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Youth Crime and Education Expansion [PDF]

open access: yesGerman Economic Review, 2012
Abstract We present new evidence on the causal impact of education on crime, by considering a large expansion of the UK post-compulsory education system that occurred in the late 1980s and early 1990s. The education expansion raised education levels across the whole education distribution and, in particular for our analysis, at the ...
Machin Stephen   +2 more
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Education in Brazil between 1930 and 1985: prioritizing quantity over quality in educational expansion

open access: yesPerspectiva, 2021
In the history of research on Brazilian education, several studies address the expansion of elementary education over the years in the country, in addition to the historical pedagogical context that permeated this process of expansion in the period ...
Gustavo Cunha de Araujo
doaj   +1 more source

Accelerated Technological Progress - An Explanation for Wage Dispersion and a Possible Solution to the Productivity Paradox [PDF]

open access: yes, 2007
Due to scarcity considerations an increase in the supply of college graduates should reduce the premium for this kind of qualification. Therefore it seems quite contradictory that a tremendous educational expansion in the USA is accompanied by rising ...
Nikutowski, Oliver
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What Drives Regional Disparities in Educational Expansion: School Reform, Modernization, or Social Structure?

open access: yesEducation Sciences, 2022
The aim of this study is to empirically investigate the reasons for regional disparities in educational expansion in Germany (i.e., rising rates of general university entrance qualification) on the basis of theoretically relevant influencing factors ...
Marcel Helbig, Norbert Sendzik
doaj   +1 more source

The Development Model of Higher Education Management in Iranian Universities of Medical Sciences during the COVID-19 Pandemic [PDF]

open access: yesمجله علوم پزشکی صدرا, 2023
Introduction: This study aimed to develop a model for developing higher education management in educational centers affiliated with Iranian universities of medical sciences during the COVID-19 pandemic.Methods: This is an applied-descriptive survey with ...
Saeed Lak   +2 more
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Health and education expansion [PDF]

open access: yesEconomics of Education Review, 2015
In this paper I exploit a reform that expanded UK post-compulsory education during the 1980s and 1990s to examine the effect of education on health. The expansion resulted in a rapid increase in education over the whole education distribution. I find evidence that education had an effect in reducing body mass index, waist circumference and weight.
openaire   +1 more source

The Influence of Educational Expansion on Partnership Stability: A Cohort Study of First Partnerships in Switzerland

open access: yesSwiss Journal of Sociology, 2017
This study examines the association between educational attainment and separation risks in marital or non-marital first partnerships to query the extent to which educational expansion has affected trends in partnership stability.
Kessler Dorian
doaj   +1 more source

Cohort fertility and educational expansion in the Czech Republic during the 20th century

open access: yesDemographic Research, 2018
Background: During the 20th century the Czech Republic went through profound changes in female employment, gender roles, population and family policies, and public childcare. The educational structure of the female population changed tremendously. At the
Krystof Zeman
doaj   +1 more source

Educational Expansion and Homogamy. An Analysis of the Consequences of Educational Upgrading for Assortative Mating in Switzerland

open access: yesSwiss Journal of Sociology, 2017
We analyze the changing relationship between education and assortative mating over the course of educational expansion in Switzerland between 1970 and 2000.
Becker Rolf, Jann Ben
doaj   +1 more source

School expansion: Reality and pseudo-reality of equal educational opportunity [PDF]

open access: yesSociološki Pregled, 2014
The paper deals with the results of critical-theoretical analysis of the global context of the school expansion: general growth of educational structure of population, credentals' inflation, and growing importance of education in the process of ...
Matejić-Đuričić Zorica   +1 more
doaj   +1 more source

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