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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
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010678141
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Benchmarking the Governance of Tertiary Education Systems
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201307
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Haiti : Can Non-Public Schools Fill the Gap for Poor Children?
Economics Research, World Bank Group; World Bank - 2015
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011201312
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Does Retirement Affect Cognitive Functioning?
Eric, Bonsang; Stéphane, Adam; Sergio, Perelman - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2010
This paper analyzes the effect of retirement on cognitive functioning using two large scale surveys. On the one hand the HRS, a longitudinal survey among individuals aged 50+ living in the United States, allows us to control for individual heterogeneity and endogeneity of the retirement decision...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008615117
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Job Mobility and hours of work: the effect of Dutch legislation
Didier, Fouarge; Christine, Baaijens - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2009
Previous research has pointed to the existence of hours constraints on the labour market: not all employees’ preferences with respect to the length of the working week seem to be fulfilled, and changes in the number of working hours often coincide with job mobility. In this paper, we test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008629927
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An evaluation of the forecast of the indicator of the labour market gap
Arnaud, Dupuy - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2009
Th is evaluation study has been conducted within the framework of the Education andLabour Market Project (POA). Th e … project is funded by the Ministry of Education,Culture and Science (OCW), the Institute for Employee Benefi t Schemes (UWV … Education andLabour Market Project for their comments on an earlier version. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008629987
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The role of peers in estimating tenure-performance profiles: Evidence from personnel data
de, Grip Andries; Jan, Sauermann; Inge, Sieben - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2011
In this paper, we estimate tenure-performance profiles using unique panel data thatcontain detailed information on individual workers’performance. We find that 10per cent increase in tenure leads to an increase in performance of 5.5 per cent of astandard deviation. This translates to an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009364495
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Why do low-educated workers invest less in further training?
Didier, Fouarge; Trudie, Schils; de, Grip Andries - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2010
Several studies document the fact that low-educated workers participate less often infurther training than high-educated workers. The economic literature suggests thatthere is no significant difference in employer willingness to train low-educated workers,which leaves the question of why the low...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008646231
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An Economic Model of the Evolution of the Gender Performance Ratio in Individual Sports
Arnaud, Dupuy - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2010
This paper shows that gender world record ratio in four disciplines, i.e. marathon, triplejump, pole vault and 800 meters, follows a S-shape over time. It is argued that thispattern is initiated by a sudden drop in the social barrier for women to participate inthese disciplines. This drop in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008677991
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Vooronderzoek intergenerationele inkomensmobiliteit in Nederland
van, Brakel Marion; Charlotte, Büchner; Frank, Cörvers; … - Maastricht : ROA, Research Centre for Education and the … - 2010
Het Ministerie van Sociale Zaken en Werkgelegenheid heeft het ROA gevraagd om een haalbaarheidsonderzoekuit te voeren naar de kwantificering van de inkomensmobiliteit tussen generaties in Nederland en dekwantificering van de factoren die deze mobiliteit beïnvloeden. Het ROA heeft dit...
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