Search Results - "Education Economics"

Employability skills initiatives in higher education: What effects do they have on graduate labour market outcomes? by Mason, Geoff, Williams, Gareth, Cranmer, Sue

“…The present paper makes use of detailed information gathered at university department level, combined with graduate survey data, to assess the impact of…”
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Returns to investment in education: a further update by Psacharopoulos, George, Patrinos, Harry Anthony

“…Returns to investment in education based on human capital theory have been estimated since the late 1950s. In the 40-plus year history of estimates of returns…”
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Measuring educational efficiency at student level with parametric stochastic distance functions: an application to Spanish PISA results by Perelman, Sergio, Santin, Daniel

“…The aim of the present paper is to examine the observed differences in Students' test performance across public and private-voucher schools in Spain. For this…”
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Beyond frontiers: Comparing the efficiency of higher education decision-making units across more than one country by Agasisti, Tommaso, Johnes, Geraint

“…We employ Data Envelopment Analysis to compute the technical efficiency of Italian and English higher education institutions. Our results show that, in…”
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Econometric methods for causal evaluation of education policies and practices: a non-technical guide by Schlotter, Martin, Schwerdt, Guido, Woessmann, Ludger

“…Education policy-makers and practitioners want to know which policies and practices can best achieve their goals. But research that can inform evidence-based…”
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Performances and spending efficiency in higher education: a European comparison through non-parametric approaches by Agasisti, Tommaso

“…The objective of this paper is an efficiency analysis concerning higher education systems in European countries. Data have been extracted from OECD data-sets…”
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Effect of relative age in the first grade of primary school on long-term scholastic results: International comparative evidence using PISA 2003 by Sprietsma, Maresa

“…In this paper, we estimate the effect of pupil's relative age within the first grade of primary school on mathematics and reading test scores at age 15. The…”
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Predicting Academic Performance by Data Mining Methods by Vandamme, J.-P., Meskens, N., Superby, J.-F.

“…Academic failure among first-year university students has long fuelled a large number of debates. Many educational psychologists have tried to understand and…”
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Differences in cost structure and the evaluation of efficiency: the case of German universities by Johnes, Geraint, Schwarzenberger, Astrid

“…A multiproduct cost function is estimated for German higher education institutions using a panel of data from recent years. The use of panel data allows a…”
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Educational mismatch and the careers of scientists by Bender, Keith A., Heywood, John S.

“…Previous research confirms that many employees work in jobs not well matched to their skills and education, resulting in lower pay and job satisfaction. While…”
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The effect of student time allocation on academic achievement by Grave, Barbara S.

“…There is a large literature on the influence of institutional characteristics on student academic achievement. In contrast, relatively little research focusses…”
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Are conditional cash transfers effective in urban areas?: Evidence from Mexico by Behrman, Jere R, Gallardo-García, Jorge, Parker, Susan, Todd, Petra, Vélez-Grajales, Viviana

“…Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have spread worldwide as a new form of social assistance for the poor. Previous evaluations of CCT programs focus…”
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Competition and efficiency: Overseas students and technical efficiency in Australian and New Zealand universities by Abbott, Malcolm, Doucouliagos, Chris

“…Economic theory suggests that competitive pressures will impact on organisational efficiency. In recent years, universities in Australia and New Zealand have…”
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Time to degree: students' abilities, university characteristics or something else? Evidence from Italy by Aina, Carmen, Baici, Eliana, Casalone, Giorgia

“…We use a representative sample of Italian graduates drawn from the Consorzio AlmaLaurea to assess the impact of individual and family characteristics,…”
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The role of education pathways in the relationship between job mismatch, wages and job satisfaction: A panel estimation approach by Mavromaras, Kostas G, Sloane, Peter J, Zhang, Wei

“…This paper examines the outcome of over-skilling and over-education on wages and job satisfaction of full-time employees in Australia between 2001 and 2008. We…”
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Too Far to Go On? Distance to School and University Participation by Frenette, Marc

“…This study assesses the role of distance to school in the probability of attending university shortly after high school. Students who grow up near a university…”
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Measuring the efficiency of British universities: a multi-period data envelopment analysis by FLEGG, A. T., ALLEN, D. O., FIELD, K., THURLOW, T. W.

“…This paper uses data envelopment analysis to examine the technical efficiency (TE) of 45 British universities in the period 1980/81-1992/93. This period was…”
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Dropping out of higher education in France: a micro-economic approach using survival analysis by Gury, Nicolas

“…Through the use of event-history techniques, we will show that a duration framework is adapted to the analysis of higher education attrition. Our dropout model…”
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Higher Education, Real Income and Real Investment in China: Evidence From Granger Causality Tests by Kumar Narayan, Paresh, Smyth, Russell

“…This paper employs cointegration and error-correction modelling to test the causal relationship between real income, real investment and tertiary education…”
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Specificity of occupational training and occupational mobility: An empirical study based on Lazear's skill-weights approach by Geel, Regula, Mure, Johannes, Backes-Gellner, Uschi

“…According to standard human capital theory, firm-financed training cannot be explained if the skills obtained are general in nature. Nevertheless, in…”
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