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Using data on 24 teachers and 982 students from a 2006 survey of California high school economics classes, we assess the effects of student and teacher characteristics on student achievement. We estimate value-added models of outcomes on multiple choice and essay exams, with matched classroom...
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issue of self-selection into teacher education has been mostly overlooked until now. The analyses contained in our study are … reinforced by institutional and structural characteristics of the types of higher education institutions and the courses of study …
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Countries that have relatively fewer workers with a secondary education have smaller firms. The shortage of skilled … education level of the workforce and ii) large public sectors that predominantly hire individuals with a better education. We …. Workers with a secondary education are pivotal as they can perform both types of jobs. We find that level of education and …
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Using Italian data on language standardized tests for three different levels of schooling we investigate if the observed gap in educational attainments in 1st generation immigrants tends to lower the longer they stay in Italy, and if younger children tend to catch up faster than their older...
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differences in education and labor market outcomes seem related to the area of origin of the immigrant as well as where the … education of the immigrant is obtained. …
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In recent years there has been an increase in the number of children going to school in England who do not speak English as a first language. We investigate whether this has an impact on the educational outcomes of native English speakers at the end of primary school. We show that the negative...
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both on measures of child wellbeing and the probability of early drop-out from the labour market and education. We study … educational outcomes – where we consider examination results before leaving compulsory education and the probability of being "not … in education, employment or training" at a young age. The association is large even after including a very rich set of …
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that age, for cognitive test scores at ages 16 and 18, and for completed education and wages at age 27 to 42. The estimated …
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enrollment is of particular concern because of the critical role that education plays in increasing human capital and …. First, we show that children living in municipality with high conflict have a gap in education enrollment and accumulation …). We estimate the education accumulation and enrollment gaps for IDPs in comparison to non-migrants and other migrants …
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We extend the analysis of early-emerging gender differences in academic achievement to include both (objective) test scores and (subjective) teacher assessments. Using data from the 1998-99 ECLS-K cohort, we show that the grades awarded by teachers are not aligned with test scores, with the...
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