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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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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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Keeping it simple: financial literacy and rules of thumb
Drexler, Alejandro; Fischer, Gregory; Schoar, Antoinette - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
Individuals and business owners engage in an increasingly complex array of financial decisions that are critical for their success and well-being. Yet a growing literature documents that in both developed and developing countries, a large fraction of the population is unprepared to make these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884647
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Quality matters: the expulsion of professors and Ph.D. student outcomes in Nazi Germany
Waldinger, Fabian - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010
I investigate the effect of faculty quality on Ph.D. student outcomes. To address the endogeneity of faculty quality I use exogenous variation provided by the expulsion of mathematics professors in Nazi Germany. I find that faculty quality is a very important determinant of short and long run...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884722
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Close neighbours matter: neighbourhood effects on early performance at school
Goux, Dominique; Maurin, Eric - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2006
Children’s outcomes are strongly correlated with those of their neighbours. The extent to which this is causal is the subject of an extensive literature. An identification problem exists because people with similar characteristics are observed to live in close proximity. Another major...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928637
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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
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Social housing, neighborhood quality and student performance
Weinhardt, Felix - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2014
Children who grow up in deprived neighborhoods underperform at school and later in life but whether there is a causal link remains contested. This study estimates the short-term effect of very deprived neighborhoods, characterized by a high density of social housing, on the educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126243
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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
dataset containing grades given by teachers, scores obtained anonymously by pupils at different ages, and their course choice … during high school. Based on double-differences, the identification of the gender bias in grades suggests that girls benefit …. Teachers' biases also increase the relative probability that girls attend a general high school and chose science courses. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266091
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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