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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Return to Education"”.
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Determinants of earnings in Eritea : a first attempt to estimate the Mincerian earnings function
This paper attempts to estimate the Mincerian earnings function for Eritrea by employing Eritrean Household Income and Expenditure Survey (EHIES) 96/97 data. The Mincerian earnings function is estimated by using OLS and Heckman two-stage econometric techniques. The latter was found to be plausible …
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Essays on Inequality and Education
This dissertation provides evidence of the return to education in Iran as well as measurement of inequality of opportunity and the Human Opportunity Index using cross-section data of Trends in Mathematics and Science Studies and Harmonized Household Income and Expenditure Surveys of several Middle …
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Reclaiming the Docile Body: An Autoethnography of Illness and Adult Education.
I am presenting an autoethnography on my experiences of illness and my return to education, in an adult education context. I first became ill with acute kidney failure in January 2011, a few months after giving birth to my son. It happened so suddenly and unexpectedly. I was thrown into a …
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Convexities and the returns to education in South Africa
This paper explores the rate of return to education in South Africa with special focus on the pattern of returns to different levels of schooling. Although a basic assumption of neoclassical human capital theory is that returns to education diminish, past analysis for South Africa suggests that …
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Žmogiškasis kapitalas, investicijų į jį Lietuvoje vertinimas /
The aim of final work of master is to evaluate the return from investments in human capital in higher education context after discussing it in the theoretical aspect. The hypothesis of the work is that both men and women receive different return from investing in human capital. The theoretical part …
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Investicijos į žmogiškąjį kapitalą ir jų efektyvumo vertinimas /
… the Lithuanian and foreign economical literature to estimate the private and social internal rate of return to education. Two main methods are illustrated to assess the effectiveness of the individuals’ investment in higher education: "Full Discounted Cash Flow" method and "Extended Mincer …
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Access to higher education as a point of transition for mature students, an experience by which they are transformed
This thesis explores Access to Higher Education (Access) as a site of transition and a transformative experience for mature students studying in Further Education (FE) and interrogates how widening participation policy discourse for under-represented groups, posits mature students’ identity, as one …
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Where there's a will, there's a way: a study of persistence in further education and training in Ireland.
… of persistence of adult learners in a Further Education and Training (FET) college in Ireland. FET in Ireland is an education provider for adults who for one reason or another wish to return to education. Based on this research, adult learners experience a myriad of personal, structural and …
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Structural adjustments to the farm labour force, 1994-2011 : a Mincerian exploration of returns to education and experience
… unskilled workers in South Africa. However, due to the decline in the sector's contribution to Gross Domestic Product (GDP) (as a result of the reduction in agricultural production and an increase in the contribution of the manufacturing and services sectors) (Department of Agriculture, 2010), …
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Getting there: aspects of the experiences of students prior to entry into higher education
This study set out to explore issues surrounding the extent to which growth and change in higher education has been accompanied by diversification of student characteristics and experiences prior to entry to higher education. Exploration of these issues developed further into a consideration of …
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"Finding a Voice" The experience of mature students in a college of further education
… the experience of mature students in a Further Education college in Ireland. It looks at the development of the further education sector and its current role in Irish education. Further education is a major provider of education for adults as more than half the students in further education are …
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Literacy mediation and literacy learning in community-based organisations for young people in a situation of precarity in Québec
… people in a situation of precarity (aged 16 to 30) who attended their activities in Québec (Canada). These organisations supported them to find work, housing, return to education, improve their social relationships, and integrate in society, which I refer to as social and professional …
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Theoretical and Applied Essays on the Instrumental Variable Method
This dissertation is intended to provide a statistical foundation for the IV models and shed lights on a number of issues related to the IV method. The first chapter shows that the theoretical Instrumental Variable model can be derived by reparameterization of a well-specified statistical model …
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Selectivity, Transferability of Skills and Labor Market Outcomes of Recent Immigrants in the United States
… and determine their labor market participation, returns to education and wages in both their country of origin (before migration occurs) and in the United States. The dissertation also estimates the extent to which immigrant skills are transferable to the American labor market. The research is …
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Essays on Development in Sub-Saharan African Countries
… regions in the world, crop production and education remain two of the most important topics for the development of sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries. This dissertation is composed of three chapters that investigate the economic returns to education (Chapter 1 and 2) and assess the policy …
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Respect & Recognition: What’s the Story?
… do adults experience disrespect and respect in education? How do these experiences affect their identities, relationships and life choices? Has this return to learning had an impact on confidence, self-esteem or personal worth? What does education mean to the learner? In an attempt to answer …
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Supporting students with Acquired Brain Injury in Irish schools - a mixed methods exploration
This study explores the educational experiences and support mechanisms for children with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI) in Irish schools, with a particular focus on the knowledge and preparedness of educators. Given the complex needs of these students and the often invisible nature of their injuries, …