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Do Parents Value School Effectiveness?
Abdulkadiroglu, Atila - 2017
School choice may lead to improvements in school productivity if parents' choices reward effective schools and punish … ineffective ones. This mechanism requires parents to choose schools based on causal effectiveness rather than peer characteristics … estimate impacts on college attendance and college quality. Parents prefer schools that enroll high-achieving peers, and these …
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Gender differences in completed schooling
Charles, Kerwin Kofi; Luoh, Ming Ching - In: The review of economics and statistics 85 (2003) 3, pp. 559-577
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001791749
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Gender Differences in Completed Schooling
Charles, Kerwin Kofi - 2002
This paper summarizes the dramatic changes in relative male-females educational attainment over the past three decades. Stock measures of education among the entire adult population show rising attainment levels for both men and women, with men enjoying an advantage in schooling levels...
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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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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 …
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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. - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013465408
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Free to Choose : Can School Choice Reduce Student Achievement?
Abdulkadiroglu, Atila - 2015
disadvantaged students to attend private schools of their choice. We exploit random assignment of LSP vouchers at oversubscribed …
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Estimating the Effects of Milk Inspections on Infant and Child Mortality, 1880-1910
Anderson, D. Mark; Charles, Kerwin Kofi; McKelligott, … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
-level data for the period 1880-1910, we explore the effects of milk inspections on infant mortality and mortality among children …
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