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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
demografisch bedingt rückläufigen Humankapitalressourcen ist eine tatkräftige Bildungspolitik von großer Bedeutung. Sie muss durch …
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Skill Policies for Scotland
Heckman, James J.; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
This paper argues that skill formation is a life-cycle process and develops the implications of this insight for Scottish social policy. Families are major producers of skills, and a successful policy needs to promote effective families and to supplement failing ones. We present evidence that...
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Student Loan Reforms for German Higher Education: Financing Tuition Fees
Chapman, Bruce; Sinning, Mathias - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
It is generally agreed that the funding base for German universities is inadequate and perhaps the time has come for serious consideration of the imposition of non-trivial tuition charges. Against this background, this paper compares conventional and income contingent loans for financing tuition...
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Lifecycle Impact of Alternative Higher Education Finance Systems in Ireland
Flannery, Darragh; O'Donoghue, Cathal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
With increasing numbers of young people participating in higher education in Ireland and a heavy reliance of higher education institutions on state funding, the introduction of an alternative finance system for Ireland has been muted over the past number of years. However, no study has been...
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Utilising Microsimulation to Estimate New Marginal Returns to Education: Ireland 1987-2005
Flannery, Darragh; O'Donoghue, Cathal - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
In this paper we utilise microsimulation techniques in the form of an income generation model and a tax/benefit model to estimate both the fiscal and net private return to education at a marginal level. This is carried out empirically using Irish data across the period 1987-2005 and is the first...
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Mentoring, Educational Services, and Incentives to Learn: What Do We Know About Them?
Rodriguez-Planas, Nuria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper reviews recent studies on the effectiveness of services and incentives offered to disadvantaged youth. We focus our analysis on three types of interventions: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards. The objective of this article is threefold. First, we explain...
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Teacher Pay, Class Size and Local Governments: Evidence from the Latvian Reform
Hazans, Mihails - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
This paper employs a rich collection of survey and administrative datasets, including linked school-teacher payroll data, to document the reform of teacher compensation and school network implemented in Latvia amidst the economic crisis of 2008-2010, immediately after territorial reform. We...
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Educational Achievement and the Allocation of School Resources
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Jha, Nikhil - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
-pupil expenditure has only a modest relationship with improvement in students' standardised test scores. However, budget allocation …
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School and Drugs: Closing the Gap – Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the US
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We present evidence on how The Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP hereafter) worked in the US. While the program was regarded as successful in the short-term, in the long-run its educational results were modest and its effects on risky behaviors detrimental. Exploiting control group's...
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Ability Peer Effects in University: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Booij, Adam S.; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
students in economics. We manipulated the composition of groups to achieve a wide range of support, and assigned students … students of low and medium ability gain on average 0.2 SD units of achievement from switching from ability mixing to three …-way tracking. Their dropout rate is reduced by 15 percentage points (relative to a mean of 0.6). High-ability students are …
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