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Reassessing the View That American Schools Are Broken
Krueger, Alan B. - Princeton University / Department of Economics - 1998
education has been greatly exaggerated,if indeed there is a crisis at all. Nonetheless, major changes inU.S. schooling might … produce more desirable results.However, it would not be prudent to radically restructure theU.S. education system out of …
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What does the public know about economic policy, and how does it know it?
Blinder, Alan S.; Krueger, Alan B. - 2004
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What does the public know about economic policy, and how does it know it?
Blinder, Alan S. (contributor); Krueger, Alan B. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Public opinion influences politicians, and therefore influences public policy decisions. What are the roles of self-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially-designed survey, we find that most respondents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002429333
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What Does the Public Know About Economic Policy, and How Does it Know it?
Blinder, Alan S.; Krueger, Alan B. - 2021
Public opinion influences politicians, and therefore influences public policy decisions. What are the roles of self-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially-designed survey, we find that most respondents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013222321
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Does School Quality Matter? Returns to Education and the Characteristics of Public Schools in the United States
Card, David; Krueger, Alan B. - 2021
, and the relative pay of teachers -- on the rate of return to education for men born between 1920 and 1949. Using earnings … education in the region where they currently reside, and other factors. A decrease in the pupil-teacher ratio from 30 to 25, for … example, is associated with a 0.4 percentage point increase in the rate of return to education. The estimated relationship …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013243437
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What Does the Public Know About Economic Policy, and How Does it Know it?
Blinder, Alan S.; Krueger, Alan B. - 2021
Public opinion influences politicians, and therefore influences public policy decisions. What are the roles of self-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially-designed survey, we find that most respondents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319022
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What Does the Public Know about Economic Policy, and How Does It Know It?
Blinder, Alan S. - 2004
Public opinion influences politicians, and therefore influences public policy decisions. What are the roles of self-interest, knowledge, and ideology in public opinion formation? And how do people learn about economic issues? Using a new, specially-designed survey, we find that most respondents...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012467903
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Estimates of the Economic Return to Schooling from a New Sample of Twins
Ashenfelter, Orley; Krueger, Alan B. - 2021
This paper uses a new survey to contrast the wages of genetically identical twins with different schooling levels. Multiple measurements of schooling levels were also collected to assess the effect of reporting error on the estimated economic returns to schooling. The data indicate that omitted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013230983