In the example discussed throughout this paper, the treated unit is Germany which has been reunified in 1990, the variable of interest is GDP per capita, and predictors are (pre-treatment) GDP per capita, a measure for trade openness, the inflation rate, the industry share of value added, the amount of schooling attained, and the investment rate.
Studies on how education shapes adult health have largely conceptualized education as the quantity of schooling attained, coined the "vertical dimension" of education.
Increasing the average number of years of schooling attained by the labor force boosts the economy only when increased levels of school attainment also boost cognitive skills.
The Network seeks to ensure that many more youth complete high school, attain a postsecondary credential with currency in the labor market, and get launched on a career.
By providing supportive environments, challenging course work, and more access to a college degree, early colleges will increase the number of young people who graduate high school, attain an Associate's degree and go on to finish a Bachelor's degree.
Since 2012 the Pathways to Prosperity Network, a collaboration between the Pathways to Prosperity Project at HGSE, Jobs for the Future, and 12 states, has focused on ensuring that many more young people complete high school, attain a postsecondary credential with currency in the labor market, and launch a career while leaving open the prospect of further education.
The percentages of the 189 schools attaining one or more of the 12 SSAP criteria in each of the two surveys are presented in Table III.
For example, I made it all the way through to my doctorate program (four years of college and two years of graduate school attaining a double master's) before ever speaking in a class.
Personal capital is regarded as the school-leaving qualification achieved and the school grades attained.
In a study for First 5 LA's Early Childhood Education conference set to be released in a few days, he constructed a "city human capital index" or CHCI that measures the average amount of schooling attained in a given city, county or metropolitan area, as recorded by the Census Bureau.
