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The impact of the earning management practices on performance of bank sector in Jordan
Cogent Business & ManagementThis research aims to investigate and conduct the impact of earnings management practices on the performance of the banking sector in Jordan. Data were collected from 24 main commercial banks from (2015–2021).
Omar M. Al-Hawtmeh +2 more
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Career motivations and perceptions of teaching of 16–19‐year‐olds in England and Wales
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The current study provides an understanding of career‐related motivations of 16–19‐year‐olds in schools and A‐level colleges in England and Wales. The 672 participants (62% women) were asked to complete a modified version of the Motivations for Career Choice and the Persistence Research in Science and Engineering scales and provide comments on
Sophie Thompson‐Lee +4 more
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DIVIDEND POLICY AND FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE OF QUOTED OIL AND GAS COMPANIES IN NIGERIA
Malete Journal of Accounting and Finance, 2023 Dividends are payments made by a company to its shareholders to compensate them for the unforeseen risk they decided to undertake and for the time value of their investment in the organisation This study examined the impact of dividend policy (DP) on ...
Ajose Kehinde Gabriel
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The Over-Education of UK Immigrants: Evidence from the Labour Force Survey [PDF]
, 2006 We investigate the incidence of over-education, as well as the effect on earnings, for immigrants and natives drawn from the Labour Force Survey between 1993 and 2003.
Lindley, J.
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British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The study used descriptive and multivariate statistics analytical methods to explore relationships between the highest level of education expected by 15‐year‐old Romanian students and factors associated with student background (personal and academic), school characteristics and selected beliefs and social–emotional skills.
Camelia Truța +4 more
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Education and Skills: An Assessment of Recent Canadian Experience [PDF]
The skills issue is currently at or near the top of the federal government’s policy agenda, given its importance for harnessing the benefits of technological advances.
Andrew Sharpe +2 more
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Can boarding schools help looked after and vulnerable children improve academic attainment?
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract The education of children in statutory care, or at the edge of care, is a serious concern for governments and policymakers. How to promote educational opportunities for these children can involve challenging and often contentious proposals. In this paper, we study one proposal put into practice in England: the provision to children who are in ...
David Murphy +2 more
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Labor market returns to college major specificity [PDF]
, 2017 This paper defines and measures college major specificity and estimates its labor market return over a worker’s life cycle. After reviewing other measures which have been used to measure specialization, we propose a novel approach grounded in human ...
Leighton, Margaret, Speer, Jamin
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Exploring personality traits and mental toughness in early career teachers in England
British Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.Abstract While some teachers thrive, in similar circumstances other teachers encounter considerable difficulties. This is particularly concerning in England, where high numbers of teachers with five or fewer years' experience leave the profession to take another job outside of teaching, and pupil numbers are outpacing teacher numbers (Bryan & Price ...
Joanne E. Taberner, Sarah MacQuarrie
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Chutes and Ladders: Dual Tracks and the Motherhood Dip [PDF]
Using rich panel data recently available from Spanish Social Security records, we find that a negative motherhood earnings differential of 2.3 log points remains even after controlling for both individual- and firm-level unobserved heterogeneity.
Fernández-Kranz, Daniel +2 more
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