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Heterogeneous Class Size Effects: New Evidence from a Panel of University Students

Bandiera, Oriana; Larcinese, Valentino; Rasul, Imran - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2009

Over the last decade, many countries have experienced dramatic increases in university enrolment, which, when not matched by compensating increases in other inputs, have resulted in larger class sizes. Using administrative records from a leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects...

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The Effect of Financial Rewards on Students' Achievements: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment

Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel; van der Klaauw, Bas - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003

This Paper reports a randomized field experiment in which first year economics and business students at the University of Amsterdam could earn financial rewards for passing all first year requirements before the start of their second academic year. Participants were assigned to a high reward...

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Do the Biggest Aisles Serve a Brighter Future? Global Retail Chains and Their Implications for Romania

Javorcik, Beata; Li, Yue - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2008

-level data from Romania, this study examines how the presence of global retail chains affects firms in the supplying industries …

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Hardened Budgets and Enterprise Restructuring: Theory and an Application to Romania

Coricelli, Fabrizio; Djankov, Simeon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

We identify the presence of soft budgets and analyse their impact on enterprise restructuring in Romania over the …

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Regional Unemployment and Human Capital in Transition Economies

Jurajda, Stepan; Terrell, Katherine - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007

Differences in regional unemployment in post-communist economies are large and persistent. We show that inherited variation in human-capital endowment across the regions of four such economies explains the bulk of regional unemployment variation there and we explore potential explanations for...

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Competition and Firm Performance in Transition Economies: Evidence from Firm Level Surveys in Slovenia, Hungary and Romania

Konings, Jozef - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1997

countries, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia. The data are based on interviews taken in more than 300 state-owned, privatized and … pressure has a positive impact on firm performance in Hungary and Slovenia, but not in Romania, while in Romenia short … Romania, the results are somewhat mixed; state-owned enterprises do worse than employee-owned (privatized) and newly …

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The Enterprise Isolation Programme in Romania

Djankov, Simeon - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 1999

We provide comprehensive analysis of the isolation program for financially distressed firms in Romania. The results …

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China's Latent Human Capital Investment: Achieving Milestones and Competing for the Top

Constant, Amelie; Meng, Jingzhou; Tien, Bienvenue; … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

achievements in education as well as its internationalization of education. Since 1978, the landmark for the foundation of the …

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Investing in schooling in Chile: The role of information about financial aid for higher education

Dinkelman, Taryn; Martínez A, Claudia - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Recent research demonstrates that imperfect information about returns to education distorts schooling investments. Questions remain about what information is missing in different settings and for whom such information is most critical. We conducted a field experiment to investigate whether Grade...

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Academic Dynasties: Decentralization and Familism in the Italian Academia

Durante, Ruben; Labartino, Giovanna; Perotti, Roberto - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011

Decentralization can lead to "good" or "bad" outcomes depending on the socio-cultural norms of the targeted communities. We investigate this issue by looking at the evolution of familism and nepotism in the Italian academia before and after the 1998 reform, which decentralized the recruitment of...

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