Does Ethnic Diversity in Schools Affect Occupational Choices?
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- Damiano Pregaldini & Simone Balestra & Uschi Backes-Gellner, 2022. "Does Ethnic Diversity in Schools Affect Occupational Choices?," Economics of Education Working Paper Series 0201, University of Zurich, Department of Business Administration (IBW).
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Keywords
ethnic diversity; fractionalization; polarization; school; occupational choice;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- H75 - Public Economics - - State and Local Government; Intergovernmental Relations - - - State and Local Government: Health, Education, and Welfare
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- J18 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demographic Economics - - - Public Policy
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
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This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2023-01-09 (Education)
- NEP-EUR-2023-01-09 (Microeconomic European Issues)
- NEP-LMA-2023-01-09 (Labor Markets - Supply, Demand, and Wages)
- NEP-URE-2023-01-09 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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