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Constitutional Rights and Education: An International Comparative Study
Edwards, Sebastian; Marin, Alvaro Garcia - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
specifically, we analyze whether including the right to education in the constitution has been related to better "educational … estimation technique: we find that there is no evidence that including the right to education in the constitution has been … associated with higher test scores. The quality of education depends on socioeconomic, structural, and policy variables, such as …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951366
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Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia
Attanasio, Orazio; Meghir, Costas; Cattan, Sarah; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
We examine the channels through which a randomized early childhood intervention in Colombia led to significant gains in cognitive and socio-emotional skills among a sample of disadvantaged children. We estimate production functions for cognitive and socio-emotional skills as a function of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011185008
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Does Gifted Education Work? For Which Students?
Card, David E.; Giuliano, Laura - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Education policy makers have struggled for decades with the question of how to best serve high ability K‐12 students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969246
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Heterogeneous Economic Returns to Postsecondary Degrees: Evidence from Chile
Reyes, Loreto; Rodríguez, Jorge; Urzúa, Sergio S. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
postsecondary education could rationalize this result, we argue this might also suggest that individuals lack information at the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010969379
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School Segregation, Educational Attainment and Crime: Evidence from the end of busing in Charlotte-Mecklenburg
Billings, Stephen B.; Deming, David J.; Rockoff, Jonah E. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
inequality, despite efforts by CMS to mitigate the impact of increases in segregation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950760
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The Impact of Chicago's Small High School Initiative
Barrow, Lisa; Claessens, Amy; Schanzenbach, Diane Whitmore - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
This project examines the effects of the introduction of new small high schools on student performance in the Chicago Public School (CPS) district. Specifically, we investigate whether students attending small high schools have better graduation/enrollment rates and achievement than similar...
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The Evolution of Charter School Quality
Hanushek, Eric; Rivkin, Steven G.; Baude, Patrick L.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
Studies of the charter school sector typically focus on head-to-head comparisons of charter and traditional schools at a point in time, but the expansion of parental choice and relaxation of constraints on school operations is unlikely to raise school quality overnight. Rather, the success of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950856
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Improving Educational Outcomes in Developing Countries: Lessons from Rigorous Evaluations
Murnane, Richard J.; Ganimian, Alejandro J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
This paper describes four lessons derived from 115 rigorous impact evaluations of educational initiatives in 33 low- and middle-income countries. First, reducing the costs of going to school and providing alternatives to traditional public schools increase attendance and attainment, but do not...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010950949
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Liberty for More: Finance and Educational Opportunities
Levine, Ross; Rubinstein, Yona - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
define "middle class" as families in which both parents are not highly-educated (above 12 years of education) and that are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951111
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Can You Leave High School Behind?
Black, Sandra E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold; Cullinane, Jenna; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2014
In recent years, many states, including California, Texas, and Oregon, have changed admissions policies to increase access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these students will perform. This paper examines the relationship...
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