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8“...In recent years, many states, including California, Texas, and Oregon, have changed admissions policies to increase access to public universities for students...”
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9“...We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we...”
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10“...This paper distills and extends recent research on the economics of human development and social mobility. It summarizes the evidence from diverse literatures...”
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11“...Commitment devices offer an opportunity to restrict future choices. However, if severe restrictions deter participation, weaker restrictions may be a more...”
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12“...We investigate the historical determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in the late nineteenth century, immediately following the country's...”
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13“...Gender stereotypes are well established also among women. Yet, a recent literature suggests that learning from other women experience about the effects of...”
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14“...The literature on skill formation and human capital development clearly demonstrates that early investment in children is an equitable and efficient policy...”
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15“...The immense literature on discrimination treats outcomes as relative: One group suffers compared to another. But does a difference arise because agents...”
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16“...The low number of college graduates with science degrees - particularly among under-represented minorities - is of growing concern. We examine differences...”
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17“...This paper reviews the recent literature on measuring and boosting cognitive and noncognitive skills. The literature establishes that achievement tests do not...”
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18“...Many economists and educators favour public support for education on the premise that education improves the overall well-being of citizens. However, little is...”
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19“...Unequal labour market outcomes between Roma and non-Roma have typically been explained by either the low level of educational attainment on the one hand or...”
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20“...Very little is known about gender wage disparities in Kosovo and, to date, nothing is known about how such wage disparities evolve over time, particularly...”