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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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College Expansion and Curriculum Choice
Kaganovich, Michael; Su, Xuejuan - CESifo - 2015
This paper analyzes the impact of college enrollment expansion on student academic achievements and labor market outcomes in the context of competition among colleges. When public policies promote “access” to college education, colleges adjust their curricula: Less selective public colleges...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257677
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The Sources of the Gender Gap in Economics Enrolment
Tonin, Mirco; Wahba, Jackline - CESifo - 2014
In many countries there is a considerable gender gap in enrolment for a bachelor’s degree in Economics, arguably an important stepping stone towards positions of influence in policy making and occupations paying relatively high wages. We investigate the sources of this gap by looking in detail...
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The Dynamic Implications of Liberalizing Global Migration
Delogu, Marco; Docquier, Frédéric; Machado, Joël - CESifo - 2014
inequality are gradual and cumulative. In case of a complete liberalization, the world average level of GDP per worker increases … by 20 percent in the short-run, and by more than 55 percent after 50 years. The world average index of inequality … identifying assumptions. We also analyze partial liberalization shocks: efficiency and inequality effects are roughly proportional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010736743
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Inequality, Opting-out and Public Education Funding
Arcalean, Calin; Schiopu, Ioana Cosmina - CESifo - 2014
We investigate the relationship between inequality and political support for public education funding in a model of … distributions. Inequality can drive education spending in opposite directions in poor and rich economies. A mean preserving spread …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011097938
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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,...
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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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The Importance of Financial Resources for Student Loan Repayment
Lochner, Lance; Stinebrickner, Todd; Suleymanoglu, Utku - CESifo - 2013
Government student loan programs must balance the need to enforce repayment among borrowers who can afford to make their payments with some form of forgiveness or repayment assistance for those who cannot. Using unique survey and administrative data from the Canada Student Loan Program, we show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010723529
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Student and Worker Mobility under University and Government Competition
Delpierre, Matthieu; Verheyden, Bertrand - CESifo - 2011
We provide a normative analysis of endogenous student and worker mobility in the presence of diverging interests between universities and governments. Student mobility generates a university competition effect which induces them to overinvest in education, whereas worker mobility generates a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008914274
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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...
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