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The effect of education policy on crime : an intergenerational perspective

Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Schnabel, Marieke - 2011

as labor earnings of the children who went through the post reform school system, in particular for individuals … the generation directly affected by the reform as well as their children. We use census data on all born in Sweden between … 1945 and 1955 and all their children merged with individual register data on all convictions between 1981 and 2008. We find …

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The effect of school quality on educational attainment and wages

Dearden, Lorraine (contributor); Ferri, Javier (contributor) - 2000 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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The effect of childhood education on old age cognitive abilities : evidence from a regression discontinuity design

Mazzonna, Fabrizio; Banks, James - 2011

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Maternal education, home environments and the development of children and adolescents

Carneiro, Pedro (contributor); Meghir, Costas (contributor); … - 2007

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What can we learn about pension reform from generational accounts for the UK?

Banks, James; Disney, Richard; Oldfield, Zoe͏̈ - 1999

This paper considers the relevance of a set of generational accounts in informing policy debate in the UK. With regard to transparency, Generational Accounts can, under sensible assumptions, provide a useful summary statistic to supplement our analysis of government policy. Interpreting...

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School grants and education quality : experimental evidence from Senegal

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Assessing the effect of schooling on earnings using a social experiment

Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten - 1999

The impact of compulsory schooling laws as well as the abolition of early selection by ability remain important issues in the educational debate. These issues were the focus of a major education reform in Sweden which was implemented in the 60s. The reform was preceded by a social experiment in...

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Ability, parental background and education policy : empirical evidence from a social experiment

Meghir, Costas (contributor); Palme, Mårten (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Educational reform, ability and family background

Meghir, Costas (contributor); Palme, Mårten (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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