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One Size Fits All? The Effects of Teacher Cognitive and Non-Cognitive Abilities on Student Achievement
Grönqvist, Erik; Vlachos, Jonas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008
Teachers are increasingly being drawn from the lower parts of the general ability distribution, but it is not clear how this affects student achievement. We track the position of entering teachers in population-wide cognitive and non-cognitive ability distributions using school grades and draft...
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Scale economies can offset the benefits of competition: Evidence from a school consolidation reform in a universal voucher system
de Haan, Monique; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
A large school consolidation reform in the Netherlands changed minimum school size rules underlying public funding. The supply of schools decreased by 15 percent, but this varied considerably across municipalities. We find that reducing the number of schools by 10 percent increases pupils'...
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Is teenage motherhood contagious? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Monstad, Karin; Propper, Carol; Salvanes, Kjell G - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
There is relatively little research on peer effects in teenage motherhood despite the fact that peer effects, and in particular social interaction within the family, is likely to be important. We estimate the impact of an elder sister’s teenage fertility on the teenage childbearing of their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009209828
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The Causal Effect of Education on Health: What is the Role of Health Behaviors?
Brunello, Giorgio; Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
We study the contribution of health-related behaviors to the health-education gradient by distinguishing between short … we consider the entire history of behaviors. We use an empirical approach that addresses the endogeneity of education and … behaviors in the health production function. Focusing on self-reported poor health as our health outcome, we find that education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009385763
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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...
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Education and Invention
Toivanen, Otto; Väänänen, Lotta - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
: can we increase number of inventors? To answer this question, we study the causal effect of M.Sc. engineering education on …. We find a positive effect of engineering education on the propensity to patent, and a negative OLS bias. Our …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009275968
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Sorting, Education and Inequality
Fernández, Raquel - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
This Paper examines the education literature through the lens of sorting. It argues that how individuals sort across …. It discusses the implications of different education finance systems for sorting and analyses the efficiency and welfare …
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Love and Money: A Theoretical and Empirical Analysis of Household Sorting and Inequality
Fernández, Raquel; Guner, Nezih; Knowles, John - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001
the equilibrium sorting of spouses by skill type (their correlation in education) is increasing as a function of the skill … premium and of the degree of correlation of spouses’ education (marital sorting). For all our measures, we find a positive and …
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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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Intergenerational Education Transmission: Neighbourhood Quality and/or Parents' Involvement
Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2004
the quality of the neighborhood in terms of human capital, the higher the parent’s involvement in children’s education …, indicating cultural complementarity. For highly educated parents, we also find that both parents’ involvement in education and … neighborhood’s quality significantly affect the intergenerational transmission of education, the former being more potent than the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136471