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Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA
Hanushek, Eric A.; Link, Susanne; Wößmann, Ludger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went … conducive to student achievement in well-developed systems but detrimental in low-performing systems. We construct a panel … countries. Relying on panel estimation with country fixed effects, we identify the effect of school autonomy from within …
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Can the University Save Europe?
Ritzen, Jo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
Higher education is in the position to save Europe by rendering a substantial contribution to sustainable economic growth. For that purpose higher education must strengthen its innovative power in entrepreneurship education and by focusing research more on societal problems, while being better...
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The Evils of Forced Migration: Do Integration Policies Alleviate Migrants' Economic Situations?
Falck, Oliver; Heblich, Stephan; Link, Susanne - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
especially true for developing countries. After World War II, about 8 million ethnic Germans experienced a similar situation when … forced to leave their homelands and settle within the new borders of West Germany. Subsequently, a law was introduced to …
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Decentralizing Education Resources: School Grants in Senegal
Carneiro, Pedro; Koussihouèdé, Oswald; Lahire, Nathalie; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants program in Senegal, which decentralized a portion of the...
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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra
Cortes, Kalena E.; Goodman, Joshua; Nomi, Takako - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills. A regression discontinuity design shows substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on...
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Pulls of International Student Mobility
Kahanec, Martin; Králiková, Renáta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
. International student mobility is an important channel through which high-skilled immigrants arrive. The purpose of this paper is to … identify some of the key determinants of international student mobility among higher education policies. For this purpose we …
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A Vibrant European Labor Market with Full Employment
Ritzen, Jo; Zimmermann, Klaus F. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We sketch a visionary strategy for Europe in which full employment is quickly regained by 2020, where income inequality is reduced and the economies are more sustainable. We name this scenario "vibrant." It is contrasted with what would happen if present policies continue within the European...
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The Effects of "Girl-Friendly" Schools: Evidence from the BRIGHT School Construction Program in Burkina Faso
Kazianga, Harounan; Levy, Dan; Linden, Leigh L.; Sloan, Matt - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We evaluate the causal effects of a program that constructed high quality "girl-friendly" primary schools in Burkina Faso, using a regression discontinuity design 2.5 years after the program started. We find that the program increased enrollment of all children between the ages of 5 and 12 by 20...
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Reconsidering Gender Bias in Intra-Household Allocation in India
Zimmermann, Laura - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Detecting gender discrimination among children in the intra-household allocation of goods from household surveys has often proven to be difficult. This paper uses some of the commonly used techniques in this field to analyze education expenditures in India. Contrary to most previous research, I...
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Chancengleichheit und lebenslanges Lernen: Zur Zukunft der Bildung in Deutschland
Ritzen, Jo; Hinte, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
höher. Keine Investition wird sich für Deutschland mehr und nachhaltiger rentieren und ist in Form von späterem …
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