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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...
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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
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...
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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...
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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
) increases growth rates of national income. This paper begins by confirming those findings in an analysis involving more … by which education quality appears to improve per capita income levels is through shifting the level of the production … a country's rate of technological progress (very likely). Mortality rates complement income levels as indicators of …
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) increases growth rates of national income. This paper begins by confirming those findings in an analysis involving more … by which education quality appears to improve per capita income levels is through shifting the level of the production … a country's rate of technological progress (very likely). Mortality rates complement income levels as indicators of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012466009
aggregate costs of providing mandated programs for disabled children. Little attention has been paid to the effectiveness of … average special education program boosts mathematics and reading achievement of special education students, particularly those … classified as learning disabled, while not detracting from regular education students. These results are estimated quite …
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aggregate costs of providing mandated programs for disabled children. Little attention has been paid to the effectiveness of … average special education program boosts mathematics and reading achievement of special education students, particularly those … classified as learning disabled, while not detracting from regular education students. These results are estimated quite …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472123
determined bequests from parents that can be used to finance schooling, uncertainty in college completion related to differences … structure, we analyze tuition subsidies such as exist in most public colleges, alternative forms of need-based aid, income … more intergenerational mobility and greater income equality. But, the various policies have quite different implications …
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