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Allander Series: Skill Policies for Scotland
Heckman, James J.; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
early, and schooling merely widens them. Additional university tuition subsidies or improvements in school quality are not …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005078638
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Interpreting the Evidence on Life Cycle Skill Formation
Cunha, Flavio; Lochner, Lance; Heckman, James J.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
This paper presents economic models of child development that capture the essence of recent findings from the empirical literature on skill formation. The goal of this essay is to provide a theoretical framework for interpreting the evidence from a vast empirical literature, for guiding the next...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005084486
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Explaining Charter School Effectiveness
Angrist, Joshua; Pathak, Parag A.; Walters, Christopher R. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011
Estimates using admissions lotteries suggest that urban charter schools boost student achievement, while charter schools in other settings do not. We explore student-level and school-level explanations for these differences using a large sample of Massachusetts charter schools. Our results show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009251528
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Building the Stock of College-Educated Labor
Dynarski, Susan - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2005
between college costs and the share of workers with a college education. I exploit the introduction of two large tuition …, respectively. A cost-benefit analysis indicates that tuition reduction can be a socially efficient method for increasing college … completion. However, even with the offer of free tuition, a large share of students continue to drop out, suggesting that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005050137
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When Opportunity Knocks, Who Answers? New Evidence on College Achievement Awards
Angrist, Joshua; Oreopoulos, Philip; Williams, Tyler - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010
We evaluate the effects of academic achievement awards for first and second-year college students on a Canadian commuter campus. The award scheme offered linear cash incentives for course grades above 70. Awards were paid every term. Program participants also had access to peer advising by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008776825
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Leveling Up: Early Results from a Randomized Evaluation of Post-Secondary Aid
Angrist, Joshua; Autor, David; Hudson, Sally; Pallais, … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Does financial aid increase college attendance and completion? Selection bias and the high implicit tax rates imposed by overlapping aid programs make this question difficult to answer. This paper reports initial findings from a randomized evaluation of a large privately-funded scholarship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011119803
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Charters Without Lotteries: Testing Takeovers in New Orleans and Boston
Angrist, Joshua; Abdulkadiroğlu, Atila; Hull, Peter D.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Lottery estimates suggest oversubscribed urban charter schools boost student achievement markedly. But these estimates needn’t capture treatment effects for students who haven’t applied to charter schools or for students attending charters for which demand is weak. This paper reports...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011105929
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Charter Schools in New York City: Who Enrolls and How They Affect Their Students' Achievement
Hoxby, Caroline; Murarka, Sonali - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009
We analyze all but a few of the 47 charter schools operating in New York City in 2005-06. The schools tend locate in disadvantaged neighborhoods and serve students who are substantially poorer than the average public school student in New York City. The schools also attract black applicants to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005723117
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Should Student Employment Be Subsidized? Conditional Counterfactuals and the Outcomes of Work-Study Participation
Scott-Clayton, Judith; Minaya, Veronica - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Student employment subsidies are one of the largest types of federal employment subsidies, and one of the oldest forms of student aid. Yet it is unclear whether they help or harm students' long term outcomes. We present a framework that decomposes overall effects into a weighted average of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951010
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Differential Pricing in Undergraduate Education: Effects on Degree Production by Field
Stange, Kevin M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
as an alternative to across-the-board tuition increases. This practice aligns price more closely with instructional costs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951022