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The Value of Smarter Teachers: International Evidence on Teacher Cognitive Skills and Student Performance
Hanushek, Eric A.; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - CESifo - 2014
Differences in teacher quality are commonly cited as a key determinant of the huge international student performance gaps. However, convincing evidence on this relationship is still lacking, in part because it is unclear how to measure teacher quality consistently across countries. We use unique...
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'High' Achievers? Cannabis Access and Academic Performance
Marie, Olivier; Zölitz, Ulf - CESifo - 2015
difference-in-difference approach using administrative panel data on over 54,000 course grades of local students enrolled at … Maastricht University before and during the partial cannabis prohibition. We find that the academic performance of students who … are no longer legally permitted to buy cannabis increases substantially. Grade improvements are driven by younger students …
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Econometric Methods for Causal Evaluation of Education Policies and Practices: A Non-Technical Guide
Schlotter, Martin; Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger - CESifo - 2009
Education policy-makers and practitioners want to know which policies and practices can best achieve their goals. But research that can inform evidence-based policy often requires complex methods to distinguish causation from accidental association. Avoiding econometric jargon and technical...
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Financing Higher Education in a Mobile World
Demange, Gabrielle; Fenge, Robert; Uebelmesser, Silke - CESifo - 2012
. When only skilled workers are mobile, there is a sub-optimal shift from taxes to fees and the number of students is too low …. When also students can migrate, there is a countervailing force such that maintaining the optimal financial mix becomes …
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Financing Bologna, the Internationally Mobile Students in European Higher Education
Gérard, Marcel - CESifo - 2008
Despite the importance of the Bologna process for the mobility of students, and the further mobility of graduates, as … mobile students, so that the burden of that financing, usually public, is supported by the host country. Moreover in- and … outflows of students show imbalances and such imbalances are expected to increase with mobility. Therefore, we first suggest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005405967
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Music in the Air: Estimating the Social Return to Cultural Amenities
Falck, Oliver; Fritsch, Michael; Heblich, Stephan; … - CESifo - 2015
If being around smart people makes us smarter and more productive, what can regions do to attract smart people? This paper considers endogenous cultural amenities as a location factor for high-skilled workers. To overcome selection in the provision of cultural amenities, we exploit the variation...
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Immmigration and Internal Mobility in Canada
Beine, Michel; Coulombe, Serge - CESifo - 2014
We analyze the impact of temporary foreign workers (TFWs) and permanent immigrants on interprovincial mobility in Canada. Particular attention is given to the Canadian program of TFWs that has intensified enormously over the last 30 years. Results of the empirical analysis are analyzed through...
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Labour Market Reforms and Outcomes in Estonia
Brixiova, Zuzana; Egert, Balazs - CESifo - 2012
The unemployment rate in Estonia rose sharply in 2010 to one of the highest levels in the EU, after the country entered a severe recession in 2008. While the rate declined relatively rapidly in 2011, it remained high especially for the less educated. In 2009, the Employment Contract Law relaxed...
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Labor Market Policy: A Comparative View on the Costs and Benefits of Labor Market Flexibility
Kahn, Lawrence - CESifo - 2010
I review theories and evidence on labor market policies and institutions in an international context. These include collective bargaining, minimum wages, employment protection laws, unemployment insurance (UI), mandated parental leave, and active labor market policies. Scandinavia and Central...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511605
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Labour Market Institutions and their Effect on Labour Market Performance in the New EU Member Countries
Fialová, Kamila; Schneider, Ondrej - CESifo - 2008
This article focuses on the role of labour market institutions in explaining different labour market developments in European countries, with a special attention to the new European Union member countries. This may allow us to analyse effects of various institutional setups and of their changes...
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