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Immigration and the School System
Albornoz-Crespo, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio; Hauk, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
Immigration is an important problem in many societies, and it has wide-ranging eects on the educational systems of host countries. There is a now a large empirical literature, but very little theoretical work on this topic. We introduce a model of family immigration in a framework where school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365649
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Incentives, resources and the organization of the school system
Albornoz-Crespo, Facundo; Berlinski, Samuel; Cabrales, … - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2010
We study a model where student eort and talent interact with parental and teachers' investments, as well as with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. We can show, for example, that an improvement in parental outside options will...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466350
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Policy Perspectives on Hifher Education Financing : A Comprehensive Program of National Scholarship / Cost Functions for Australian Universities : A Survey of Results with Implicat...
Markel, P; Heaton, C; Throsby, D - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 1997
it has taken place, attention needs to be given to a whole range of issues. These include : scale of higher education …, funding, university/government relations, research, diversity, quality, higher education and vocational education and training …. The reforms that have occurred in the Astralian higher education sector in recent years, and those that are currently …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032822
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Evaluating a bilingual education program in Spain: the impact beyond foreign language learning
Anghel, Brindusa; Cabrales, Antonio; Carro, Jesus - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2012
We evaluate a program that introduced bilingual education in English and Spanish in primary education in some public …. The first class receiving full treatment finished Primary education in June 2010 and they took the standardized test for … outcome of primary education to evaluate the program. We have to face a double self-selection problem. One is caused by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011083982
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Curriculum and Ideology
Cantoni, Davide; Chen, Yuyu; Yang, David Y.; Yuchtman, Noam - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We study the causal effect of school curricula on students' stated beliefs and attitudes. We exploit a major textbook reform in China that was rolled out between 2004 and 2010 with the explicit intention of shaping youths' ideology. To measure its effect, we present evidence from a novel survey...
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The Impact of Early Schooling on Subsequent Literacy and Numeracy Performance - Estimates from a Policy Induced 'Natural' Experiment
Ryan, Chris - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2004
This paper exploits a policy-induced natural experiment that occurred in South Australia in the mid-1980s to generate a 'causal' estimate of the effect of schooling on the literacy and numeracy performance of school students in their middle years of secondary school (in Year 9 for most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004968012
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Thailand’s Student Loan Fund: An Analysis of Interest Rate Subsidies and Repayment Hardships
Chapman, Bruce; Lounkaew, Kiatanantha; Polsiri, Piruna; … - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2009
supply responses to tax policy can explain differences in aggregate labour supply and years of education across countries. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970063
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The Drift to Private Schools in Australia: Understanding its Features
Ryan, Chris; Watson, Louise - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2004
Government subsidies have provided a major source of funds to private schools in Australia for three decades. The increasing level of private school subsidies since the mid-1970s has contributed to a steady increase in the proportion of students enrolled in private schools. This growth in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970066
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Income Contingent Loans for Higher Education: International Reform
Chapman, Bruce - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2005
It is well known that higher education financing involves uncertainty and risk with respect to students’ future … education. The historically most common response to this market failure — a government guarantee to repay student loans to banks …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970067
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How and Why has Teacher Quality Changed in Australia?
Leigh, Andrew; Ryan, Chris - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2006
average percentile rank of those entering teacher education fell from 74 to 61, while the average rank of new teachers fell …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970075