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The Economics of Education and Training

Education and training are key to explain the current competitive strengths of national economies, and to secure future competitiveness. While in the past educational and training institutions were often seen as providers of necessary skills for national economies, this view has changed dramatically...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Dustmann, Christian (Editor ), Fitzenberger, Bernd (Editor ), Machin, Stephen (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD : Imprint: Physica, 2008.
Edición:1st ed. 2008.
Colección:Studies in Empirical Economics,
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Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Editorial: the economics of education and training
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  • Part-time work, school success and school leaving
  • Time to learn? The organizational structure of schools and student achievement
  • Who actually goes to university?
  • Does the early bird catch the worm?
  • Peer effects in Austrian schools
  • Fair ranking of teachers
  • School composition effects in Denmark: quantile regression evidence from PISA 2000
  • What accounts for international differences in student prformance? A re-examination using PISA data
  • PISA: What makes the difference?
  • The impact of unionization on the incidence of and sources of payment for training in Canada
  • Evaluating multi-treatment programs: theory and evidence from the U.S. Job Training Partnership Act experiment
  • Employment effects of the provision of specific professional skills and techniques in Germany.