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Quality-Consistent Estimates of International Returns to Skill

Hanushek, Eric A. - 2006

Returns to education are traditionally estimated in a Mincer wage equation from the variation in schooling for a cross-section of individuals of different ages. Because individuals receive education at different time periods, when the quality of their education may not be identical, this method...

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The Economic Value of Higher Teacher Quality

Hanushek, Eric A. - 2010

Most analyses of teacher quality end without any assessment of the economic value of altered teacher quality. This paper combines information about teacher effectiveness with the economic impact of higher achievement. It begins with an overview of what is known about the relationship between...

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Employer Learning and the Dynamics of Returns to Universities : Evidence from Chinese Elite Education during University Expansion

Démurger, Sylvie - 2019

This paper estimates the return to an elite university education over a college graduate's career using the CHIP 2013 data. We find a substantial premium for graduating from an elite Chinese university at job entry, but it declines quickly with labor market experience. This pattern is entirely...

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Who Benefits from KIPP?

Angrist, Joshua D. - 2010

special-need students, groups that charter critics have argued are typically under-served. The results show overall gains of 0 ….35 standard deviations in math and 0.12 standard deviations in reading for each year spent at KIPP Lynn. LEP students, special … education students, and those with low baseline scores benefit more from time spent at KIPP than do other students, with reading …

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The Long-Term Effects of Universal Preschool in Boston

Gray-Lobe, Guthrie; Pathak, Parag A.; Walters, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

We use admissions lotteries to estimate the effects of large-scale public preschool in Boston on college-going, college preparation, standardized test scores, and behavioral outcomes. Preschool enrollment boosts college attendance, as well as SAT test-taking and high school graduation. Preschool...

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Schooling, Labor Force Quality, and Economic Growth

Hanushek, Eric A. - 1995

Human capital is almost always identified as a crucial ingredient for growing economies, but empirical investigations of cross-national growth have done little to clarify the dimensions of relevant human capital or any implications for policy. This paper concentrates on the importance of labor...

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The Role of School Improvement in Economic Development

Hanushek, Eric A. - 2007

individual earnings, to the distribution of income, and to economic growth. New empirical results show the importance of both …

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The Value of Smarter Teachers : International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance

Hanushek, Eric A. - 2014

International differences in teacher quality are commonly hypothesized to be a key determinant of the large international student performance gaps, but lack of consistent quality measures has precluded testing this. We construct country-level measures of teacher cognitive skills using unique...

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