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Hanushek, Eric A.; Rivkin, Steven G. - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 2, (pp. 1051-1078). 2006

Improving the quality of instruction is a central component to virtually all proposals to raise school quality. Unfortunately, policy recommendations often ignore existing evidence about teacher labor markets and the determinants of teacher effectiveness in the classroom. This chapter reviews...

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Chapter 30 Publicly provided education

Hanushek, Eric A. - In: Handbook of public economics : volume 4, (pp. 2045-2141). 2002

Historically, most attention in public programs has been given to the resources devoted to the activity, and resources have been used to index both commitment and quality. Education differs from other areas of public expenditure because direct measures of outcomes are available, making it is...

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The Distribution of Teacher Quality and Implications for Policy

Hanushek, Eric A.; Rivkin, Steven G. - In: Annual Review of Economics 4 (2012) 1, pp. 131-157

It has become commonplace to measure teacher quality in terms of teacher value-added. Operationally, this means evaluating teachers according to the learning gains of students on various achievement tests. Existing research consistently shows large variations in teacher effectiveness, much of...

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Economic growth in developing countries: The role of human capital

Hanushek, Eric A. - In: Economics of Education Review 37 (2013) C, pp. 204-212

The focus on human capital as a driver of economic growth for developing countries has led to undue attention on school attainment. Developing countries have made considerable progress in closing the gap with developed countries in terms of school attainment, but recent research has underscored...

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Schooling, educational achievement, and the Latin American growth puzzle

Hanushek, Eric A.; Woessmann, Ludger - In: Journal of Development Economics 99 (2012) 2, pp. 497-512

Latin American economic development has been perceived as a puzzle. The region has trailed most other world regions over the past half century despite relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle, however, can be resolved by considering educational achievement, a...

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Corruption at the Grassroots-level : between temptation, norms, and culture

Lambsdorff, Johann (ed.); Schulze, Günther G. (ed.) - 2015

A Very Short History of Corruption Research and a List of What We Should Aim For …

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Corruption and the shadow economy: an empirical analysis

Dreher, Axel; Schneider, Friedrich - In: Public Choice 144 (2010) 1, pp. 215-238

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Greasing the wheels? The impact of regulations and corruption on firm entry

Dreher, Axel; Gassebner, Martin - In: Public Choice 155 (2013) 3, pp. 413-432

This paper investigates the question of whether corruption might ‘grease the wheels’ of an economy. We investigate … whether and to what extent the impact of regulations on entrepreneurship is dependent on corruption. We first test whether … whether corruption reduces the negative impact of regulations on entrepreneurship in highly regulated economies. Our empirical …

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The nexus between corruption and capital account restrictions

Dreher, Axel; Siemers, Lars-H. - In: Public Choice 140 (2009) 1, pp. 245-265

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Does conditionality work? A test for an innovative US aid scheme

Öhler, Hannes; Nunnenkamp, Peter; Dreher, Axel - In: European Economic Review 56 (2012) 1, pp. 138-153

Corporation (MCC) was successful in promoting better control of corruption. We employ a difference … fight corruption over time. …

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