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Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
comparative advantages in math of parents are significantly linked to those of their children. A causal interpretation follows … quality. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250203
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Improving Educational Outcomes for Poor Children
Jacob, Brian - 2008
different education policies to improve the learning outcomes of low-income children in America. Disagreements on this question … their own; and the need for improved incentives for both teachers and students, and for additional operational flexibility … in early childhood education for poor children, improving the design of the federal No Child Left Behind accountability …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464098
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Understanding Trends in Chinese Skill Premiums, 2007-2018
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Wang, Yuan; Zhang, Lei - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The dramatic expansion of the education system and the transformation of the economy in China provide an opportunity to investigate how the labor market rewards skills. Between 2007 and 2018, the overall return to cognitive skills is virtually constant at 10%, whereas the college premium drops...
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The Benefits and Costs of Head Start
Ludwig, Jens - 2007
In this essay we review what is known about Head Start and argue that the program is likely to generate benefits to participants and society as a whole that are large enough to justify the program's costs. Our conclusions differ importantly from those offered in some previous reviews because we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465683
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Global Universal Basic Skills : Current Deficits and Implications for World Development
Gust, Sarah; Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
achievement tests, we map achievement onto a common (PISA) scale. We then estimate the share of children not achieving basic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435128
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Does Head Start Do Any Lasting Good?
Gibbs, Chloe - 2011
Head Start is a federal early childhood intervention designed to reduce disparities in preschool outcomes. The first randomized experimental study of Head Start, the National Head Start Impact Study (NHSIS), found impacts on academic outcomes of .15 to .3 standard deviations measured at the end...
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