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Enhancing Educational Performance in Australia
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki - Economics Department, Organisation de Coopération et … - 2009
improving overall literacy and numeracy outcomes. Greater autonomy at the school level and improvements in teaching quality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005045666
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Where to attend? Estimating the effects of beginning college at a two-year institution
Lockwood Reynolds, C. - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 4, pp. 345-362
Two-year colleges are an important part of the higher education system in the United States but there are concerns as to how attendance at these institutions affects educational attainment and labor market outcomes. This paper uses data from a nationally representative survey to examine the...
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European Antidumping Policy and Firms' Strategic Choice of Quality
Vandenbussche, Hylke; Wauthy, Xavier - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000
impact of the A-D policy on quality choices is taken into account, European Welfare as well as profits accruing to the …-stage model with quality choice made before price competition takes place, we show that EU anti-dumping policy that takes the form …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791460
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Are Public Subsidies to Higher Education Regressive?
Johnson, William R. - In: Education Finance and Policy 1 (2006) June, pp. 288-315
This article estimates the dollar amount of public higher education subsidies received by U.S. youth and examines the distribution of subsidies and the taxes that finance them across parental and student income levels. Although youths from high-income families obtain more benefit from higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010835598
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The Non-Cognitive Returns to Class Size
Dee, Thomas; West, Martin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008
Although recent evidence suggests that non-cognitive skills such as engagement matter for academic and economic success, there is little evidence on how key educational inputs affect the development of these skills. We present a re-analysis of follow-up data from the Project STAR class-size...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005828973
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Preferences and Heterogeneous Treatment Effects in a Public School Choice Lottery
Staiger, Doug; Hastings, Justine S.; Kane, Thomas J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006
quality experienced significant gains in test scores as a result of attending their chosen school, while children whose … stronger academics. Depending on one's own race and neighborhood, a preference for academic quality can either conflict with or …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005829034
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The Practice and Proscription of Affirmative Action in Higher Education:An Equilibrium Analysis
Romano, Richard Evans; Epple, Dennis; Sieg, Holger - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2003
compete for students that differ by race, household income, and academic qualification. Colleges maximize a quality index that … preference to nonwhites to promote racial diversity. Equilibrium entails a quality hierarchy of colleges, so the model predicts … is particularly pronounced in the top third of the quality hierarchy of colleges. …
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Accountability, Incentives and Behavior: The Impact of High-Stakes Testing in the Chicago Public Schools
Jacob, Brian A. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002
The recent federal education bill, No Child Left Behind, requires states to test students in grades three to eight each year, and to judge school performance on the basis of these test scores. While intended to maximize student learning, there is little empirical evidence about the effectiveness...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005830008
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Empowering parents to improve education: Evidence from rural Mexico
Gertler, Paul J.; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; … - In: Journal of Development Economics 99 (2012) 1, pp. 68-79
We examine a very inexpensive program in Mexico that involves parents directly in the management of schools located in disadvantaged rural communities. The program, known as AGE, finances parent associations and motivates parental participation by involving them in the management of primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010599697
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Which club should I attend, Dad?: Targeted socialization and production
Albornoz-Crespo, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio; Hauk, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
that it may generate an even lower social welfare if one of the networks is sufficiently disadvantaged. We also study the …
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