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Using novel survey data, we examine attitudes towards money and to what extent they affect economic outcomes in Switzerland. We find that three main types of attitudes towards money co-exist: the prestige and power attitude, the money management attitude and the goal-oriented attitude. The...
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This paper evaluates how the July 2005 London terrorist attacks affected Muslim teenagers' education plans and … continue in full-time education. I examine panel data on educational attitudes from the "Next Steps" Survey in England and use … negatively affected the education plans of Muslims, but not those of any other major religious group. The probability of planning …
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Around nine countries currently use a national income contingent loan (ICL) scheme for higher education tuition using …
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Mentoring programs such as Big Brothers Big Sisters of America have been providing positive role models and building social skills for more than a century. However, most formal mentoring programs are relatively novel and researchers have only recently begun to rigorously evaluate their impact on...
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Die Mehrheit der Bundesländer hat sich dafür entschieden, im Rahmen des „Gute-KiTa-Gesetzes“ Eltern in größerem Umfang als bisher bei den Gebühren für Kindertageseinrichtungen zu entlasten. Darüber, wie sich die Abschaffung von Kita-Gebühren auf den Betreuungsumfang von Kindern und...
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Less than a decade ago, several German states introduced tuition fees for university education. Despite their …
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, especially in the field of education. When analyzing state investments, through investment in education and development of the … university in the education market. This paper intends to give the overview of the current situation of universities in Croatia …
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education institutions caused by varying initial conditions with regard to the student populations' diversity. We introduce and … identifying diversity between higher education institutions is reflected. A critical look is taken at the possible repercussions … different initial positions for performance indicators. This will help higher education institutions to respond adequately to …
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The misery of education is related to the federal order. The German Länder as the weaker level of government are … primarily responsible for education. Since they are constitutionally obliged to execute federal law, this obligation enjoys … legislation only, not in the execution of federal law. That makes the expenditure on education vulnerable. Additionally, it is not …
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