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A Theory of Educational Inequality Family and Agency Costs

Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009

In this paper, we examine the consequences of imperfect information on the pattern of transfers from parents to children. Drawing on the theory of mechanism design, we consider a model of family contract with two levels of effort. We prove that equal transfers among children are expected under...

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Public Administration Education in Italy: a Statistical Analysis

Cepiku, Denita; Meneguzzo, Marco - In: DSI Essays Series 6 (2009)

The paper presents a statistical analysis exploring public administration education in Italian universities. It … highlights the main specificities of PA education in Italy with reference to the disciplinary character, the geographical …

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What explains the academic success of second-year economics students? An exploratory analysis

Horn, Pietie; Jansen, Ada; Yu, Derek - Department of Economics, Fakulteit Ekonomiese en … - 2008

The factors influencing academic success of first-year Economics students have received much attention from researchers. Very little attention, however, has been given to the determinants of success of senior Economics students. In the USA, Graunke and Woosley (2005: 367) indicate that college...

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Education and youth in post-independent Eritrea: An analytical study

Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The efficiency of any education and training system is often judged by how well this system prepares the youth for … knowledge and skills as part of their education and training. The paper mainly deals with the areas of education and economic … development, education and youth. In addition, it also highlights some of the problems and challenges of education in post …

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Management practices drive productivity: But not without human capital

Ohlsbom, Roope - 2021

human capital reveals a linear two-way interaction between the education of managers and management practices. We find …

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BPR in an Institute of Excellence in South India : A Study

Kannan, Srinivasan; N, Sudha - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Business Process Reengineering is a common topic in the field of Manufacturing and Production Engineering. There are few efforts in the area of Service industry using this framework. The present study is an effort to use the framework for improving efficiency in an Institute of Excellence in...

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Management practices drive productivity : but not without human capital

Ohlsbom, Roope - 2021

human capital reveals a linear two-way interaction between the education of managers and management practices. We find …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013419079

Yet another tale of two cities: Buenos Aires and Chicago

Campante, Filipe; Glaeser, Edward L. - In: Latin American Economic Review 28 (2018) 1, pp. 1-33

its direct effect and because of the connection between education and political instability. …

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Yet another tale of two cities : Buenos Aires and Chicago

Campante, Filipe R.; Glaeser, Edward L. - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 27 (2018), pp. 1-33

its direct effect and because of the connection between education and political instability. …

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Conditions and consequences of education : microeconometric analyses

Bergbauer, Annika Barbara - 2019

This study was prepared by Annika B. Bergbauer while she was working at the Ifo Center for the Economics of Education … paper relates education measures to economic development. The following three papers contribute to the understanding of …

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