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Chetverikov, Denis N.; Wilhelm, Daniel - 2023

Slope coefficients in rank-rank regressions are popular measures of intergenerational mobility, for instance in regressions of a child's income rank on their parent's income rank. In this paper, we first point out that commonly used variance estimators such as the homoskedastic or robust...

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Nonparametric identification and estimation with non-classical errors-in-variables

Evdokimov, Kirill S.; Zeleneev, Andrei - 2024

This paper considers nonparametric identification and estimation of the regression function when a covariate is mismeasured. The measurement error need not be classical. Employing the small measurement error approximation, we establish nonparametric identification under weak and...

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Class size and class heterogeneity

De Giorgi, Giacomo; Pellizzari, Michele; Woolston, … - 2009

We study how class size and composition affect the academic and labor market performances of college students, two … crucial policy questions given the secular increase in college enrollment. We rely on the random assignment of students to … deviation deterioration of the average grade. Further, the effect is heterogenous as female and higher income students seem …

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Does Private Tutoring Increase Students' Academic Performance? Evidence from Turkey

Berberoglu, Giray; Tansel, Aysit - 2014

describe how they aimed to analyse whether attending private tutoring centres (PTCs) enhances Turkish students' academic … cumulative grade point average (CGPA), parental education and students' sociocultural background. While the authors point out … important factor for determining students' academic performance. …

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Quality of Work Life of Public School Nurses in the Philippines

Macairan, Kaila Mae L.; Oducado, Ryan Michael F.; … - In: Nurse Media Journal of Nursing 9 (2019) 1, pp. 1-12

Background: School nurses play a crucial role in the provision of comprehensive health services to the school population. A balanced quality of work life (QWL) with favorable conditions that support and uphold employee satisfaction is imperative for school nurses to maximize their provision of...

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The happy artist? An empirical application of the work-preference model

Steiner, Lasse; Schneider, Lucian - 2011

constrained underemployment. Nevertheless, it attracts many young people. The number of students exceeds the available jobs by far …

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The assessment of the employment relationship by civil servants: Theoretical and empirical insights from a study in district courts in Lower Saxony

Martin, Albert; Falke, Marcus; Gade, Christian - In: Management Revue 18 (2007) 3, pp. 293-321

Civil servants in Germany are commonly considered to have special privileges particularly with regard to their employment conditions. This belief is based on the fact that German civil servants ('Beamte') cannot be discharged, which is an aspect of their employment relationship that attracts...

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Why so unhappy? : The effects of unionisation on job satisfaction

Bryson, Alex; Cappellari, Lorenzo; Lucifora, Claudio - 2005

We use linked employer-employee data to investigate the job satisfaction effect of unionisation in Britain. We depart from previous studies by developing a model that simultaneously controls for the endogeneity of union membership and union recognition. We show that a negative association...

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Testing for Employee Discrimination Using Matched Employer-Employee Data: Theory and Evidence

Frijters, Paul; Shields, Michael A.; Theodoropoulos, … - 2003

In this paper, we directly test Becker?s theory of employee discrimination using matched worker-workplace data from Britain. Based on a structural model with individual and firm heterogeneity, we develop and test two predictions. Firstly, if white employees have a taste for discrimination they...

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Do Migrants Get Good Jobs? : New Migrant Settlement in Australia

Junankar, P. N. (Raja); Mahuteau, Stéphane - 2004

This paper investigates the ease with which recent immigrants to Australia from different countries and with different visa categories enter employment at an appropriate level to their prior education and experience in the source country. Unlike most of the earlier research in this field that...

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