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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/10013135061
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portfolio and compare students with similar portfolios and levels of interest in HBCUs and non-HBCUs who ultimately make … students initially enrolling in HBCUs are 14.6 percentage points more likely to earn a BA degree and have 5 percent higher … household income around age 30 than those who do not enroll in an HBCU. Initially enrolling in an HBCU also leads to $12 …
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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
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