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Giving a little help to girls? evidence on grade discrimination and its effect on students' achievement
Terrier, Camille - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2015
This paper tests if gender-discrimination in grading affects pupils' achievements and course choices. I use a unique … during high school. Based on double-differences, the identification of the gender bias in grades suggests that girls benefit …
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Does the labour market explain lower female schooling in India?
Gandhi Kingdon, Geeta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1997
cited explanations of the gender gap in education in developing countries. This study empirically tests the labour market …. Using the Blinder-Oaxaca method, the gross gender difference in earnings is decomposed into the part that is explained by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746292
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Modernisation and son preference
Burgess, Robin; Zhuang, Juzhong - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2000
analysis is used to try and uncover the factors which may be driving the emergence of the gender gaps. Drawing on household … expenditure data from a poor (Sichuan) and rich (Jiangsu) Chinese province we are able to test for different types of gender bias … household spending were found to correspond to gender biases in mortality and enrolment outcomes as revealed in census data for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928624
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School participation in rural India
Dreze, Jean; Gandhi Kingdon, Geeta - London School of Economics (LSE) - 1999
This paper presents an analysis of the determinant of school participation in rural north India, based on a recent household survey which includes detailed information on school characteristics. School participation especially among girls, responds to a wide range of variables, including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010745987
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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 - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
We use a natural experiment to show that the presence of an external examiner has both a direct and an indirect negative effect on the performance of monitored classes in standardized educational tests. The direct effect is the difference in the test performance between classes of the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746204
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Life satisfaction, ethnicity and neighbourhoods: is there an effect of neighbourhood ethnic composition on life satisfaction?
Knies, Gundi; Nandi, Alita; Platt, Lucinda - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Using a rich, nationally representative data set with a large sample of minorities and matched small area characteristics, we explore differences in life satisfaction for ethnic groups living in UK. We test the hypothesis that minorities will be less satisfied, which will in part be explained by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746715
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Capitalising the value of free schools : the impact of supply characteristics and uncertainty
Cheshire, P. C.; Sheppard, Stephen Charles - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2004
There has been a growing literature in both the US (for example Haurin and Brasington 1996, and Black 1999) and the UK (for example Gibbons & Machin, 2003) that estimates the way in which school quality is capitalised into house prices. Cheshire and Sheppard 1995 and 1999 estimated hedonic...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928693
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Long-term health effects on the next generation of Ramadan fasting during pregnancy
van Ewijk, Reyn - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2009
Each year, many pregnant women fast from dawn to sunset during the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. Medical theory suggests that this may have negative long-term health effects on their offspring. Building upon the work of Almond and Mazumder (2008), and using Indonesian crosssectional data, I...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746478
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The part-time pay penalty
Manning, Alan; Petrongolo, Barbara - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
Women working part-time in the UK have hourly earnings that are on average 26 percent less than women working fulltime. Alan Manning and Barbara Petrongolo investigate what's behind this part-time pay penalty.
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The part-time pay penalty
Manning, Alan; Petrongolo, Barbara - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2005
In 2003, women working part-time in the UK earned, on average, 22% less than women working full-time. Compared to women who work FT, PT women are more likely to have low levels of education, to be in a couple, to have young and numerous children, to work in small establishments in distribution,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746243