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tuition coverage to students admitted to one of 33 government-certified high-quality universities known for superior test …. To qualify, students must score in the top 10% of the standardized high school exit exam and have below-median household … partly by high-quality universities improving students' skills, as demonstrated by their performance on Colombia's college …
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We estimate the equilibrium effects of a public-school grant program administered through school councils in Pakistani villages with multiple public and private schools and clearly defined catchment boundaries. The program was randomized at the village-level, allowing us to estimate its causal...
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This paper studies the causal impacts of public universities on the outcomes of their marginally admitted students. I … American public university students, to systematically identify and employ decentralized cutoffs in SAT/ACT scores that …-10 percent more than their marginally rejected but otherwise identical counterpart. Marginally admitted students pay no …
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to a proliferation of financial aid policy in the U.S. and around the world. More students are receiving more aid today … outside the U.S. on the causal impact of a variety of financial aid policies and programs on students' college decisions …
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mechanisms are available for students to adjust loan repayments in response to income fluctuations: formal, like CSLP's Repayment …
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Social accountability offers a viable alternative to top-down supervision of service delivery in remote areas when travel cost renders the latter ineffective. However, this bottom-up approach may not be effective when the community has weak authority relative to the service provider. This paper...
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We examine the mortality effects of a 1947 school reform in Japan, which extended compulsory schooling from primary to secondary school by as much as 3 years. The abolition of secondary school fees also indicates that those affected by the reform likely came from disadvantaged families who could...
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We study the impacts of WWII service and access to GI Bill benefits on the educational and labor market outcomes of individuals of various ethnic and racial groups. We address selection into military service directly by linking veterans and nonveterans from 1950's census records to the...
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For workers employed in the public and non-profit sectors, the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) program offers the potential for full forgiveness of federal student loans for those with 10-years of full-time work experience. In practice, the benefits of the PSLF program have been illusory...
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identification strategies, we explore how increase in access to charter schools in twelve districts in Florida affects students … schools improves reading--but not math--performance and it also decreases absenteeism of students who remain in the TPS …
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