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Privatization and Changes in the Wage Structure: Evidence from Firm Personnel Records
Melly, Blaise; Puhani, Patrick A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We investigate the wage effects of privatization using person-level firm-based panel datasets from one privatized and … one nonprivatized public sector firm in the same country for the years immediately before and after privatization. Thus …, we can analyze the before-after effects of privatization while controlling for individual and time fixed effects and …
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Volunteering and the State
Hackl, Franz; Halla, Martin; Pruckner, Gerald J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
This paper explores the capability of the state to affect the individual's decision to work for free. For this purpose we combine individual-level data from the European and World Values Survey with macroeconomic and political variables for OECD member countries. Empirically we identify three...
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The Effects of State-Sponsored Merit Scholarships on Course Selection and Major Choice in College
Cornwell, Christopher; Lee, Kyung Hee; Mustard, David B. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
A common justification for HOPE-style merit-aid programs is to promote and reward academic achievement, thereby inducing greater investments in human capital. However, grade-based eligibility and retention rules encourage other behavioral responses. Using data extracted from the longitudinal...
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Principals as Agents? Investigating Accountability in the Compensation and Performance of School Principals
Billger, Sherrilyn M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this study I examine the relationship between accountability (e.g., state sanctions for poor performance, or the presence of goals required by the district) and public secondary principal pay and school performance. Though such incentives and standards are increasingly common, the existing...
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School Choice and Quality
Checchi, Daniele; Jappelli, Tullio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
The 1993 Survey of Household Income and Wealth, a representative survey of the Italian population covering 24,000 individuals, reports detailed information on children attendance of public and private schools and parents’ self-assessment of the quality of public schools in the city of...
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The Determinants of High School Closures: Lessons from Longitudinal Data throughout Illinois
Billger, Sherrilyn M.; Beck, Frank D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Facing substantial financial pressure, many districts close schools in order to preserve solvency and improve student outcomes. Using a new longitudinal data set on all non-Cook County Illinois schools, we examine the determinants of high school closure decisions from 1991 through 2005. Our...
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Demographics, Fiscal Health, and School Quality: Shedding Light on School Closure Decisions
Billger, Sherrilyn M. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
In our current challenging budgetary environment, school closures remain a potentially attractive choice. With a large panel of Illinois schools from 1991 to 2005, I investigate which factors contribute to school closures. Among elementary schools, declining enrolments and rural locations...
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Human Capital Investment with Competitive Labor Search
Kaas, Leo; Zink, Stefan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We study human capital accumulation in an environment of competitive search. Given that unemployed workers can default on their education loans, skilled individuals with a larger debt burden prefer riskier but better paid careers than is socially desirable. A higher level of employment risk in...
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The Impact of Local Public Services and Geographical Cost of Living Differences on Poverty Estimates
Aaberge, Rolf; Langørgen, Audun; Mogstad, Magne; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
Despite a broad consensus on the need to take into account the value of public services and geographical cost of living differences when measuring poverty, there is little reliable evidence on how these factors actually affect poverty estimates. Unlike the standard approach in studies of the...
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The Distributional Impact of Public Services When Needs Differ
Aaberge, Rolf; Bhuller, Manudeep Singh; Langørgen, Audun; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Despite a broad consensus on the need to take into account the value of public services in distributional analysis, there is little reliable evidence on how the inclusion of such non-cash income actually affects poverty and inequality estimates. In particular, the equivalence scales applied to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008529135