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Does Secular Education Impact Religiosity, Electoral Participation and the Propensity to Vote for Islamic Parties? Evidence from an Education Reform in a Muslim Country

Mocan, Naci H.; Cesur, Resul - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

of education on religiosity, lifestyles and political preferences by using exposure to the law as an instrument for … schooling. The data set includes information about the extent of religiosity, lifestyle choices (e.g. modern, conservative …'s religiosity or their tendency to vote for Islamic parties. The results are robust to controlling for indicators of individuals …

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The Effect of Education on Religion: Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws

Hungerman, Daniel M. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2011

, I use Canadian compulsory schooling laws to identify the relationship between completed schooling and later religiosity …

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Early Retirement Incentives and Student Achievement

Fitzpatrick, Maria D.; Lovenheim, Michael F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

Early retirement incentives (ERIs) are increasingly prevalent in education as districts seek to close budget gaps by replacing expensive experienced teachers with lower-cost newer teachers. Combined with the aging of the teacher workforce, these ERIs are likely to change the composition of...

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Fifty Ways to Leave a Child Behind: Idiosyncrasies and Discrepancies in States' Implementation of NCLB

Reback, Randall; Davidson, Elizabeth; Rockoff, Jonah E.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013

The No Child Left Behind (NLCB) Act required states to adopt accountability systems measuring student proficiency on state administered exams. Based on student test score performance in 2002, states developed initial proficiency rate targets and future annual benchmarks designed to lead students...

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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...

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Battles Among Licensed Occupations: Analyzing Government Regulations on Labor Market Outcomes for Dentists and Hygienists

Kleiner, Morris M.; Park, Kyoung Won - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

Occupational licensing is among the fastest-growing labor market institutions in the U.S. economy. One of the key features of occupational licensing is that the law determines who gets to do the work. In those cases where universally licensed occupations are both complements to and substitutes...

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Feeling the Florida Heat? How Low-Performing Schools Respond to Voucher and Accountability Pressure

Figlio, David; Rouse, Cecilia Elena; Hannaway, Jane; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2007

While numerous recent authors have studied the effects of school accountability systems on student test performance and school "gaming" of accountability incentives, there has been little attention paid to substantive changes in instructional policies and practices resulting from school...

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Short Run Impacts of Accountability on School Quality

Rockoff, Jonah E.; Turner, Lesley J. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2008

In November of 2007, the New York City Department of Education assigned elementary and middle schools a letter grade (A to F) under a new accountability system. Grades were based on numeric scores derived from student achievement and other school environmental factors such as attendance, and...

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Do Investments in Universal Early Education Pay Off? Long-term Effects of Introducing Kindergartens into Public Schools

Cascio, Elizabeth U. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2009

In the 1960s and 1970s, many states introduced grants for school districts offering kindergarten programs. This paper exploits the staggered timing of these initiatives to estimate the long-term effects of a large public investment in universal early education. I find that white children aged...

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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...

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