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Peers, neighborhoods and immigrant student achievement : evidence from a placement policy
Åslund, Olof; Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; … - 2009
that, for a given share of immigrants in a neighborhood, immigrant school performance is increasing in the number of highly … assigned neighborhood increases compulsory school GPA by 0.9 percentile ranks. This magnitude corresponds to a tenth of the gap … overall share of immigrants in the neighborhood has a negative effect on GPA. -- Peer effects ; ethnic enclaves ; immigration …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003906254
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Peers, neighborhoods, and immigrant student achievement : evidence from a placement policy
Åslund, Olof; Edin, Per-Anders; Fredriksson, Peter; … - In: American economic journal : a journal of the American … 3 (2011) 2, pp. 67-95
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009233964
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Does test-based teacher recruitment work in the developing world? : experimental evidence from Ecuador
Araujo P., Maria Daniela; Heineck, Guido; Cruz Aguayo, … - 2020
Since 2007, the Ecuadorian government has required teacher candidates to pass national skill and content knowledge tests before they are allowed to participate in merit-based selection competitions for tenured positions at public schools in an attempt to raise teacher quality. We evaluate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306219
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Does test-based teacher recruitment work in the developing world? : experimental evidence from Ecuador
Araujo P., Maria Daniela; Heineck, Guido; Cruz Aguayo, … - 2021
Since 2007, the Ecuadorian government has required teacher candidates to pass national skill and content knowledge tests before they are allowed to participate in merit-based selection competitions for tenured positions at public schools in an attempt to raise teacher quality. We evaluate the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013342047