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Corruption in Russia - Historic Legacy and Systemic Nature
Schulze, Gunther G.; Zakharov, Nikita - 2021
This paper argues that corruption in Russia is systemic in nature. Low wage levels of public officials provide strong … within Russia, survey the literature on the causes, consequences, and cures of corruption in Russia, and discuss entry points … incentives to engage in corruption. As corruption is illegal, corrupt officials can be exposed any time, which enforces loyalty …
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Curriculum and Ideology
Cantoni, Davide; Chen, Yuyu; Yang, David; Yuchtman, Noam; … - 2021
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315604
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Curriculum and Ideology
Cantoni, Davide; Chen, Yuyu; Yang, David Y.; Yuchtman, Noam - CESifo - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010877958
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The Importance of Financial Resources for Student Loan Repayment
Lochner, Lance - 2013
Government student loan programs must balance the need to enforce repayment among borrowers who can afford to make their payments with some form of forgiveness or repayment assistance for those who cannot. Using unique survey and administrative data from the Canada Student Loan Program, we show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071390
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Why Academic Quality in Higher Education Declines
Meier, Volker - 2015
We investigate the choice of quality, or academic content, in higher education in a two-sector model. Individuals are differentiated according to their cost of acquiring human capital. A higher academic quality increases productivity upon training, but is also associated with higher cost of...
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Stand and Deliver : Effects of Boston's Charter High Schools on College Preparation, Entry, and Choice
Angrist, Joshua D. - 2013
We use admissions lotteries to estimate the effects of attendance at Boston's charter high schools on college preparation, college attendance, and college choice. Charter attendance increases pass rates on the high-stakes exam required for high school graduation in Massachusetts, with especially...
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Foreign Peer Effects and STEM Major Choice
Anelli, Massimo - 2017
Since the 1980s the United States has faced growing disinterest and high attrition from STEM majors. Over the same period, foreign-born enrollment in U.S. higher education has increased steadily. This paper examines whether foreign-born peers affect the likelihood American college students...
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Testing Means-Tested Aid
Murphy, Richard - 2016
Inequalities do not end once students enter higher education. Yet, the majority of papers on the effectiveness of education aid examine its impact on college enrollment. In this paper, we provide evidence on the causal impact of means-tested financial aid on the outcomes of students who have...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012979583
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The Sources of the Gender Gap in Economics Enrolment
Tonin, Mirco - 2014
In many countries there is a considerable gender gap in enrolment for a bachelor's degree in Economics, arguably an important stepping stone towards positions of influence in policy making and occupations paying relatively high wages. We investigate the sources of this gap by looking in detail...
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Student and Worker Mobility Under University and Government Competition
Delpierre, Matthieu; Verheyden, Bertrand - 2021
We provide a normative analysis of endogenous student and worker mobility in the presence of diverging interests between universities and governments. Student mobility generates a university competition effect which induces them to overinvest in education, whereas worker mobility generates a...
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