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Extracurricular Educational Programs and School Readiness : Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment with Preschool Children
Makles, Anna - 2016
This paper adds to the literature on extracurricular early childhood education and child development by exploiting unique data on an educational project in Germany, the Junior University (JU). Utilizing a quasi-experimental study design, we estimate the causal short-run effect of JU enrollment...
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The Effect of School Starting Age on Special Needs Incidence and Child Development into Adolescence
Balestra, Simone - 2018
Children starting school at older ages consistently exhibit better educational outcomes. In this paper, we underscore child development as a mechanism driving this effect. We study the causal effect of school starting age on a child's probability of developing special educational needs in early...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012926555
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Causal Effects of Paternity Leave on Children and Parents
Cools, Sara; Fiva, Jon H.; Kirkebøen, Lars J. - 2021
In this paper we use a parental leave reform directed towards fathers to identify the causal effects of paternity leave on children’s and parents’ outcomes. We document that paternity leave causes fathers to become more important for children’s cognitive skills. School performance at age...
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Efficiency Potential and Efficiency Variation in Norwegian Lower Secondary Schools
Borge, Lars-Erik - 2006
The paper performs an efficiency analysis of the lower secondary school sector in Norway. The efficiency potential is calculated to 14 percent based on a DEA analysis with grades in core subjects (adjusted for student characteristics and family background) as outputs. The analysis of the...
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Economic Gains for U.S. States from Educational Reform
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2016
development through improving the quality of schools. While we consider the impact for each state of a range of educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013000838
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More Schooling, More Children? Compulsory Schooling and Fertility in Europe
Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole E.; Winter-Ebmer, … - 2021
We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in England and Continental Europe, implemented between 1936 and 1975. We assess the causal effect of education on the number of biological children and the incidence of childlessness. We find...
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Is Additional Schooling Worthless? Revising the Zero Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Germany
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2018
This study estimates the effect of compulsory schooling on earnings. For identification, I exploit a German reform that extended the duration of secondary schooling in the 1960s. I find that hourly wages increase by 6%-8% per additional year of schooling. This result challenges prior findings...
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The Short-Term Effects of School Consolidation on Student Achievement : Evidence of Disruption?
Voldby Beuchert, Louise - 2016
small schools experience the most detrimental effects. The effects appear to weaken over time, suggesting that part of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979670
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Why Does Height Matter for Educational Attainment? Evidence from German Pre-Teen Children
Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim K. - 2021
Several studies have shown that body height is positively associated with educational attainment. In this paper, we investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are more likely to enroll in ‘Gymnasium’, the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316231
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The Effects of School Competition on Academic Achievement and Grading Standards
Himmler, Oliver - 2021
Nationwide school choice and fixed per-student governmental funding provide incentives for Dutch schools to perform … well. Roughly one third of Dutch pre-university schools are of catholic denomination. Acknowledging this widely available … outside option to public and other schools, this paper considers the effect of catholic competition on non-catholic school …
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