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differences between first- and second-generation immigrants. This measure is finer than immigrant generation and expands on the …-generation immigrants and second-generation immigrants whose parents arrived shortly before birth. For most outcomes considered, I find that …
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Using longitudinal data from the Italian National Institute for the Evaluation of the Education System (INVALSI), this …
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via which age-at-migration affects the native-immigration education gap. Ordinary-least-squares estimates can be biased if … important mediating factor via which age-of-arrival influences education. The critical age for English proficiency is 8-10. Age …-of-arrival affects education not only through language but also via heterogeneous origin country conditions. The additional privileges of …
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We study attitudes to education among English adolescents. Using PISA data, we show there is considerable variation in … first- and second-generation immigrants, and the attitude gap does not appear to depend on particular schools' policies. We … also show that students in London have more positive attitudes to education on average, but this is entirely accounted for …
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Using the 2003-2019 American Time Use Survey, we examine how living with a parent who has a work-limiting disability is related to teenagers' time allocation. For girls, we find that living with a disabled parent is associated with less time spent on educational activities, including both class...
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background, lack solid core skills and competences that weakens the skills-base. Vocational and tertiary education do not always … ensure that tertiary education provides the right skills. Beyond education, effective re-skilling and up-skilling programmes …
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Canonical human capital theories posit that education, by enhancing worker skills, reduces the likelihood that a worker … education records from 1987 through 2002 to nationally representative surveys conducted before and after the onset of COVID-19 … in Barbados to explore the causal impact of improved education on job loss during this period. Using a regression …
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We study how the tasks conducted on the job relate to measures of cognitive skills using data from 18 countries participating in the Programme for the International Assessment of Adult Competences (PIAAC) and from 13 countries that also participate in the International Adult Literacy Study...
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strategies to higher education. The starting hypothesis of this study is that students consider the expected utility of their …-priced education. The results of this paper confirm that both expected wages and admission probabilities determine students …
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