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Intergenerational Long Term Effects of Preschool - Structural Estimates from a Discrete Dynamic Programming Model

Heckman, James; Raut, Lakshmi - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2002

Using the NLSY79 and the NLSY79 Children and Young Adults datasets, this paper formulates, provides conditions for parametric and non-parametric identification and empirically estimates the parameters of an altruistic model of parental preschool investment within a structural dynamic programming...

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Competencies, Innovation And Profitability Of Firms

Leiponen, Ada - In: Economics of Innovation and New Technology 9 (2000) 1, pp. 1-24

This empirical study investigates the impact of competencies on firms' economic perfomance. A panel dataset of Finnish manufacturing firms is used to assess the effects of education and innovation on profitability. The differences between innovators and non-innovators, and between product- and...

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Early education and children's outcomes: low long do the impacts last?

Goodman, Alissa; Sianesi, Barbara - In: Fiscal Studies 26 (2005) 4, pp. 513-548

We evaluate the effects of undergoing any early education (before the compulsory starting age of 5) and of pre-school on a cohort of British children born in 1958. In contrast to most available studies, we are able to assess whether any effects on cognition and socialisation are long-lasting, as...

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Financing higher education: a contributory scheme

Flacher, David; Harari-Kermadec, Hugo; Moulin, Léonard - Institut d'Economia de Barcelona (IEB), Facultat … - 2013

In this paper, we study the higher education financing based on the classical contributory versus self-funded pension funding scheme. We provide a brief discussion of how a system based on student debt can be seen ’funded’ and why it fails to ensure equity and efficiency and funding for the...

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Gender Differences in Major Choice and College Entrance Probabilities in Brazil

Traferri, Alejandra - Instituto de Economía, Facultad de Ciencia Económicas … - 2011

I study gender differences in major choice and college entrance probabilities in University of Campinas, a Brazilian … Brazilian case allows me to differentiate the effect of gender on major-specific entrance probabilities and preferences. I … expected utility depends on the probability of entering the different majors. I find evidence of gender differences in …

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Educating Children of Immigrants: Closing the Gap in Norwegian Schools

Bratsberg, Bernt; Raaum, Oddbjørn; Røed, Knut - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Children of immigrant parents constitute a growing share of school cohorts in many OECD countries, and their educational performance is vital for successful social and economic integration. This paper examines educational outcomes of first and second generation non- OECD immigrants in Norway. We...

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The Effect of Education Policy on Crime: An Intergenerational Perspective

Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Schnabel, Marieke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

A number of studies have shown that education reforms extending compulsory schooling reduce criminal behavior of those affected by the reform. We consider the effects of a major Swedish educational reform on crime by exploiting its staggered implementation across Sweden. We first show that the...

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Rubble Women: The Long-Term Effects of Postwar Reconstruction on Female Labor Market Outcomes

Akbulut-Yuksel, Mevlude; Khamis, Melanie; Yuksel, Mutlu - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

During World War II, more than one-half million tons of bombs were dropped in aerial raids on German cities, destroying about forty percent of the total housing stock nationwide. With a large fraction of the male population gone, the reconstruction process had mainly fallen on women in postwar...

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Education, Job Search and Re-employment Outcomes among the Unemployed

Riddell, W. Craig; Song, Xueda - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

This study assesses the effects of education on both job search intensity and re-employment success for unemployed workers. Given that the positive correlation between education and job search intensity or re-employment success is likely to be confounded by the endogeneity of education, we make...

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Does Public Information about School Quality Lead to Flight from Low-Achieving Schools?

Friesen, Jane; Javdani, Mohsen; Woodcock, Simon D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009

We estimate the effect of publicly disseminated information about school-level achievement on students' mobility between elementary schools. We find that students are more likely to leave their school when poor school-level performance is revealed. In general, parents respond to information soon...

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