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The Effect of Age at School Entry on Educational Attainment : An Application of Instrumental Variables with Moments from Two Samples
Angrist, Joshua D. - 1990
start age created by children's date of birth provides a natural experiment for estimation of the effect of age at school … can be derived for one cohort of students, to the 1980 Census, which contains educational attainment for the same cohort … of students. The results suggest that roughly 10 percent of students were constrained to stay in school by compulsory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012475476
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Long-term consequences of vietnam-era conscription : schooling, experience, and earnings
Angrist, Joshua D. - 2007
This paper uses the 2000 Census 1-in-6 sample to look at the long-term impact of Vietnam-era military service. Instrumental Variables estimates using draft-lottery instruments show post-service earnings losses close to zero in 2000, in contrast with earlier results showing substantial earnings...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465239
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Still Worth the Trip? School Busing Effects in Boston and New York
Angrist, Joshua D.; Gray-Lobe, Guthrie; Idoux, Clemence M. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2022
tried to integrate schools. Today, district-wide choice allows Boston and New York students to enroll far from home, perhaps …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013334525
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Using Maimonides' Rule to Estimate the Effect of Class Size on Student Achievement
Angrist, Joshua D. - 1997
The effect of class size on student achievement has long been of concern to educators, parents, and scholars. In … gains from small classes are largest for students from disadvantaged backgrounds. Besides being of metho- dological interest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472940
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Maimonides Rule Redux
Angrist, Joshua D. - 2017
rule that uses data on students' birthdays to compute statutory enrollment in the absence of enrollment manipulation also …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455195