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Entering a gender-neutral workplace? College students' expectations and the impact of information provision

Barigozzi, Francesca; Domínguez, José J.; Montinari, … - 2023

Although women often outperform men in school and college, they still face higher unemployment rates and lower wages when employed. Are prospective workers aware of these inequalities, or do they expect to enter a genderneutral workplace? This paper investigates college students' expectations...

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Modelos de programación entera para el problema de aignación de horarios en cursos universitarios

Arango Londoño, Carlos Andrés; Jiménez, Heriberto … - In: Revista de Métodos Cuantitativos para la Economía y … 36 (2023), pp. 1-20

Timetabling scheduling is classified as a combinatorial problem for which there are multiple solution alternatives, including the integer programming. However, the modeling of operational rules and the size of real problems makes its use not common compared to other techniques. This article...

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Scheduling Automated Guided Vehicles considering transport load transfers

Boden, Patrick; Rank, Sebastian; Schmidt, Thorsten - In: Logistics Research 16 (2023) 1, pp. 1-24

the task assignment as a Pickup and Delivery Problem with Transfers. Since the problem is classified as NP-hard, an …

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Navigating centralized admissions: The role of parental preferences in school segregation in Chile

Elacqua, Gregory; Kutscher, Macarena - 2023

In this paper, we aim to understand some of the mechanisms behind the low impact of a Chilean educational reform on socioeconomic integration within the school system. We focus on pre-kindergarden (pre-K) admissions, which account for the highest volume of applications since all students (except...

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Exodus to public school: Parent preferences for public schools in Peru

Elacqua, Gregory; Figueroa, Nicolás; Fontaine, Andrés; … - 2023

Due to an unprecedented rise in demand, in 2020 the Peruvian Ministry of Education implemented a centralized assignment … this paper, we empirically explore the determinants of accepting a public school assignment and, subsequently, remaining in … the public system. Specifically, we exploit the randomness in the assignment of students to new public schools to causally …

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The "imaginary" challenge of remaking subnational governance : regional identity and contested city-region-building in the UK

Gherhes, Cristian; Hoole, Charlotte; Vorley, Tim - In: Regional studies : official journal of the Regional … 57 (2023) 1, pp. 153-167

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Partisanship and the effectiveness of fiscal equalization : evidence from French municipalities

Jaaidane, Touria; Larribeau, Sophie - 2023

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The Future of Decentralized Finance in India

Chhabra, Sarthak - 2023

Decentralized Finance (DeFi) is gaining momentum in India, showcasing both the current state and future potential of this transformative financial ecosystem. In terms of the current state, several DeFi projects and initiatives have emerged, aiming to address financial inclusion and streamline...

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Government Spending and Tax Revenue Decentralization and Public Sector Efficiency : Do Natural Disasters Matter?

Afonso, António; Jalles, João Tovar; Venâncio, Ana - 2023

We assess notably how do extreme events affect the public sector efficiency of decentralized governance. Hence, we empirically link the public sector efficiency scores, to tax revenue and spending decentralization. First, we compute government spending efficiency scores via data envelopment...

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Fiscal Decentralization and Structural Versus Cyclical Unemployment Levels

Akalbeo, Benard; Martinez-Vazquez, Jorge; Yedgenov, … - 2023

The literature on fiscal federalism has long debated whether fiscally decentralized countries are inherently more economically and fiscally unstable. This paper contributes to this literature by analyzing the impact of fiscal decentralization on one of the most important dimensions of...

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