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Long-run substitutability between more and less educated workers: Evidence from U.S. States 1950-1990
Ciccone, Antonio; Peri, Giovanni - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2004
We estimate the aggregate long-run elasticity of substitution between more and less educated workers (the slope of the demand curve for more relative to less educated workers) at the US state level. Our data come from the (five)1950-1990 decennial censuses. Our empirical approach allows for...
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Clusters of entrepreneurship
Glaeser, Edward L.; Kerr, William R.; Ponzetto, Giacomo … - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 2009
Employment growth is strongly predicted by smaller average establishment size, both across cities and across industries within cities, but there is little consensus on why this relationship exists. Traditional economic explanations emphasize factors that reduce entry costs or raise...
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Externalities and interdependent growth: Theory and evidence
Ciccone, Antonio - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1996
I formulate and estimate a model of externalities within countries and technological interdependence across countries. I find that external returns to scale to physical capital within countries are 8 percent; that a 10 percent increase of total factor productivity of a country's neighbors raises...
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Falling real wages during an industrial revolution
Ciccone, Antonio - Department of Economics and Business, Universitat … - 1996
The Industrial Revolution was characterized by technological progress and an increasing capital intensity. Why did real wages stagnate or fall in the beginning? I answer this question by modeling the Industrial Revolution as the introduction of a relatively more capital intensive production...
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Philippines - Education Policy Reforms in Action : A Review of Progress Since PESS and PCER
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2004
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Benchmarking the Governance of Tertiary Education Systems
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2012
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Haiti : Can Non-Public Schools Fill the Gap for Poor Children?
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2015
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Reshaping the Future : Education and Postconflict Reconstruction
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank
The aim of this volume is to draw international attention to the key role that education can play in both preventing … the devastating consequences of conflict on a country's education systems and outcomes, as well to emphasize the … importance of maximizing the opportunities to reform education systems presented by a reconstruction setting, adopting a long …
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Ukraine : Education Reform Policy Note
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2003
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Monitoring Educational Performance in the Caribbean
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2003
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