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The governments of nearly all countries are major providers of primary and secondary education to their citizens. In some countries, however, public schools coexist with private schools, while in others the government is the sole provider of education. In this study, we ask why different...
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family immigration in a framework where school quality and student outcomes are determined endogenously. This allows us to …, we can study the eect of immigration on the school system and how school quality may self-reinforce immigrants' and …
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In Israel, as in many other countries, a high school matriculation certificate is required by universities and some … teachers. The results suggest the Achievement Awards program that randomized treatment at the school level raised matriculation …
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We study the effects of a conditional cash transfers program on school enrollment and performance in Mexico. We provide … performance at school (passing grades) and the effect of a cash transfer program conditional on school attendance. This framework … been implemented and allows us to identify the effect of the program on enrollment and performance at school. Using the …
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students’ performance on high-school matriculation exams. Since the schools in the programme were not selected at random, the …
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schools who decide to apply for the program, and a second one caused by students when choosing school. We take several routes …
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We study the causal effect of school curricula on students' stated beliefs and attitudes. We exploit a major textbook … participation and democracy in China, increased trust in government officials, and a more skeptical view of free markets. …
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We study a model where student eort and talent interact with parental and teachers' investments, as well as with school … an improvement in parental outside options will reduce parental and school effort, which are partially compensated … through school resources. In this way we provide a rationale for the ambiguous existing empirical evidence on the effect of …
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the school and class of the 15 to 16 year old respondents to the survey. Based on our quantile regressions, we interpret …
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This paper compares the organisation of the university sector under private provision with the structure which would be chosen by a welfare maximising government. It studies a general equilibrium model where universities carry out research and teach students. To attend university, and earn...
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