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We investigate whether the effects of schoolmates' gender and average parental education on educational achievement …, employment and earnings vary with individual family characteristics such as the gender of siblings and own parental education. We … dispersion of parental education in the school increases. We also show that boys with sisters who are exposed to a higher share …
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We use Danish register data to investigate whether the effects of schoolmates' gender and average parental education on … individual educational achievement, employment and earnings vary with individual family characteristics such as the gender of … siblings and own parental education. We find that boys with sisters have worse employment prospects than boys with no sisters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011772350
We investigate whether the effects of schoolmates' gender and average parental education on educational achievement …, employment and earnings vary with individual family characteristics such as the gender of siblings and own parental education. We … dispersion of parental education in the school increases. We also show that boys with sisters who are exposed to a higher share …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059356
We use Danish register data to investigate whether the effects of schoolmates' gender and average parental education on … individual educational achievement, employment and earnings vary with individual family characteristics such as the gender of … siblings and own parental education. We find that boys with sisters have worse employment prospects than boys with no sisters …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816472
having grandchildren on the happiness of grandparents varies with the gender of their (own) single child. In line with our … grandmothers. In contrast, grandfathers' changes in happiness do not depend on their own child's gender. This result is explained …
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having grandchildren on the happiness of grandparents varies with the gender of their (own) single child. In line with our … grandmothers. In contrast, grandfathers' changes in happiness do not depend on their own child's gender. This result is explained …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012430972
We have shown that vocational education does not perform as well as academic education both in labour market outcomes … and in the level of basic skills, including literacy and numeracy. This is especially true for higher education. Only at … the upper secondary or post-secondary level does vocational education perform slightly better than academic education in …
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We have shown that vocational education does not perform as well as academic education both in labour market outcomes … and in the level of basic skills, including literacy and numeracy. This is especially true for higher education. Only at … the upper secondary or post-secondary level does vocational education perform slightly better than academic education in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011863178
We use aggregate PISA data for 19 countries over the period 2000–2009 to study whether a higher share of immigrant pupils affects the school performance of natives. We find evidence of a negative and statistically significant relationship. The size of the estimated effect is small: doubling...
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We produce estimates of the pecuniary costs of inadequate investment in human capital for countries, macro regions and the world at large. These costs are borne by individuals (private costs), the government (fiscal costs), and society, which includes both individuals and the government (social...
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