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Chapter 9 Why Has BlackWhite Skill Convergence Stopped?

Neal, Derek - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 1, (pp. 511-576). 2006

All data sources indicate that blackwhite skill gaps diminished over most of the 20th century, but blackwhite skill gaps as measured by test scores among youth and educational attainment among young adults have remained constant or increased in absolute value since the late 1980s. I examine the...

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Returns to basic skills in Central and Eastern Europe - a semi-parametric approach

Denny, Kevin; Doyle, Patrick Orla - School of Economics, University College Dublin - 2005

This paper uses semi-parametric econometric techniques to investigate the relationship between basic skills and earning … has examined the impact of basic skills and schooling on income. Estimating a Mincer human capital model we find that … including a measure of basic skills reduces the returns to education. In addition, using a partial linear model in which log …

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Why Has Black-White Skill Convergence Stopped?

Neal, Derek - In: Handbook of the Economics of Education

All data sources indicate that black-white skill gaps diminished over most of the 20th century, but black-white skill gaps as measured by test scores among youth and educational attainment among young adults have remained constant or increased in absolute value since the late 1980s. I examine...

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Adult training policy with respect to basic skills: economic and social issues

Bosworth, Derek; Kik, Genna - In: Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación

The UK is far from unique in having a problem with low levels of basic skills amongst a group of its working age ….3 billion Euros by 2011. The present paper provides an analysis of the underlying basic skills problems, the government … basis on which these basic skills goals are set and questions whether they are justifiable on either economic or equity …

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