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How Important are School Principals in the Production of Student Achievement?
Dhuey, Elizabeth; Smith, Justin - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
As school leaders, principals can influence student achievement in a number of ways, such as: hiring and firing teachers, monitoring instruction, and maintaining student discipline, among others. We measure the effect of individual principals on gains in student math and reading achievement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009395118
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Ability, Parental Valuation of Education and the High School Dropout Decision
Foley, Kelly; Gallipoli, Giovanni; Green, David A. - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010
We use a large, rich Canadian micro-level dataset to examine the channels through which family socio-economic status and unobservable characteristics affect children's decisions to drop out of high school. First, we document the strength of observable socio-economic factors: our data suggest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008509636
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Estimating the BenefiÂ…t of High School for College-Bound Students
Morin, Louis-Philippe - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010
potential dropouts, yet we know much less about the size of the benefiÂ…t for students who will go on to post …-secondary education. To help Â…fill this gap, I measure the value-added of a year of high-school mathematics for university-bound students … across subjects. The estimated value- added to an extra year of mathematics is small for these students –of the order of 17 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008511758
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Sorting, Peers and Achievement of Aboriginal Students in British Columbia
Friesen, Jane; Krauth, Brian - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
We use administrative data on students in grades 4 and 7 in British Columbia to examine the extent to which differences … in school environment contribute to the achievement gap between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students as measured by … standardized test scores. We find that segregation of Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students is substantial, and that differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008479340
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The Causal Effects of Education on Adaptability
Riddell, W. Craig; Song, Xueda - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
This study investigates the causal effects of education on individuals’ adaptability to employment shocks. Specifically, we assess the extent to which education influences re-employment success for unemployed workers. We also examine the impact of education on job search intensity, one...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004975590
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The Changing Role of Family Income and Ability in Determining Educational Achievement
Belley, Phillippe; Lochner, Lance - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
This paper uses data from the 1979 and 1997 National Longitudinal Survey of Youth cohorts(NLSY79 and NLSY97) to estimate changes in the effects of ability and family income on educational attainment for youth in their late teens during the early 1980s and early 2000s. Cognitive ability plays an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004977030
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Estimating Treatment Effects from Contaminated Multi-Period Education Experiments: The Dynamic Impacts of Class Size Reductions
Ding, Weili; Lehrer, Steven F. - Vancouver School of Economics - 2009
This paper introduces an empirical strategy to estimate dynamic treatment effects in randomized trials that provide treatment in multiple stages and in which various noncompliance problems arise such as attrition and selective transitions between treatment and control groups. Our approach is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005008699
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What Explains the Educational Attainment Gap between Aboriginal and Non-Aboriginal Youth?
Frenette, Marc - Vancouver School of Economics - 2011
school graduates is associated with differences in relevant academic and socio-economic characteristics. The largest …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009191057
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School Competition and Efficiency with Publicly Funded Catholic Schools
Card, David; Dooley, Martin; Payne, Abigail - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010
to all students, and separate schools that are limited to children with Catholic backgrounds. A simple model of inter … grade to measures of potential cross-system competition. We find that competition for Catholic students has a significant … to all students would raise average test scores in 6th grade by 6-8% of a standard deviation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008675215
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A Competing Risks Analysis of the Determinants of Low Completion Rates in the Canadian Apprenticeship System
Dostie, Benoit - Vancouver School of Economics - 2010
In this paper, we estimate the determinants of low (and slow) completion rates with a competing risk duration model using data from the National Apprenticeship Survey (NAS) 2007. This allows us to distinguish the impact age and duration dependence on the probability of dropping out. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008675768