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in education. We begin re-examining a recent claim that the correlation coefficient is less biased than the regression …
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This paper examines the economic origins of the Islamic revival that took place in Egypt in the 1970-80s, and in Muslim societies more generally. We provide the first systematic evidence of a decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt. Developing a behavioral model of religion, we...
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series for several indexes of relative and absolute intergenerational education mobility for 18 Latin American countries over …
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Canada. At the same time, returns to education have gone up. Both factors have contributed to exacerbating income gaps … between children of parents with and without secondary education. However, the transmission of residual parental income … education. Overall, these patterns suggest that fostering high school completion may help slow down the worsening of …
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series for several indexes of relative and absolute intergenerational education mobility for 18 Latin American countries over …
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This paper formulates a simple skill and education model to explain how better access to higher education leads to …
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This paper formulates a simple skill and education model to explain how better access to higher education leads to …
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shock, children of more exposed fathers have lower education and earnings, lower chances of formal jobs, and are more likely …
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turn observed in the persistence mechanism. The study finds that for India, persistence mechanisms for education are indeed … account for endogeneity in the father's education. …
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policies on the intergenerational persistence of education in 17 Latin American countries. First, we retrieve detailed … information on school lockdowns and on the policies enacted to support education from home in each country. Then, we use these …
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