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William E. Even; Takashi Yamashita; Phyllis A. Cummins – Grantee Submission, 2023
Using data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, this paper compares the earnings premium and employment share of jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) across 11 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The results reveal that the STEM wage premium…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, Wages, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment
William E. Even; Takashi Yamashita; Phyllis A. Cummins – New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, 2023
Using data from the Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies, this paper compares the earnings premium and employment share of jobs in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) across 11 member countries of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development. The results reveal that the STEM wage premium…
Descriptors: STEM Careers, Wages, Comparative Analysis, Educational Attainment
Julio Rodriguez – ProQuest LLC, 2024
In this dissertation, I present an examination of the economics of education through three chapters. In the first paper, I study the overrepresentation of elite university graduates in senior positions in public administration. Using rich administrative data from Chile, I employ a stacked fuzzy regression discontinuity design to estimate the…
Descriptors: Economics, Disproportionate Representation, Public Administration, College Graduates
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Herbert, Amelia Simone – Comparative Education Review, 2023
Marketization of education in South Africa accelerated at the crossroads of the postapartheid democratic transition and global neoliberal turn, reflecting both educational policy impacts of the country's protracted negotiated settlement and transnational trends. A controversial 2018 provincial amendment further entrenched marketization in the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Commercialization, Racism, Social Systems