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Shi, Yaojiang; Chang, Fang; Su, Xiaoqing; Renfu, Luo; … - In: China agricultural economic review : publ. in … 4 (2012) 2, pp. 151-167

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The evolution of inequality in education trajectories and graduation outcomes in the US

Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen; Liu, Xingfei - 2022

Longitudinal Survey of Youths which we follow from 16 to 28. We discuss the evolution of family income and ability effects where … component correlated with family income and background variables. We find that the individual cognitive-technical ability … differential prevailing at 16 was increasing with income in the early 80's but much less so in the early 2000's. We find no …

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The evolution of inequality in education trajectories and graduation outcomes in the US

Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen; Liu, Xingfei - 2022

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Do Poor Students Benefit from China's Merger Program? Transfer Path and Educational Performance

Chen, Xinxin; Yi, Hongmei; Zhang, Linxiu; Mo, Di; Chu, James - 2014

Aiming to provide better education facilities and improve the educational attainment of poor rural students, China …. To accompany the policy, boarding facilities have been constructed that allow (mandate) primary school-aged children to … and investment programmes on the educational performance of students. Drawing on a unique dataset that records both the …

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Poor vision among China's rural primary school students : prevalence, correlates and consequences

Yi, Hongmei; Zhang, Linxiu; Ma, Xiaochen; Congdon, Nathan; … - In: China economic review : an international journal 33 (2015), pp. 247-262

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Earnings dispersion, risk aversion and eduation

Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen - 2002

We estimate a dynamic programming model of schooling decisions in which the degree of risk aversion can be inferred from schooling decisions. In our model, individuals are heterogeneous with respect to school and market abilities but homogeneous with respect to the degree of risk aversion. We...

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Unobserved ability and the return to schooling

Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen - 2002

We estimate a structural dynamic programming model of schooling decisions with unobserved heterogeneity in school ability and market ability on a sample taken from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY). Both the instantaneous utility of attending school and the wage regression...

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A structural analysis of the correlated random coefficient wage regression model

Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen - 2002

We estimate a finite mixture dynamic programming model of schooling decisions in which the log wage regression function is set in a random coefficient framework. The model allows for absolute and comparative advantages in the labor market and assumes that the population is composed of 8 unknown...

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The Han-minority achievement gap, language, and returns to schools in rural China

Yang, Yunfan; Wang, Huan; Zhang, Linxiu; Sylvia, Sean; … - In: Economic development and cultural change 63 (2015) 2, pp. 319-359

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Reconciling changes in wage inequality with changes in college selectivity using a behavioral model

Belzil, Christian; Hansen, Jörgen - 2020

We estimate a structural dynamic Roy model of education, labor supply and earnings on the 1979 and 1997 cohorts of males taken from the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth (NLSY) and evaluate to what extent changes in education and labor supply decisions across cohorts have been explained by...

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