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Early Academic Outcomes of Funded Children with Disability 资助残疾儿童的早期学业成绩

Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2017-10-01 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3060019

John P. Haisken-DeNew, C. Polidano, C. Ryan

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引用次数: 2

The Welfare Implications of Unobserved Heterogeneity 未观察异质性的福利含义

Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2017-09-06 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3033406

S. Tsiaplias

引用次数: 0

Labor's Share, the Firm's Market Power and TFP 劳动份额、企业市场支配力与全要素生产率

Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2017-09-06 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.3033408

R. Dixon, G. Lim

引用次数: 3

Secondary School Teacher Effects on Student Achievement in Australian Schools 中学教师对澳大利亚学校学生成绩的影响

Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2017-05-04 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2963380

C. Ryan

引用次数: 2

Estimating the Real Effects of Uncertainty Shocks at the Zero Lower Bound 估计零下限下不确定性冲击的实际影响

Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2017-01-13 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2899899

Giovanni Caggiano, Efrem Castelnuovo, Giovanni Pellegrino

引用次数: 169

Women's Investment in Career and Household Division of Labor 妇女在职业和家庭分工中的投资

Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2016-12-23 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2892830

C. Sofer, Claire Thibout

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引用次数: 3

Long-Term Outcomes from Australian Vocational Education 澳大利亚职业教育的长期成果

Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2016-11-16 DOI: 10.2139/SSRN.2870762

C. Polidano, C. Ryan

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引用次数: 4

Gendered Selection of STEM Subjects for Matriculation STEM预科科目的性别选择

Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2016-03-07 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2744969

Moshe Justman, Susan J. Méndez

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引用次数: 8

Use It Too Much and Lose It? The Effect of Working Hours on Cognitive Ability 使用太多会失去它?工作时间对认知能力的影响

Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2016-02-24 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2737742

Shinya Kajitani, C. McKenzie, K. Sakata

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引用次数: 9

Robust Pro-Poorest Poverty Reduction with Counting Measures: The Anonymous Case 用计数措施大力支持最贫困人口的减贫:匿名案例

Melbourne Institute: Applied Economic & Social Research Working Paper Series Pub Date : 2015-11-26 DOI: 10.2139/ssrn.2701633

José V. Gallegos, G. Yalonetzky, Francisco Azpitarte

引用次数: 1