are able to make good decisions about whom to hire, these reforms have the potential to benefit schools and students … (certification exam scores; college competitiveness) are more likely to apply for transfer, while teachers whose students demonstrate …

heterogeneity. Our model allows for four main social insurance programmes. In contrast to simpler models that attribute all income …

heterogeneity. In contrast to simpler models that attribute all income fluctuations to shocks, our framework disentangles …

This paper examines the impact of month of birth on national achievement test scores in England whilst children are in … younger children performing significantly worse, on average, than their older peers. Furthermore, almost all of this … difference is due to the fact that younger children sit exams up to one year earlier than older cohort members. The difference in …

minority students as well as evidence of racial biases among non-minority teachers. However, prior empirical studies have found … students and teachers within participating schools. Empirical results based on these data confirm that the racial pairings of … students and teachers in this experiment were independently given. Models of student achievement indicate that a one …