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Conditional cash transfers in education design features, peer and sibling effects evidence from a randomized experiment in Colombia
Barrera Osorio, Felipe (contributor) - 2008
of the transfers are conditional on students' graduation and tertiary enrollment rather than attendance. On average, the … (particularly sisters) of treated students work more and attend school less than students in families that received no treatment. We …
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Government Expenditure on the Public Education System
Fu, Chao - 2019
and hence the quality of public education. More students would obtain college degrees due to increased enrollment. Over 86 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480368
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The Role of Simplification and Information in College Decisions : Results from the H&R Block FAFSA Experiment
Bettinger, Eric P. - 2009
Growing concerns about low awareness and take-up rates for government support programs like college financial aid have spurred calls to simplify the application process and enhance visibility. This project examines the effects of two experimental treatments designed to test of the importance of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463289
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Conditional Cash Transfers in Education Design Features, Peer and Sibling Effects Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Colombia
Barrera-Osorio, Felipe - 2008
of the transfers are conditional on students' graduation and tertiary enrollment rather than attendance. On average, the … (particularly sisters) of treated students work more and attend school less than students in families that received no treatment. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012464757
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Many Children Left Behind? Textbooks and Test Scores in Kenya
Glewwe, Paul - 2007
textbook provision has a large impact on test scores. Disaggregating the results by students? initial academic achievement … suggests a potential explanation for the lack of an overall impact. Textbooks increased scores for students with high initial … academic achievement and increased the probability that the students who had made it to the selective final year of primary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465350
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Does Female Schooling Reduce Fertility? Evidence from Nigeria
Osili, Una Okonkwo - 2007
The literature generally points to a negative relationship between female education and fertility. Citing this pattern, policymakers have advocated educating girls and young women as a means to reduce population growth and foster sustained economic and social welfare in developing countries....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012465584
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Would Higher Salaries Keep Teachers in High-Poverty Schools? Evidence from a Policy Intervention in North Carolina
Clotfelter, Charles - 2006
For a three-year time period beginning in 2001, North Carolina awarded an annual bonus of $1,800 to certified math, science and special education teachers working in high poverty or academically failing public secondary schools. Using longitudinal data on teachers, we estimate hazard models that...
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The Determinants of Public Education Expenditures : Evidence from the States, 1950-1990
Fernandez, Raquel - 1997
personal income and number of students on expenditure on public primary and secondary education. Our analysis suggests that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472823
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On The Political Economy Of Educational Vouchers
Epple, Dennis N. - 2012
Two significant challenges hamper analyses of the collective choice of educational vouchers. One is the multi-dimensional choice set arising from the interdependence of the voucher, public education spending, and taxation. Second, even absent a voucher, preferences over public spending are not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012460673
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Loopholes and the Incidence of Public Services : Evidence from Funding Career & Technical Education
Goldring, Thomas; Jacob, Brian Aaron; Kreisman, Daniel; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2024
In 2015, Michigan increased its Career and Technical Education (CTE) funding and changed its funding formula to reimburse programs-based student progression through program curricula. Although this change nearly doubled program completion rates, student enrollment and persistence were unaffected;...
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