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Thomas, Michael S. C.; Knowland, Victoria C. P.; … - 2020

This report considers the science of adult literacy acquisition, with the goal of identifying principles that may improve the effectiveness of adult literacy programs. We define literacy as a continuum, from emerging literacy, through improving literacy, to fluent literacy and we outline the...

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The causal effect of growing up in a two-parent household on child's adult earnings

Wen, Bob S. - In: The journal of business and economic studies 26 (2022) 1, pp. 23-62

. I identify the causal effect by using the following specification strategies. First, I control the parental income and … on the child's adult earnings varies with parental income and education. The effect is larger and more significant for …

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Compulsory kindergarten education and early-teenage literacy in the Philippines

Abrigo, Michael Ralph M.; Francisco, Kris A. - 2023

We assessed the impact of compulsory kindergarten education on early-teenage basic and functional literacy skills achievement using a large-scale natural experiment in the Philippines. In 2012, the Philippine government mandated compulsory kindergarten attendance for children aged five years or...

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Education without formal schooling through tablets and tutors : evidence from out-of-school children in Bangladesh during the COVID-19 pandemic

Glewwe, Paul; Li, Zhigang; Loyalka, Prashant; Rahman, … - 2024

This paper estimates the impact on children's learning of one specific education technology (EdTech) intervention in Bangladesh: providing tablets with educational software, combined with private tutoring, to out-of-school students using a randomized control trial. The provision of tablets and...

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Lost in recessions : youth employment and earnings in Spain

Bentolila, Samuel; Felgueroso, Florentino; Jansen, Marcel; … - In: SERIEs : Journal of the Spanish Economic Association 13 (2022) 1, pp. 11-49

Young workers in Spain face the unprecedented impact of the Great Recession and the COVID-19 crisis in short sequence. Moreover, they have also experienced a deterioration in their employment and earnings over the last three decades. In this paper, we document this evolution and adopt a...

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Are there employment and income gains of a national breast cancer screening program?

Kambourova, Zornitza; Kalwij, Adriaan - In: Health economics review 12 (2022) 1, pp. 1-10

effects of the Dutch national breast cancer screening program on diagnosed women's employment and income. Methods: The … income were affected by the program. The evidence also does not support short or medium-term survival gains of the program … short or medium-term employment and income gains for women diagnosed with breast cancer. …

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Flache Erfahrungskurvenprofile von ausländischen Beschäftigten in Deutschland

Brunow, Stephan; Jost, Oskar - In: Wirtschaftsdienst : Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftspolitik 101 (2021) 11, pp. 889-893

Dieser Beitrag widmet sich der Entlohnungsstruktur von ausländischen und deutschen sozialversicherungspflichtig Vollzeitbeschäftigten und zielt auf die Lohnzuwächse durch die Aneignung von zusätzlicher Erfahrung auf dem deutschen Arbeitsmarkt. Bisherige Erkenntnisse für Deutschland deuten...

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Short-term earnings mobility in the Canadian and German context : the role of cognitive skills

Pullman, Ashley; Gauly, Britta; Lechner, Clemens - In: Journal for labour market research 55 (2021) 1, pp. 1-19

It is well-established that human capital contributes to unequal levels of earnings mobility. Individuals with higher levels of human capital, typically measured through education, earn more on average and are privy to greater levels of upward change over time. Nevertheless, other factors may...

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Are we there yet? : intergenerational mobility and economic assimilation of second-generation immigrants in Estonia

Kivi, Laura Helena; Järve, Janno; Anspal, Sten; … - In: Baltic journal of economics 21 (2021) 2, pp. 157-182

This study investigates the role of intergenerational mobility in explaining the native-immigrant income gap in Estonia …. We find that an increase of 1 percentile in parent income rank is associated with on average 0.2 percentile increase in … child income rank for both natives and second-generation immigrants. Results from a detailed Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition …

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Soziale Risiken der Digitalisierung : Regulierungsbedarfe der Beschäftigungsverhältnisse

Keller, Berndt; Seifert, Hartmut - In: Industrielle Beziehungen : Zeitschrift für Arbeit, … 27 (2020) 2, pp. 227-249

zeitlich gestaffelt werden: kurzfristig Einkommen, mittelfristig Weiterbildung, langfristig Alterssicherung. Im Mittelpunkt …-term income, medium-term further education, long-term retirement insurance. The focus is on the particularly affected groups of …

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