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Immigration and the School System
Albornoz-Crespo, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio; Hauk, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2011
family immigration in a framework where school quality and student outcomes are determined endogenously. This allows us to …, we can study the eect of immigration on the school system and how school quality may self-reinforce immigrants' and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009365649
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Rates of Return to University Education: the Regression Discontinuity Design
Fan, Elliott; Meng, Xin; Wei, Zhichao; Zhao, Guochang - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2010
Estimating the rate of return to a university degree has always been difficult due to the problem of omitted variable biases. Benefiting from a special feature of the University Admission system in China, which has clear cutoffs for university entry, combined with a unique data set with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008515762
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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 economic fortunes, and an unwillingness of banks to provide loans because of the absence of collateral. It follows that without government intervention there will be both socially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004970067
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The Effect of High School Matriculation Awards: Evidence from Randomized Trials
Angrist, Joshua; Lavy, Victor - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2002
In Israel, as in many other countries, a high school matriculation certificate is required by universities and some … teachers. The results suggest the Achievement Awards program that randomized treatment at the school level raised matriculation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005136481
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Estimating Returns to Education: Three Natural Experiment Techniques Compared
Leigh, Andrew; Ryan, Chris - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2005
We compare three quasi-experimental approaches to estimating the returns to schooling in Australia: instrumenting schooling using month of birth, instrumenting schooling using changes in compulsory schooling laws, and comparing outcomes for twins. With annual pre-tax income as our measure of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005032827
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Effects on School Enrollment and Performance of a Conditional Cash Transfers Program in Mexico
de Janvry, Alain; Dubois, Pierre; Sadoulet, Elisabeth - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2007
We study the effects of a conditional cash transfers program on school enrollment and performance in Mexico. We provide … performance at school (passing grades) and the effect of a cash transfer program conditional on school attendance. This framework … been implemented and allows us to identify the effect of the program on enrollment and performance at school. Using the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005504259
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Paying for Performance: The Effect of Teachers' Financial Incentives on Students' Scholastic Outcomes
Lavy, Victor - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2003
students’ performance on high-school matriculation exams. Since the schools in the programme were not selected at random, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005656135
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Repayment Burdens with US College Loans
Chapman, Bruce; Lounkaewa, Kiatanantha - Research School of Economics, College of Business and … - 2010
There is a significant and on-going unease with, and debate concerning, the state of US college loans. One of the most important questions relates to so-called “repayment burdens”, the financial difficulties associated with repayments. This paper examines the issue from both theoretical and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008691143
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Which club should I attend, Dad?: Targeted socialization and production
Albornoz-Crespo, Facundo; Cabrales, Antonio; Hauk, Esther - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2014
We study a model that integrates productive and socialization efforts with network choice and parental investments. We characterize the unique symmetric equilibrium of this game. We first show that individuals underinvest in productive and social effort, but that solving only the investment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011145425
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How Robust is the New Conventional Wisdom? The Surprising Fragility of the Theoretical Foundations of Inflation Targeting and Central Bank Independence
Buiter, Willem H. - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2006
cooperative monetary and fiscal policy. Central bank operational independence precludes substantive accountability; it is … compatible only with a weak form of formal accountability: reporting obligations. Central bank independence will only survive if …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005124349