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The payoff to school selectivity: An application of Dale and Krueger’s method to MBA programs

Chen, Weiwei; Grove, Wayne A.; Hussey, Andrew - In: Economics Letters 116 (2012) 2, pp. 247-249

Many studies find a notable return to college quality. Dale and Krueger (2002, 2011) only do until they address selection bias concerns by proxying for ambition and by matching students with similar admission outcomes but different matriculation decisions. Although we employ similar...

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Reversal of gender gaps in child development: Evidence from young children in India

Lopez Boo, Florencia; Canon, Maria Eugenia - In: Economics Letters 124 (2014) 1, pp. 55-59

This paper provides unique evidence of a reversal of gender gaps in cognitive development in early childhood. We find steep caste and gender gradients and few substantive changes once children enter school. The gender gap, however, reverses its sign for the upper caste, with girls performing...

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A note on the effect of education on religiosity

Javier Arias-Vazquez, F. - In: Economics Letters 117 (2012) 3, pp. 895-897

In this note I present a novel finding on the relationship between education and religion in the US. I estimate the … effect of education on religiosity using two alternative data sources and complementary identification strategies. My … findings are conclusive. Contrary to the previously established positive correlation between formal education and religiosity …

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Public sector decentralization and school performance: International evidence

Falch, Torberg; Fischer, Justina A.V. - In: Economics Letters 114 (2012) 3, pp. 276-279

Using a panel of international student test scores 1980–2000 (PISA and TIMSS), panel fixed effects estimates suggest that government spending decentralization is conducive to student performance. The effect does not appear to be mediated through levels of educational spending.

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Gender, productive ability and the perceived returns to education: Evidence from rural India

Chari, A.V.; Maertens, Annemie - In: Economics Letters 122 (2014) 2, pp. 253-257

educational investments. We analyze data from India to highlight gender disparities in the perceived returns to education and the …

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Can you trust survey responses? Evidence using objective health measures

Suziedelyte, Agne; Johar, Meliyanni - In: Economics Letters 121 (2013) 2, pp. 163-166

We investigate the common assumption in applied research that reporting errors are negligible in variables where there is no clear incentive for misreporting. Using major medical operations, we find high misreporting rates, but the coefficients of their predictors remain unbiased.

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A note on bounding average treatment effects

Lafférs, Lukáš - In: Economics Letters 120 (2013) 3, pp. 424-428

this paper, we present an empirical example of bounding the effect of the mother’s education on her children’s education …

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Vocational or university education? A new look at their effects on economic growth

Vu, Tam Bang; Hammes, David L.; Im, Eric Iksoon - In: Economics Letters 117 (2012) 2, pp. 426-428

This paper shows that the effect of vocational education on economic growth appears to be greater than that of … university education. Additionally, the reversed effect of economic growth on vocational education seems to be stronger than on … university education. …

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The teaching penalty in higher education: Evidence from a public research university

Binder, Melissa; Chermak, Janie; Krause, Kate; Thacher, … - In: Economics Letters 117 (2012) 1, pp. 39-41

This article investigates whether faculty members are rewarded for teaching. We find that teaching a wider variety of courses and devoting more time to teaching results in a significant wage penalty, even when research productivity is carefully controlled.

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Catholic schools, competition, and public school quality

Carattini, Juliana F.; Dills, Angela K.; Mulholland, Sean E. - In: Economics Letters 117 (2012) 1, pp. 334-336

Catholic schools compete with public schools but may also cream-skim. The endogeneity of private school enrollment necessitates 2SLS. Measures of Catholic sex abuse scandals instrument for Catholic school enrollment. We find that competition from Catholic schools raises public school test scores.

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