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heterogeneity. Our model allows for four main social insurance programmes. In contrast to simpler models that attribute all income …
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heterogeneity. In contrast to simpler models that attribute all income fluctuations to shocks, our framework disentangles …
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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 …
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There are fierce debates over the best way to prepare teachers. Some argue that easing entry into teaching is necessary to attract strong candidates, while others argue that investing in high quality teacher preparation is the most promising approach. Most agree, however, that we lack a strong...
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International differences in teacher quality are commonly hypothesized to be a key determinant of the large international student performance gaps, but lack of consistent quality measures has precluded testing this. We construct country-level measures of teacher cognitive skills using unique...
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children, but the effects on long-term health are overall negligible. However, we demonstrate that the schooling reform had …
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