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Interpreting sheepskin effects of investment in schooling

Shabbir, Tayyeb; Ashraf, Javed - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 5 (2011) 2, pp. 202-215

In the last few years, significant amount of research has produced evidence in support of the signaling, credential or "sheepskin" effects in rates of return to schooling for studies of the developed as well as developing countries. An example of the former is the seminal empirical work by...

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Costs of globalization

Kayani, Farrukh Nawaz; Zhongxiu, Zhao; Shah, M. Tahir Ali; … - In: Pakistan Journal of Commerce and Social Sciences (PJCSS) 6 (2012) 2, pp. 372-381

Globalization has both costs and benefits. In this paper we would focus upon one of the damages of globalization to China. It is said that inward FDI replaces local domestic capabilities in import-substitution countries. In the case of China the Chinese domestic industries are lacking...

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Retornos a la educación en Guatemala: Rentabilidad disminuye

Díaz Castellanos, Guillermo Osvaldo - In: Atlantic Review of Economics (ARoEc) 2 (2019) 1

This research is about the returns of education in Guatemala, based on the theory of human capital and the model of Mincer, which is the most used for this type of studies with the objective of comparing the returns of the years 2002 and 2018. The database used in the estimates, using ordinary...

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Affirmative action and university fit: Evidence from Proposition 209

Arcidiacono, Peter; Aucejo, Esteban; Coate, Patrick; … - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-29

better at graduating more-prepared students while other institutions are better at graduating less-prepared students and that … 209 led to a more efficient sorting of minority students, explaining 18% of the graduation rate increase in our preferred … specification. Further, there appears to have been behavioral responses to Prop 209, by universities and/or students, that explain …

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International Evidence on School Tracking: A Review

Woessmann, Ludger - In: CESifo DICE Report 07 (2009) 1, pp. 26-34

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The Case for Investing in Disadvantaged Young Children

Heckman, James J. - In: CESifo DICE Report 06 (2008) 2, pp. 3-8

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Why Governments Should Invest in Early Education

Barnett, W. Steve - In: CESifo DICE Report 06 (2008) 2, pp. 9-14

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Efficient Provision of High-Quality Early Childhood Education: Does the Private Sector or Public Sector Do It Best?

Blau, David; Currie, Janet - In: CESifo DICE Report 06 (2008) 2, pp. 15-20

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Beyond Quality in Early Childhood Education and Care – Languages of Evaluation

Dahlberg, Gunilla; Moss, Peter - In: CESifo DICE Report 06 (2008) 2, pp. 21-26

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Positive and negative impact of increased tertiary attainment

Bušíková, Alena - In: International Journal of Economic Sciences and Applied … 6 (2013) 1, pp. 41-57

The theory of human capital clearly states that the investments into the education bring many benefits and are worth the cost. The OECD Education at a Glance analysis provides support for both public and private investing in tertiary education as the net present value is positive for all...

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