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Sibling Rivalry: A Six Country Comparison

Wolter, Stefan C. - 2003

In this paper we analyse with the PISA data on literacy achievement of fifteen-year-old pupils in six member countries of the OECD, whether the fact of having many siblings affects the individual educational outcome. The hypothesis that we test is whether parents? resources matter for...

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Do a Few Months of Compulsory Schooling Matter? : The Education and Labour Market Impact of School Leaving Rules

Del Bono, Emilia; Galindo-Rueda, Fernando - 2004

students compelled to stay on in education as a result of this compulsory school leaving rule attain higher qualification …

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Gender Equality in Educational Achievement : An East-West Comparison

Schnepf, Sylke Viola - 2004

Data on educational access show gender parity of pupils attending primary and secondary schools in transition countries. The first aim of this analysis is to examine whether the gender balance in educational access translates also into gender equality in educational achievement. There are...

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Diploma No Problem : Can Private Schools Be of Lower Quality than Public Schools?

Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2004

quality than public schools. Using a stylized model of the education market with sequential entry of a public and a private … suggest the existence of such an equilibrium in the Italian market for education. …

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How Different Are Immigrants? : A Cross-Country and Cross-Survey Analysis of Educational Achievement

Schnepf, Sylke Viola - 2004

This paper examines differences in educational achievement between immigrants and natives in ten countries with a high population of immigrant pupils: Australia, Canada, France, Germany, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK and the USA. The first step of the analysis shows...

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Fast Times at Ridgemont High? : The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Births

Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2004

Research suggests that teenage childbearing adversely affects both the outcomes of the mothers as well as those of their children. We know that low-educated women are more likely to have a teenage birth, but does this imply that policies that increase educational attainment reduce early...

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Education, Redistributive Taxation and Confidence

Konrad, Kai A.; Spadaro, Amedeo - 2005

We consider redistributional taxation between people with and without human capital if education is endogenous and if … other people receiving education and increases the quasi rents on their own human capital. It is surprising that this rather …

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Is Child like Parent? Educational Attainment and Ethnic Origin

Gang, Ira N.; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - 1999

difference in favor of father´s education over mother's education. …

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Education and Earnings Growth: Evidence from 11 European Countries

Brunello, Giorgio; Comi, Simona - 2000

education over the working life of individuals. We find evidence that employees with tertiary education have steeper experience … profiles than employees with upper secondary or compulsory education. Hence, education provides not only an initial labor … in earnings growth by education are lower in countries with a higher level of corporatism and higher in countries which …

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Economic and Social Perspectives of Immigrant Children in Germany

Frick, Joachim R.; Wagner, Gert G. - 2001

immigrants of German descent and foreign origin persons. Education is a key indicator for future economic and social perspectives …

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