Eduardo; Araya, Zamora; Andrey, José - In: Revista de Ciencias Económicas 29 (2011) 01

El Índice de Competitividad Global (GCI) es un instrumento utilizado para expresar en términos numéricos la competitividad de un país. El índice está formado por doce pilares entre los que se destaca la educación superior y la capacitación. En lo que respecta a Costa Rica, este pilar...

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Análisis de Correspondencia para estudiar la relación entre algunas variables medidas a partir de la Encuesta Nacional de Opinión Pública del año 2006 (ENOPU -06)

Aguilar Fernández, Eduardo - In: Revista de Ciencias Económicas 29 (2011) 01

Este estudio tiene como finalidad establecer relaciones entre distintas variables educativas y de salud de la ENOPU-06. Para ello se estudia la relación entre las variables nivel educativo y centro de salud que visitó la última vez, nivel de ingreso del hogar y región donde vive, edad y...

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The Nature of Sustainability as Viewed by European Students

Lockley, John; Jarrath, Martin - In: Journal of Education for Sustainable Development 7 (2013) 1, pp. 113-124

sources, to address regional, national or international priorities. Education for sustainability as a concept similarly is … five European countries express their ideas of sustainability.The results indicate that despite the diversity of education …

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Early Childhood Development as Economic Development

Jenkins, Jade Marcus - In: Economic Development Quarterly 28 (2014) 2, pp. 147-165

and adoption of early childhood education programs during this time, such as prekindergarten. Policy makers need to …

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The return to college: Selection and dropout risk

Hendricks, Lutz; Leukhina, Oksana - Center for Financial Studies - 2014

This paper studies the effect of graduating from college on lifetime earnings. We develop a quantitative model of college choice with uncertain graduation. Departing from much of the literature, we model in detail how students progress through college. This allows us to parameterize the model...

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Fatores que afetam a freqüência e o atraso escolar, nos meios urbano e rural, de São Paulo e Pernambuco

Pontili, Rosangela Maria; Kassouf, Ana Lúcia - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 45 (2007) 1

Many studies in the economic field have showed the importan-ce of education to increase the wellbeing of the society …

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Impacto do Programa Bolsa Família sobre a Frequência Escolar: o caso da agricultura familiar no Nordeste do Brasil

Melo, Raul da Mota Silveira; Duarte, Gisléia Benini - In: Brazilian Journal of Rural Economy and Sociology (RESR) 48 (2010) 3

O objetivo deste trabalho é avaliar o impacto do programa de transferência de renda condicionada Bolsa Família sobre a frequência escolar de crianças e adolescentes de cinco a 14 anos na agricultura familiar dos estados de Pernambuco, Ceará, Sergipe e Paraíba. Nessa investigação, o...

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Complementing tradition, managing change: using communication technology to connect an industry; the case of AGRIWEBINAR

Watson, Heather - In: International Journal of Agricultural Management 01 (2011) 1

It is a significant challenge to be successful farming in Canada today. In an ever-changing and increasingly competitive global environment, the Canadian agricultural industry faces the impacts of international competition and trade negotiations, evolving regulations, climate change, shifting...

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Understanding Life Satisfaction and the Education Puzzle in Australia: A profile from HILDA Wave 9

Gong, Cathy; Cassells, Rebecca; Keegan, Marcia - National Centre for Social and Economic Modelling … - 2011

education and subjective wellbeing instead, particularly for developed nations. This study uses Wave 9 of the HILDA survey data … Australia and how this differs by age group. We find that the younger age group have relatively higher education but lower … satisfaction level on average than the older age group. The relationship between education and life satisfaction level differs by …

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Trends in preschool lead exposure, mental retardation, and scholastic achievement: association or causation?

Nevin, Rick - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This study shows that 1936-1990 preschool blood lead trends explain 65% of the 1948-2001 variation in USA mental retardation (MR) prevalence, 45% of the 1953-2003 variation in the average Scholastic Achievement Test (SAT) verbal score, and 65% of the 1953-2003 variation in the average SAT math...

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