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Education and Health: The Role of Cognitive Ability
Bijwaard, Govert; Kippersluis, Hans van; Veenman, Justus - CESifo - 2013
We aim to disentangle the relative contributions of (i) cognitive ability, and (ii) education on health and mortality …-2011, such that we observe mortality between ages 55 and 75. The results suggest that the treatment effect of education (i.e. the … effect of entering secondary school as opposed to leaving school after primary education) is positive and amounts to a 4 …
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Access to Technology and the Transfer Function of Community Colleges: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Grunberg, Samantha H. - CESifo - 2014
Access to information may represent an important barrier to learning about and ultimately transferring to 4-year colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in particular, plays in enhancing, or possibly detracting from,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010888455
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Experimental Evidence on the Effects of Home Computers on Academic Achievement among Schoolchildren
Fairlie, Robert W.; Robinson, Jonathan - CESifo - 2013
Computers are an important part of modern education, yet large segments of the population – especially low-income and … “intermediate” inputs in education for treatment students. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627567
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The Tempest: Natural Disasters, Early Shocks and Children's Short- and Long-Run Development
Deuchert, Eva; Felfe, Christina - CESifo - 2013
Economic theory predicts that adverse shocks during early childhood have detrimental short- and long-run consequences … and education of a specific shock: housing damages caused by a super typhoon. Our results reveal negative effects on … children’s education - not, however, on health. The effects on children’s education aggravate over time. Empirical evidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877975
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Analyzing Educational Achievement Differences Between Second-Generation Immigrants: Comparing Germany and German-speaking Switzerland
Kunz, Johannes S. - CESifo - 2014
In this study, I provide evidence that the educational achievement of second-generation immigrants in German-speaking Switzerland is greater than in Germany. The impact of the first-generation immigrants’ destination decision on their offspring’s educational achievement seems to be much more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948815
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Sweden's School Choice Reform and Equality of Opportunity
Edmark, Karin; Frölich, Markus; Wondratschek, Verena - CESifo - 2014
This study analyses whether the Swedish school choice reform, enacted in 1992, had different effects on students from different socio-economic backgrounds. We use detailed geographical data on students’ and schools’ locations to construct measures of the degree of potential choice. This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010948899
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Gender of Siblings and Choice of College Major
Anelli, Massimo; Peri, Giovanni - CESifo - 2013
In this study we analyze whether the gender composition of siblings within a family affects the choice of College Major. The question is whether a family environment that is more gender-homogeneous encourages academic choices that are less gender stereotyped. We use the last name and the exact...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723522
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Optimal Student Loans and Graduate Tax under Moral Hazard and Adverse Selection
Gary-Bobo, Robert J.; Trannoy, Alain - CESifo - 2013
income tax depending only on earnings, and a loan repayment, depending only on education. Therefore, optimal loan repayments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010668475
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Stand and Deliver: Effects of Boston's Charter High School on College Preparation, Entry, and Choice
Angrist, Joshua D.; Cohodes, Sarah R.; Dynarski, Susan M.; … - CESifo - 2013
We use admissions lotteries to estimate the effects of attendance at Boston’s charter high schools on college preparation, college attendance, and college choice. Charter attendance increases pass rates on the high-stakes exam required for high school graduation in Massachusetts, with...
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The Dynamic Implications of Liberalizing Global Migration
Delogu, Marco; Docquier, Frédéric; Machado, Joël - CESifo - 2014
education decisions. We identify bilateral migration costs and their legal component for each pair of countries and two classes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736743