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Human capital and economic development [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper develops a general equilibrium model of fertility and human capital investment under uncertainty. Uncertainty exists in the form of a probability that a young adult does not survive to old age.
Robert Tamura
core  

Leaving children behind for cross‐border education: Unveiling the emotional agency of international post‐graduate student mothers

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Despite growing interest in the internationalisation of higher education, the experiences of international student parents, particularly international student mothers, remain largely marginalised in research and policy. This paper examines the emotional agency of international student mothers who leave their children behind in their home ...
Anh Ngoc Quynh Phan   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Climate Finance and Youth NEET in Africa: Cross-Country Evidence from 46 Nations. [PDF]

open access: yesSci Rep
Ko J   +7 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Human Capital and Regional Growth in Switzerland [PDF]

open access: yes
This paper develops a regional production function model for Swiss cantons that incorporates human capital together with spatial effects. Within a spatial panel framework we find that controlling for time effects the spatial spillover effect becomes ...
Wolfgang Schwarzbauer   +2 more
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Publicly funded private schools and academic achievement: A comparative analysis of PISA data in European countries

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper analyses differences in academic achievement associated with attendance at publicly funded private schools and public schools across 11 European countries. Using eight waves of PISA data (2000–2022), we apply OLS, IPW and IPWRA estimators to account for observed heterogeneity and mitigate selection bias.
Priya Maurya   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Optimal Taxation of Risky Human Capital [PDF]

open access: yes
In a model with ex-ante homogenous households, earnings risk and a general earnings function, we derive the optimal linear labor tax rate and optimal linear education subsidies.
Bas Jacobs, Hongyan Yang, Dirk Schindler
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How do secondary schools in England talk about modern languages? A corpus‐assisted discourse analysis of school websites

open access: yesBritish Educational Research Journal, EarlyView.
Abstract Situating the study within an ecological perspective on language education, this article examines how secondary schools in England present Modern Languages (MLs) on official school websites. Focusing on 44 schools in Local Authorities with the lowest percentage average entry for the Languages pillar of the EBacc, we built a text database ...
Zhu Hua, Yunpeng Du, Elin Arfon
wiley   +1 more source

Foreign Direct Investment, Financial Development, Human Capital and Labor Productivity: A Global Perspective

open access: yesLahore Journal of Economics
The study examines the impact of foreign direct investment, human capital, and financial development on labor productivity, utilizing data from 2000 to 2019 and panel data from 180 economies.
Sundus Javed
doaj  

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