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On Educational Performance Measures
Muriel, Alastair; Smith, Jeffrey A. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Quantitative school performance measures (QPMs) are playing an ever larger role in education systems on both sides of the Atlantic. In this paper we outline the rationale for the use of such measures in education, review the literature relating to several important problems associated with their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009220623
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When the Cat Is Near, the Mice Won't Play: The Effect of External Examiners in Italian Schools
Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
classes in the same school. We argue that the negative effect of external supervision is due to reduced cheating (by students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814463
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Heterogeneous Class Size Effects: New Evidence from a Panel of University Students
Bandiera, Oriana; Larcinese, Valentino; Rasul, Imran - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects of class size on students’ test scores. We observe the same student …-linear class size effects controlling for unobserved heterogeneity of both individual students and faculty. We find that (i) at the … and largest ranges of class sizes and zero over a wide range of intermediate class sizes; (iii) students at the top of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008555364
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Territorial Differences in Italian Students’ Mathematical Competencies: Evidence from PISA 2003
Bratti, Massimiliano; Checchi, Daniele; Filippin, Antonio - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
In this paper we investigate the existence and the size of territorial differences in Italian students’ mathematical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700899
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Continental and Sub-Continental Income Inequality
Heshmati, Almas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2004
Income inequality can be measured at different levels of aggregation such as global, continental, international and national levels. Here we consider income inequality at regions defined as equivalent of continental and sub-continental levels. We investigate the economic disparity between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822346
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On the Origins of Gender Roles: Women and the Plough
Alesina, Alberto; Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper seeks to better understand the historical origins of current differences in norms and beliefs about the appropriate role of women in society. We test the hypothesis that traditional agricultural practices influenced the historical gender division of labor and the evolution and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009024584
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Genetic Diversity and the Origins of Cultural Fragmentation
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Despite the importance attributed to the effects of diversity on the stability and prosperity of nations, the origins of the uneven distribution of ethnic and cultural fragmentation across countries have been underexplored. Building on the role of deeply-rooted biogeographical forces in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010660251
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The Transmission of Democracy: From the Village to the Nation-State
Giuliano, Paola; Nunn, Nathan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We provide evidence that a history of democracy at the local level is associated with contemporary democracy at the national level. Auxiliary estimates show that a tradition of local democracy is also associated with attitudes that favor democracy, with better quality institutions, and higher...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010660255
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The "Out of Africa" Hypothesis, Human Genetic Diversity, and Comparative Economic Development
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This research argues that deep-rooted factors, determined tens of thousands of years ago, had a significant effect on the course of economic development from the dawn of human civilization to the contemporary era. It advances and empirically establishes the hypothesis that in the course of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009646303
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Ora et non Labora? A Test of the Impact of Religion on Female Labor Supply
Pastore, Francesco; Tenaglia, Simona - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
This paper examines the influence of religion on female participation to the labor market using data relative to women aged between 18 and 60 years in 47 European countries drawn from the European Values Study (EVS). We investigate the determinants of the probability of being employed rather...
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