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The Political Economy of Education and Development in an Open Economy
Bourguignon, François; Verdier, Thierry - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
sometimes be in its interest to democratize by subsidizing education when the economy is closed, incentives to do so disappear …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005662307
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Immigration and the School System
Albornoz-Crespo, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio; Hauk, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Immigration is an important problem in many societies, and it has wide-ranging eects on the educational systems of host countries. There is a now a large empirical literature, but very little theoretical work on this topic. We introduce a model of family immigration in a framework where school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365649
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Monitoring Works: Getting Teachers to Come to School
Duflo, Esther; Hanna, Rema - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2005
In the rural areas of developing countries, teacher absence is a widespread problem. This paper tests whether a simple incentive program based on teacher presence can reduce teacher absence, and whether it has the potential to lead to more teaching activities and better learning. In 60 informal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005123987
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Incentives, resources and the organization of the school system
Albornoz-Crespo, Facundo; Berlinski, Samuel; Cabrales, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We study a model where student eort and talent interact with parental and teachers' investments, as well as with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. We can show, for example, that an improvement in parental outside options will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466350
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Monitoring Works: Getting Teachers to Come to School
Duflo, Esther; Hanna, Rema; Ryan, Stephen - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
This paper combines a randomized experiment and a structural model to test whether monitoring and financial incentives can reduce teacher absence and increase learning. In 57 schools in India, randomly chosen out of 113, a teacher’s daily attendance was verified through photographs with time...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005791888
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Earnings, Schooling and Economic Reform: New Econometric Evidence
Campos, Nauro F; Jolliffe, Dean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
losers are those in manufacturing and agriculture and, surprisingly, those who received their formal education after the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005498066
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After, Before and During: Returns to Education in Hungary (1986-1998)
Campos, Nauro F; Jolliffe, Dean - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
sector rewards formal education more than the public and, in terms of gender, although in 1986 women had greater returns to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005667110
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Public Education and the Melting Pot
Gradstein, Mark; Justman, Moshe - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper proposes a theoretical framework that combines the role of education as a cultural melting pot with its … function as an instrument of human capital accumulation. It highlights the important role of public education in promoting … social cohesion: requiring minority parents to pay twice for culturally distinct private education is a powerful incentive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005666774
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Growth Effects of Education and Social Capital in the OECD Countries
Temple, Jonathan - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This paper surveys the empirical literature on the growth effects of education and social capital. The main focus is on … clarify where empirical work on education using macro data may be relatively useful. It is argued that on balance, the recent … cross-country evidence points to productivity benefits of education that are at least as large as those identified by labour …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136728
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Schooling and Youth Mortality: Learning from a Mass Military Exemption
Cipollone, Piero; Rosolia, Alfonso - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We examine the relationship between education and mortality in a young population of Italian males. In 1981 several …
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