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Peer Effects in Higher Education: Does the Field of Study Matter?

Brunello, Giorgio; Paola, Maria De; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Dipartimento di Scienze Economiche "Marco Fanno", … - 2009

Does the peer effect vary with the field of study? Using data from a middle-sized public university located in Southern Italy and exploiting the random assignment of first year students to college accommodation, we find that roommate peer effects for freshmen enrolled in the Hard Sciences are...

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Uma análise dos rendimentos do trabalho entre indivíduos com ensino superior no Brasil

Reis, Maurício Cortez; Machado, Danielle Carusi - 2015

indicates that heterogeneous returns across fields of study and mismatches between the individuals' occupations and their fields … of study help to explain part of the labor earnings disparities among workers with tertiary education in Brazil. Also …

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Residential peer effects in higher education: does the field of study matter?

Brunello, Giorgio; de Paola, Maria; Scoppa, Vincenzo - 2008

Economists have a poor understanding of the mechanisms underlying reduced-form college peer effects. In this paper we explore a candidate mechanism, the provision of school effort. We show that, when earnings reflect individual educational performance as well as the field of study selected at...

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Residential Peer Effects in Higher Education: Does the Field of Study Matter?

Brunello, Giorgio; De Paola, Maria; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

: peer effects, random assignment, Italy, fields of study, optimal effort Corresponding author: Giorgio Brunello … fields of study. To illustrate, an expected demand shift which increases the demand for engineers and their relative … earnings – compared to other fields of study – should increase optimal effort and hence the peer effect among students …

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Evolution of private returns to tertiary education during transition : evidence from Slovenia

Bartolj, Tjaša; Ahčan, Aleš; Feldin, Aljoša; … - In: Post-communist economies 25 (2013) 3, pp. 407-424

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Surqualification et sous-qualification des travailleurs sur le marché du travail : le cas du Québec et de l'Ontario en 1991 et 1996

Montmarquette, Claude; Thomas, Laure - Centre Interuniversitaire de Recherche en Analyse des … - 2003

This text investigates the causes of the noticeable difference between the education level reached by workers and the level of education required to do their job. This issue is important in order to appreciate the adequacy of the relationship between workplace requirements and the education...

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Graduate labor mismatch in Central and Eastern Europe

Kucel, Aleksander; Vilalta-Bufi, Montserrat; Robert, Peter - Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona - 2011

fields of study and individual competencies affect mismatch in the labor market in these economies. Results indicate that … fields of study and individual competencies both significantly affect the likelihood of various types of mismatch. There are …

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Profil d'achevement des apprentis inscrits : qui poursuit, abandonne et termine les programmes?

Mueller, Richard; Laporte, Christine - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2011

Le nombre d'apprentis inscrits au Canada a plus que double entre 1995 et 2007, mais le taux de reussite des programmes d'apprentissage n'a augmente que du tiers. La determination des facteurs lies aux faibles taux d'achevement represente une premiere etape necessaire pour s'assurer que la main...

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The Completion Behaviour of Registered Apprentices: Who Continues, Who Quits, and Who Completes Programs?

Mueller, Richard; Laporte, Christine - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2011

The number of registered apprentices in Canada more than doubled between 1995 and 2007, yet successful completion of apprenticeship programs increased by only about one-third as much. Uncovering the factors related to low completion rates is a necessary first step to ensuring that today's...

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Choice of fields of study of university Canadian graduates: the role of gender and their parents' education

Boudarbat, Brahim; Montmarquette, Claude - In: Education Economics 17 (2009) 2, pp. 185-213

earnings after graduation. The parameters that drive students' choices of fields of study are estimated using a mixed … be necessary to draw students into fields of study they are not inclined to choose initially. …

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