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Several commentators have argued that vocational education provides a smoother school to work transition than academic … indicate that the initial advantage associated to vocational education declines over time, without turning however into a …. Overall, our evidence suggests that vocational education is associated to lower expected long-term utility only for the …
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Several commentators have argued that vocational education provides a smoother school to work transition than academic … indicate that the initial advantage associated to vocational education declines over time, without turning however into a …. Overall, our evidence suggests that vocational education is associated to lower expected long-term utility only for the …
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endowed with both academic and non academic abilities and both abilities matter for labor productivity. We develop a simple …
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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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We exploit rules of class formation to identify the causal effect of increasing the number of immigrants in a classroom on natives test scores, keeping class size constant (Pure Composition Effect). We explain why this is a relevant policy parameter although it has been neglected so far. We show...
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We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in Europe as source … of exogenous variation in education. Using data from 8 European countries, we assess the causal effect of education on … the number of biological kids and the incidence of childlessness. Wend that more education causes a substantial decrease …
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We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education and … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education …
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