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Quality of higher education and the labor market in developing countries : evidence from an education reform in Senegal
Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Larouche, Alexandre; Trandafir, … - 2015
While many studies examine the effect of primary education quality on labor market outcomes in developing countries, little is known about the effects at higher levels. We exploit the quasi-experiment provided by a large-scale education reform launched in Senegal in 2000 to investigate how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011281604
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The women empowering effect of higher education
Elsayed, Ahmed; Shirshikova, Alina - 2023
We examine the effects of the large-scale construction of public universities in Egypt during the 1960s and 1970s. We found that opening a local university increased the likelihood of obtaining higher education degrees and had long-lasting positive effects on labor market and marriage outcomes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250076
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Quality of Higher Education and the Labor Market in Developing Countries: Evidence from an Education Reform in Senegal
Boccanfuso, Dorothée; Larouche, Alexandre; Trandafir, … - 2015
While many studies examine the effect of primary education quality on labor market outcomes in developing countries, little is known about the effects at higher levels. We exploit the quasi-experiment provided by a large-scale education reform launched in Senegal in 2000 to investigate how...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011288224
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Social mobility at the top: Why are elites self-reproducing?
Brezis, Elise S.; Hellier, Joël - 2013
This paper proposes an explanation for the decrease in social mobility that has occurred in the last two decades in a number of advanced economies, as well as for the divergence in mobility dynamics across countries. Within an intergenerational framework, we show that a two-tier higher education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336027
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Explaining gender differences in preference for self-employment among tertiary graduates in Ghana
Ajayi, Kehinde; Anyidoho, Nana Akua - 2017
We examine gender differences in ambitions and expectations of jobseekers concerning self-employment, an increasingly proposed option for youth in economies with limited wage employment. Analysing survey data on 2,036 tertiary graduates in Ghana, we find that males have a stronger preference for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011943750
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Work‐based learning in US higher education policy
Raelin, Joseph A. - In: Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning 1 (2011) 1, pp. 10-15
/methodology/approach Essay based on policy and literature review. Findings Work‐based learning epistemology has demonstrated that knowledge may …. Aside from discourse's lens into social structure, it can also be used as a means to expand knowledge for improved action in … knowledge through a process of negotiation between these experiences and their own cognitive frameworks. Originality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013502407
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The Women Empowering Effect of Higher Education
Elsayed, Ahmed; Shirshikova, Alina - 2023
We examine the effects of the large-scale construction of public universities in Egypt during the 1960s and 1970s. We found that opening a local university increased the likelihood of obtaining higher education degrees and had long-lasting positive effects on labor market and marriage outcomes,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296813
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Institutional Determinants of Student Achievement - Microeconometric Evidence
Link, Susanne - 2013
This volume was prepared by Susanne Link during her stay at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the Department of Human Capital and Innovation of the Ifo Institute of Economic Research. It was accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Economics Departure of the University of Munich in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011698340
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Social mobility at the top and the higher education system
Brezis, Elise S.; Hellier, Joël - 2017
This paper relates social mobility and social stratification to the structure of higher education. We develop an intergenerational model which shows that a two-tier higher education characterised by a division between elite and standard universities can be a key factor in generating permanent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011785715
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Determinants of the regional demand for higher education
Sá, Carla; Florax, Raymond J. G. M.; Rietveld, Piet - 2003
Studies on the determinants of the demand for higher education typically emphasizethe relevance of socio-economic factors, but leave the spatial dimensions of the prospectivestudents’ university choices largely unexplored. In this study, we investigate the determinantsof university entrance...
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