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The effect of education policy on crime : an intergenerational perspective
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Schnabel, Marieke - 2011
. We then show that the benefits extended to the next generation with large reductions in the crime rates of the children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009521196
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The community college : educating students at the margin between college and work
Kane, Thomas J.; Rouse, Cecilia Elena - In: The journal of economic perspectives : EP ; a journal … 13 (1999) 1, pp. 63-84
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001367801
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Subsidizing vocational training for disadvantaged youth in developing countries : evidence from a randomized trial
Attanasio, Orazio P.; Kugler, Adriana D.; Meghir, Costas - 2009
This paper evaluates the impact of a randomized training program for disadvantaged youth introduced in Colombia in 2005. This randomized trial offers a unique opportunity to examine the impact of training in developing countries. We use originally collected data on individuals randomly offered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003858877
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Education, health and mortality : evidence from a social experiment
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Simeonova, Emilia - 2012
We study the effect of a compulsory education reform in Sweden on adult health and mortality. The reform was implemented by municipalities between 1949 and 1962 as a social experiment and implied an extension of compulsory schooling from 7 or 8 years depending on municipality to 9 years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009535837
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Who benefits from KIPP?
Angrist, Joshua D.; Dynarski, Susan M.; Kane, Thomas J.; … - 2011
at the expense of students who are most diffiult to teach, including limited English proficiency (LEP) and special … education (SPED) students, as well as students with low baseline achievement levels. We use applicant lotteries to evaluate the … special needs students that may be underserved. The results show average achievement gains of 0.36 standard deviations in math …
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