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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008694996
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008480921
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Did Tuition Fees in Germany Constrain Students' Budgets? New Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Thomsen, Stephan L.; von Haaren, Friederike - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Less than a decade ago, several German states introduced tuition fees for university education. Despite their comparatively low level, fees were perceived by the public to increase social injustice, and have been abolished. Whereas other studies have shown no effect on enrollment, we analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011078407
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Do Tuition Fees Affect the Mobility of University Applicants? Evidence from a Natural Experiment
Dwenger, Nadja; Storck, Johanna; Wrohlich, Katharina - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Several German states recently introduced tuition fees for university education. We investigate whether these tuition fees influence the mobility of university applicants. Based on administrative data of applicants for medical schools in Germany, we estimate the effect of tuition fees on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008565207
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010556213
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In 'Trusts' We Trust: Socially Motivated Private Schools in Nepal
Pal, Sarmistha; Saha, Bibhas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
distinguishing socially motivated trust-run schools from profit-motivated company-run schools, and secondly, we include school …-run school comes on top, slightly but distinctly, ahead of the profit-motivated school. But if expenditure is included, the trust … efficient and outperform profit-motivated schools. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010790519
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Universities as Stakeholders in their Students' Careers: On the Benefits of Graduate Taxes to Finance Higher Education
McKenzie, Tom; Sliwka, Dirk - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
We examine ways of funding higher education, comparing upfront tuition fees with graduate taxes. The tax dominates, as volatility in future income is transferred from risk-averse students to the risk-neutral state. However, a double moral hazard problem arises when students’ efforts to raise...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008742958
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The Effect of School Construction on Test Scores, School Enrollment, and Home Prices
Neilson, Christopher; Zimmerman, Seth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This paper provides new evidence on the effect of school construction projects on home prices, academic achievement, and public school enrollment. Taking advantage of the staggered implementation of a comprehensive school construction project in a poor urban district, we find that, by six years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009369420
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Immigration, Naturalization, and the Future of Public Education
Tanaka, Ryuichi; Farré, Lídia; Ortega, Francesc - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
This paper analyzes the effects of immigration on the education system of the receiving country from a political economy perspective. Specifically, we extend the school-choice model by Epple and Romano (1996b) and Coen-Pirani (2011) by incorporating a subsidy to private schools, a distinguishing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010812509
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Immigration and the Political Economy of Public Education: Recent Perspectives
Ortega, Francesc; Tanaka, Ryuichi - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper reviews the recent literature on the effects of immigration on the public education of the host country, emphasizing the political economy implications. In particular, we are interested on what happens to enrollment in public schools and the quality of education in these schools. Our...
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