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Hybrid Mode of Production, Transaction, and Economic Growth: Implication of Digitalization
Mandal, Biswajit; Roy Chakraborty, Labani; Sanyal, Alapan - 2023
subsequent economic growth. However, the effects are not uniform implying that factor-input ratio or factor-intensity of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014001735
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Immigrant overeducation across two generations: The role of gender and part-time work
Pineda-Hernández, Kevin; Rycx, François; Volral, Mélanie - 2024
A large body of literature shows that first-generation immigrants born in developing countries experience a higher likelihood of being overeducated than natives (i.e. immigrant overeducation). However, evidence is remarkably scarce when it comes to the overeducation of second-generation...
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The economics of university dropouts and delayed graduation: a survey
Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2018
This survey organizes and discusses the theoretical and empirical literature on the determinants of university student achievements. According to the theoretical framework, the decision to invest in tertiary education is a sequential process made under gradually decreasing levels of uncertainty...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011802651
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Teaching ‘out of field’ in STEM subjects in Australia: Evidence from PISA 2015
Shah, Chandra; Richardson, Paul; Watt, Helen - 2020
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education is a critical part of a modern education system. Motivating students to learn STEM subjects is however a challenge. Teachers have a critical role in motivating students but to do this effectively they need to have appropriate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012196388
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Financial education for youth: A randomized evaluation in Uruguay
Borraz, Fernando; Caro, Ana; Caño-Guiral, Maira; Roa, … - 2021
Using data from a randomized control trial in Uruguay, we evaluate the impact of an economic and financial education program targeted to senior high-school students. The program is based on an innovative playful approach workshop about monetary policy and financial supervision. We find that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012585218
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Out-of-field teaching and instructional practices in Years 7-10 mathematics classes in Australia: evidence from TALIS 2018
Shah, Chandra; Watt, Helen M. G.; Richardson, Paul W. - 2024
To compare 'in-field' versus 'out-of-field' teachers of Years 7-10 mathematics in Australia on key demographic and instructional dimensions, we analysed nationally representative system data collected by the OECD Teaching and Learning International Survey (TALIS), one of the world's largest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015116654
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Teaching ‘out of field’ in STEM subjects in Australia: Evidence from PISA 2015
Shah, Chandra; Richardson, Paul; Watt, Helen - 2020
Science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education is a critical part of a modern education system. Motivating students to learn STEM subjects is however a challenge. Teachers have a critical role in motivating students but to do this effectively they need to have appropriate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012217724
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Out-of-field teaching in mathematics at Year 10 in New South Wales: evidence from PISA 2015
Shah, Chandra; Watt, Helen M. G.; Richardson, Paul W. - 2024
"Out-of-field" teaching in mathematics refers to teachers who teach the subject without mathematics-specific qualifications to do so. Out-of-field teaching has the potential to affect teachers' classroom instruction practices with consequences for student learning. This report describes the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015081221
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The Impact of Body Mass Index on Growth, Schooling, Productivity, and Savings: A Cross-Country Study
Tansel, Aysit; Öztürk, Ceyhan; Erdil, Erkan - 2021
We examine the relationship between wealth and health through prominent growth indicators and cognitive ability … of cognitive ability. The growth indicators utilized are GDP per capita, schooling, overall and manufacturing … consideration and conclude that the relationship between all prominent growth indicators and BMI is inverse U-shaped. In other words …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012617526
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Income Inequality and the Size of Government: A Causal Analysis
Guzi, Martin; Kahanec, Martin - 2019
Expansion of the public sector and redistributive policies may reduce income inequality, but formal tests suffer from the problem of endogeneity of government size with respect to the distribution of income. Studying 30 European countries over the period 2004-2015, we apply instrumental variable...
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