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A vibrant European labor market with full employment

Ritzen, Jozef M. M.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 2013

We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, where income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We name this scenario “vibrant.” It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European...

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Persecution and escape

Becker, Sascha O.; Lindenthal, Volker; Mukand, Sharun W.; … - 2023

We study the role of professional networks in facilitating emigration of Jewish academics dismissed from their positions by the Nazi government. We use individual-level exogenous variation in the timing of dismissals to estimate causal effects. Academics with more ties to early émigrés...

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Persecution and escape

Becker, Sascha O.; Lindenthal, Volker; Mukand, Sharun W.; … - 2023

We study the role of professional networks in facilitating emigration of Jewish academics dismissed from their positions by the Nazi government. We use individual-level exogenous variation in the timing of dismissals to estimate causal eects. Academics with more ties to early émigrés...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014481039

Role of Education in Women Empowerment and Development : Issues and Impact

Shetty, Sowjanya; Hans, V. Basil - 2015

Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru once said: “If you educate a man you educate an individual, however, if you educate a woman you educate a whole family. Women empowered means mother India empowered”. When women who contribute almost half of the population are empowered it will strengthen the national...

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Impact of Duration of Primary Education on School Outcomes : A Cross-Country Analysis

Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2013

Using panel data for non-OECD countries covering the period 1970-2012, this paper analyzes the impact of the duration of primary education on school enrollment, drop-outs and completion rates. The empirical results show that for children in elementary school one additional grade of primary...

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Generating Stable University Funding Mechanisms : Income Contingent Loan Structure Choice within the Irish Higher Education System

Corbet, Shaen - 2017

state-sponsored lending facilities through private institutions similar to those already in place in Finland, Germany and …

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Global Trends in Numeracy 1820-1949 and its Implications for Long-Run Growth

Crayen, Dorothee; Baten, Jörg - 2021

This study is the first to explore long-run trends of numeracy for the 1820-1949 period in 165 countries, and its contribution to growth. Estimates of the long-run numeracy development of most countries in Asia, the Middle East, Africa, America, and Europe are presented, using age-heaping...

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Gender grading bias in junior high school mathematics

Berg, Petter; Palmgren, Ola; Tyrefors, Björn - 2019

Admission to high school in Sweden is based on the final grades from junior high. This paper compares students' final mathematics grade with new data from a high school introductory test score in mathematics. Both the grades and the test are based on the same syllabus, but teachers enjoy great...

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How important is homeland education for refugees' economic position in the Netherlands?

Hartog, Joop (contributor); Zorlu, Aslan (contributor) - 2005

We use data on refugees admitted to the Netherlands that include registration of education in their homeland by … them to assess effects on refugees' economic position during the first five years after arrival. The most remarkable … finding is the absence of returns to higher education. -- immigrants ; refugees ; education ; earnings ; employment …

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Strengthening teachers in disadvantaged schools : evidence from an intervention in Sweden's poorest city districts

Hall, Caroline King Barnard; Lundin, Martin; Sibbmark, … - 2018

enhance student performance. We use a difference-in-differences design and rich register data to estimate effects on several … educational outcomes. Our results show a large and statistically significant positive impact on student performance on …

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