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Peer effects in science: evidence from the dismissal of scientists in Nazi Germany
Waldinger, Fabian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
This paper analyzes peer effects among university scientists. Specifically, it investigates whether the number of peers and their average quality affects the productivity of researchers in physics, chemistry, and mathematics. The usual endogeneity problems related to estimating peer effects are...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745806
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My Precious! the location and diffusion of scientific research: evidence from the synchrotron diamond light source
Helmers, Christian; Overman, Henry G. - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
use both academic publications and patent data to trace the geographical distribution of related knowledge and innovation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126204
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To leave or not to leave? A regression discontinuity analysis of the impact of failing the High School exit exam
Ou, Dongshu - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
The high school exit exam (HSEE) is rapidly becoming a standardized assessment procedure for educational accountability in the United States. I use a unique state-specific dataset to identify the effect of failing the HSEE on the likelihood that a student drops out early based on a Regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884554
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Paying out and crowding out? The globalisation of higher education
Machin, Stephen; Murphy, Richard - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
We investigate the rapid influx of overseas students into UK higher education and the impact on the number of domestic students. Using administrative data since 1994/5, we find no evidence of crowd out of domestic undergraduate students and indications of increases in the domestic numbers of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126622
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Money for nothing: estimating the impact of student aid on participation in higher education
Dearden, Lorraine; Fitzsimons, Emla; Wyness, Gill - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Understanding how higher education (HE) finance policy can affect HE decisions is important for understanding how governments can promote human capital accumulation. Yet there is a severe lack of evidence on the effectiveness of student aid in encouraging HE participation outside of the US, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126729
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Understanding low achievement in English schools
Kingdon, Geeta; Cassen, Robert - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2007
Tens of thousands of young people leave school with no or very few qualifications in England. This paper seeks to build a fuller picture of Key Stage 4 low achievement and its correlates than available hitherto. We focus on three aspects. Firstly, the role of students’ personal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884594
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Infrastructure and regional growth in the European Union
Crescenzi, Riccardo; Rodríguez-Pose, Andrés - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2012
factors which may condition economic growth, such as innovation, migration, and the local 'social filter', taking also into … account the geographical component of intervention in transport infrastructure and innovation. The results of the two … filter', good innovation capacity, both in the region and in neighbouring areas, and a region's capacity to attract migrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126112
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The impact of vocational qualifications on the labour market outcomes of low-achieving school-leavers
McIntosh, Steven - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
This paper creates a pseudo cohort of individuals who left school in the mid-1990s, using Labour Force Survey. The extent of low achievement at school amongst this group is documented, and then the impact of such low achievement on labour force status is estimated. The main focus of the paper is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746387
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Educational returns, ability composition and cohort effects: theory and evidence for cohorts of early-career UK graduates
Ireland, Norman; Naylor, Robin A.; Smith, Jeremy; … - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
An increase over time in the proportion of young people obtaining a degree is likely to impact on the relative ability compositions (i) of graduates and non-graduates and (ii) across graduates with different classes of degree award. In a signalling framework, we examine the implications of this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745232
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Apprenticeship in Europe: 'fading' or flourishing?
Steedman, Hilary - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
This paper sets out the extent and defining characteristics of apprenticeship in Europe. Apprenticeship is then situated within the wider context of European provision for education and training of 16-19 year olds and a simple typology is proposed and explained. The German-speaking dual system...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745600