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Active labor market policies in a context of high informality : the effect of PAE in Bolivia

Novella, Rafael; Valencia, Horacio - 2019

Information asymmetries and limited skills are two main factors affecting jobseekers’ chances to access quality jobs in developing countries. This paper evaluates the effectiveness of a job intermediation and wage subsidy program in Bolivia, a country with one of the highest levels of...

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Artificial intelligence and worker stress : evidence from Germany

Koch, Michael; Lodefalk, Magnus - 2024

We use individual survey data providing detailed information on stress, technology adoption, and work, worker, and employer characteristics, in combination with recent measures of AI and robot exposure, to investigate how new technologies affect worker stress. We find a persistent negative...

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Training vouchers and labor market outcomes in Chile

Kaplan, David Scott; Novella, Rafael; Rucci, Graciana; … - 2015

education. The voucher program also improves employment duration and mobility across economic sectors. …

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Money or Joy: The Choice of Educational Type

Alstadsæter, Annette; Kolm, Anne-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - 2005

This paper examines the effect of taxes on the individuals' choices of educational direction, and thus on the economy.s skill composition. A proportional labour tax induces too many workers with high innate ability to choose an educational type associated with high consumption value and low...

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Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system

Albornoz, Facundo; Berlinski, Samuel G.; Cabrales, Antonio - 2016

also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education …

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The anomaly of women's work and education in India

Ghai, Surbhi - 2018

trend, it aims to look at it particularly in conjunction with education and provide a commentary on the same. It is proposed … education. Bivariate and multivariate analyses is conducted on state level cross-sectional data and it is found that patriarchy … is indicative of the large proportion of women out of the labour force at high levels of education. It is concluded that …

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Are the more educated receiving more training? : evidence from Thailand

Ariga, Ken; Brunello, Giorgio - 2002

This paper investigates the relationship between education and training provided by the firm, both on the job and off … education and off the job training. We also find that education and training are technical complements, especially in the case …

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Does technical education improve academic outcomes? : evidence from Brazil

Elacqua, Gregory; Navarro-Palau, Patricia; Prada, Maria … - 2019

Despite the renewed interest in technical education, only a handful of studies analyze its effect on academic outcomes …, Brazil, to identify the impact of technical education during high school on student academic outcomes. We find that students …

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Home broadband and human capital formation

Sanchis-Guarner, Rosa; Montalbán, José; Weinhardt, Felix - 2021

This paper estimates the effect of home high-speed internet on national test scores of students at age 14. We combine comprehensive information on the telecom network, administrative student records, house prices and local amenities in England in a fuzzy spatial regression discontinuity design...

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The impact of child work on cognitive development : results from four low to middle income countries

Keane, Michael P.; Krutikova, Sonya; Neal, Timothy - 2020

We study the impact of child work on cognitive development in four Low- and Middle-Income Countries. We advance the literature by using cognitive test scores collected regardless of school attendance. We also address a key gap in the literature by controlling for children’s complete time...

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