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The Cost of Decentralization: Linguistic Polarization and the Provision of Education
Cinnirella, Francesco; Schueler, Ruth Maria - 2016
analyze the provision of public primary education in nineteenth-century Prussia which was characterized by a linguistically … polarized society and a decentralized education system. Using unique county-level data on education spending we show that … border suggest that the relationship can be causally interpreted. Exploiting a reform of education spending, we show that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011480477
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Inequality, Low-Intensity Immigration and Human Capital Formation in the Regions of Chile, 1820-1939
Baten, Jörg; Llorca-Jaña, Manuel - 2020
received the necessary education to make full use of their talent for the regional economy, especially in the south. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012207942
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Inequality, Low-Intensity Immigration and Human Capital Formation in the Regions of Chile, 1820-1939
Baten, Jörg - 2020
received the necessary education to make full use of their talent for the regional economy, especially in the south. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012838234
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Prioritarianism in Education
Ooghe, Erwin - 2021
on education. Afterwards, I analyze how prioritarians would allocate resources in a dynamic model of skill formation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013246472
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Weak Markets, Strong Teachers: Recession at Career Start and Teacher Effectiveness
Nagler, Markus; Piopiunik, Marc; West, Martin R. - 2015
How do alternative job opportunities affect teacher quality? We provide the first causal evidence on this question by exploiting business cycle conditions at career start as a source of exogenous variation in the outside options of potential teachers. Unlike prior research, we directly assess...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307116
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Does school autonomy make sense everywhere? Panel estimates from PISA
Hanushek, Eric A.; Link, Susanne; Woessmann, Ludger - 2011
Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior evidence is inconclusive. We suggest that autonomy may be conducive to student achievement in well-developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278869
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Parental Well-Being in Times of Covid-19 in Germany
Huebener, Mathias; Waights, Sevrin; Spiess, C. Katharina; … - 2020
We examine the differential effects of Covid-19 and related restrictions on individuals with dependent children in Germany. We specifically focus on the role of school and day care center closures, which may be regarded as a “disruptive exogenous shock” to family life. We make use of a novel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012269557
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State Investment in Higher Education: Effects on Human Capital Formation, Student Debt, and Long-Term Financial Outcomes of Students
Chakrabarti, Rajashri; Gorton, Nicole; Lovenheim, Michael F. - 2020
recent decades, appropriations for higher education have declined substantially. Despite concerns expressed by policymakers … and scholars that the declines in state support have reduced the return to education investment for public sector students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012314879
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Parental Well-Being in Times of COVID-19 in Germany
Huebener, Mathias - 2020
We examine the differential effects of COVID-19 and related restrictions on individuals with dependent children in Germany. We specifically focus on the role of school and day care center closures, which may be regarded as a “disruptive exogenous shock” to family life. We make use of a novel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012825395
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State Investment in Higher Education : Effects on Human Capital Formation, Student Debt, and Long-Term Financial Outcomes of Students
Chakrabarti, Rajashri; Gorton, Nicole; Lovenheim, Michael - 2021
recent decades, appropriations for higher education have declined substantially. Despite concerns expressed by policymakers … and scholars that the declines in state support have reduced the return to education investment for public sector students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315212