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Institutional reforms and educational attainment in Europe : a long run perspective
Braga, Michela; Checchi, Daniele; Meschi, Elena - 2011
In this paper we analyse the effects of changes in the institutional design of the educational system on school attainment. In particular, we test whether alternative reforms have increased the average educational attainment of the population and whether various deciles of the education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009523525
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The relative importance of local labour market conditions and pupil attainment on post-compulsory schooling decisions
Meschi, Elena; Swaffield, Joanna K.; Vignoles, Anna - 2011
This paper assesses the relative importance of local labour market conditions and pupil educational attainment as primary determinants of the post-compulsory schooling decision. Using a nested logit model we formally incorporate the structured and sequential decision process pupils engage with....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009521193
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The effect of immigrant peers in vocational schools
Frattini, Tommaso; Meschi, Elena - 2017
achievement. The analysis is based on longitudinal administrative data on two cohorts of vocational training students in Italy … only disproportionately high shares of immigrants but also the lowest ability native students. We adopt a value added model … average effects on maths test scores that are larger for low ability native students, strongly non-linear and only observable …
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