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The political economy of regional integration projects at borders where rich and poor meet: the role of cross-border shopping and community sorting
Dascher, Kristof; Haupt, Alexander - 2008
At borders where rich and poor countries meet, services prices differ hugely. In principle, price differentials could be exploited to mutual benefit, offering improved job opportunities to the poor as well as better shopping opportunities to the rich. However, cross-border shopping is often...
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Parental Resources and College Attendance : Evidence from Lottery Wins
Bulman, George; Fairlie, Robert W.; Goodman, Sarena; … - 2021
We examine U.S. children whose parents won the lottery to trace out the effect of financial resources on college attendance. The analysis leverages federal tax and financial aid records and substantial variation in win size and timing. While per-dollar effects are modest, the relationship is...
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On the optimal design of disaster insurance in a federation
Goodspeed, Timothy J.; Haughwout, Andrew - 2007
Recent experience with disasters and terrorist attacks in the US indicates that state and local governments rely on the federal sector for support after disasters occur. But these same governments are responsible for investing in infrastructure designed to reduce vulnerability to natural and...
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Voting on labour-market integration and education policy when citizens differ in mobility and ability
Haupt, Alexander; Uebelmesser, Silke - 2009
influences the succeeding education policy. More surprisingly, the prospect of voting on education policy also affects the … vote first on labour market integration and afterwards on education policy. The institutional decision on integration … their preferred education policy is more successful at the polls. We show how a 'joint' analysis of the institutional and …
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Local public good provision, municipal consolidation, and national transfers
Dur, Robert; Staal, Klaas - 2007
We analyze a simple model of local public good provision in a region comprising two districts, a city and a village. When districts remain autonomous and local public goods have positive spillover effects on the neighboring district, there is underprovision of public goods in both the city and...
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How Does Reducing the Intensity of Tracking Affect Student Achievement? Evidence from German State Reforms
Piopiunik, Marc - 2021
To investigate the effects of reducing the intensity of tracking, this study exploits reforms across German states which combined the two lower secondary school tracks, sometimes additionally offering the possibility to acquire a university entrance qualification. Using a...
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Using Predictive Analytics to Track Students : Evidence from a Seven-College Experiment
Bergman, Peter; Kopko, Elizabeth; Rodriguez, Julio - 2021
Tracking is widespread in U.S. education. In post-secondary education alone, at least 71% of colleges use a test to …
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The Impact of All-Day Schools on Student Achievement - Evidence from Extending School Days in German Primary Schools
Seidlitz, Arnim; Zierow, Larissa - 2021
This paper studies the effect of longer school days - induced by voluntary all-day programs in German primary schools - on school performance. We combine data from the National Educational Panel Study covering 5348 primary school students with municipality-level information on all-day school...
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The Pandemic's Effect on Demand for Public Schools, Homeschooling, and Private Schools
Musaddiq, Tareena; Stange, Kevin; Bacher-Hicks, Andrew; … - 2021
The Covid-19 pandemic drastically disrupted the functioning of U.S. public schools, potentially changing the relative appeal of alternatives such as homeschooling and private schools. Using longitudinal student-level administrative data from Michigan and nationally representative data from the...
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Mentoring and Schooling Decisions : Causal Evidence
Falk, Armin - 2020
-intensity mentoring program can improve long-run education outcomes of low SES children and reduce inequality of opportunity. Low SES …
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