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In the public discourse, education is usually considered as the main vehicle for the promotion of social equality and … social mobility. The paper surveys the existing literature and concludes that the relationship between education and … inequality in Greece is strong. Inequities are evident at all levels of the education system; especially as regards access to the …
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women's education increases the psychological violence and financial control behavior that they face from their partners …
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focuses on changing wage and education differentials between privately educated and state educated individuals in Britain. It … inequality. -- Returns to education ; private schools …
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This paper investigates the impact of changes in the funding of higher education in England on students' choices and … outcomes. Over the last two decades - through three major reforms in 1998, 2006 and 2012 - undergraduate university education … school-aged children) from lower education to higher education, we document the socio-economic distributional effects of the …
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A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...
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This paper studies responses to high-stakes incentives arising from early ability tracking. We use three complementary research designs exploiting differences in school track admission rules at the end of primary school in Germany's early ability tracking system. Our results show that the need...
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In 2000, Higher Education in Developing Countries: Peril and Promise was published. This report, cosponsored by The … World Bank and UNESCO, came at a time of transition in higher education worldwide and helped shape higher education policy …
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categorized as low-resource families. -- gender differences ; education ; behavior …
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We study the long-run effects of income inequality within adolescent peer compositions in schools. We propose a theoretical framework based on reference dependence where inequality in peer groups can generate aspiration gaps. Guided by predictions from this framework we find that an increase in...
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because of disincentives to acquire education arising from the redistributional policies that increase income mobility. …
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