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Chapter 25 Income Contingent Loans for Higher Education: International Reforms
Chapman, Bruce - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 2, (pp. 1435-1503). 2006
It is well known that higher education financing involves uncertainty and risk with respect to students' future … this important international policy reform that has motivated the chapter. An ICL provides students with finance for …
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Financial Aid and Social Mobility : Evidence from Colombia's Ser Pilo Paga
Londoño Vélez, Juliana; Rodríguez, Catherine; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
tuition coverage to students admitted to one of 33 government-certified high-quality universities known for superior test …. To qualify, students must score in the top 10% of the standardized high school exit exam and have below-median household … partly by high-quality universities improving students' skills, as demonstrated by their performance on Colombia's college …
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The evolution of public spending on higher education in a democracy
Haupt, Alexander - In: European Journal of Political Economy 28 (2012) 4, pp. 557-573
This paper analyses a political force that can cause an initial expansion of public spending on higher education and an ensuing decline in subsidies per student: the increase in the number, and thus voting power, of skilled parents. The rise of the skilled class leads to a majority for an...
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Chapter 8. Student Loans and Repayment : Theory, Evidence, and Policy
Lochner, L.; Monge-Naranjo, A. - In: Handbook of the economics of education : Volume 5, (pp. 397-478). 2016
have increased. We discuss these trends as well as recent evidence on the extent to which students are able to obtain … student credit arrangements that balance three important objectives: (i) providing credit for students to access college and …
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Providing the right skills to all in China : from "made in China" to "created in China"
Molnár, Margit; Koen, Vincent - 2015
excessive. More bridges are needed between vocational and general education. Graduating students often struggle to find a job … memorisation and more on creativity, enhancing the appeal of the teaching profession, improving students’ information on labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011399425
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Improving school-to-work transitions in New Zealand
Ivanchuk Bibbee, Alexandra I. - 2013
The NZ labour market is among the most flexible in the OECD, and outcomes for its young people have been among the best. However, labour-market opportunities are heavily determined by initial education, where New Zealand’s system is also successful and innovative in many ways. Average PISA...
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Raising Education Achievement and Breaking the Cycle of Inequality in the United Kingdom
Brook, Anne-Marie - 2008
Globalisation, together with skill-biased technical change, is changing the composition of jobs in advanced economies and raising the level of skills required to do them. This has increased the importance of educating a large proportion of the population to much higher standards than in the...
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Linkages Between Performance and Institutions in the Primary and Secondary Education Sector
Sutherland, Douglas - 2007
The efficiency of schools diverges dramatically across countries in the OECD and can also vary markedly within countries. These differences in levels of efficiency can be traced to policy and institutional settings. As such, moving to best practice could boost educational attainment and reduce...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012444634
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Israeli Education Policy : How to Move Ahead in Reform
Hemmings, Philip - 2010
. Educational attainment statistics are impressive, but results show high-school students have poor basic skills. Reform efforts to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012445649
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Performance Indicators for Public Spending Efficiency in Primary and Secondary Education
Sutherland, Douglas; Price, Robert; Joumard, Isabelle; … - 2007
This paper assesses the potential to raise public spending efficiency in the primary and secondary education sector. Resource availability per pupil has increased significantly over the past decade in a number of countries; often in attempting to exploit the link between educational attainment...
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