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This paper calculates new measures of human capital. Contrary to the existing literature, they are based on realistic rates of return to education, which are allowed to vary substantially across countries and to some extent over time. The new measures perform well in regression analysis...
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In light of population ageing, globalisation, automation, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, Thailand’s labour market is being significantly reshaped, and so are the skills required for higher employability. This paper analyses the capacity of Thailand’s education and training system...
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Education is a crucial determinant of labour market success. We investigate whether education is an appropriate means to cushion the negative consequences of job loss and study the role of age as a second major labour market factor. Using German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP) data for the years...
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) government funding, but also in the share of students enrolled in private institutions and PISA scores. Based on the OECD 50-year …
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OECD. Results for children with low socio-economic background or immigration background do not fully measure up to the high … children would raise subsequent educational attainment, especially for these groups of children. Accountability of schools for … their education outcomes should be raised. In tertiary education, attainment rates among the young are modest for a high-income …
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, and students take too long to complete their studies. The combination of low student fees and access to generous financial … support, coupled with the preferential treatment of student work until recently, creates “fake students”; it also provides … genuine students with an incentive to remain in the tertiary education system too long. Introducing universal tuition fees …
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In this paper we document the impact of education levels on labour market outcomes from 1994 to 2010 using national household survey data. We show that higher levels of education are strongly rewarded in the labour market in terms of earnings and that a tertiary qualification improves an...
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In this paper we include measures of school quality in regressions determining the labour market premiums to education level. We use the matric exemption score and the pupil/teacher ratio of the respondents’ closest school during childhood as proxies for education quality. We find that the...
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student needs and learning approaches to keep children in school. A related problem is the apparently large divergence between …
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