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Quality-Consistent Estimates of International Returns to Skill
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2010
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012760565
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465997
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Does School Accountability Lead to Improved Student Performance?
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2004
The leading school reform policy in the United States revolves around strong accountability of schools with consequences for performance. The federal government's involvement through the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 reinforces the prior movement of many states toward policies based on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012468102
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135061
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012462051
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Student loans: do college students borrow too much - or not enough?
Avery, Christopher; Turner, Sarah E. - In: The journal of economic perspectives : EP ; a journal … 26 (2012) 1, pp. 165-192
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009548913
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Ova and out : using twins to estimate the educational returns to attending a selective college
Smith, Jonathan - In: Economics of education review 36 (2013), pp. 166-180
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010361118
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Student Responsiveness to Earnings Data in the College Scorecard
Hurwitz, Michael - 2017
students responded to the release of the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard in September 2015. We find that data … increase in score sends. The impact is driven almost entirely by well-resourced high schools and students. We find little … evidence that the count or composition of enrolled students changed as a result of the Scorecard information shock with the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012969454
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A New Measure of College Quality to Study the Effects of College Sector and Peers on Degree Attainment
Smith, Jonathan - 2015
Students starting at a two-year college are much less likely to graduate with a college degree than similar students … of peer ability for most two-year and four-year colleges in the United States- the average PSAT of enrolled students. We … between students who start at two-year versus four-year institutions is explained by differences in peers, leaving room for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013014303
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A New Measure of College Quality to Study the Effects of College Sector and Peers on Degree Attainment
Smith, Jonathan - 2015
Students starting at a two-year college are much less likely to graduate with a college degree than similar students … of peer ability for most two-year and four-year colleges in the United States- the average PSAT of enrolled students. We … between students who start at two-year versus four-year institutions is explained by differences in peers, leaving room for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457064