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Educational reform and disadvantaged students : are they better off or worse off?

Bishop, John H. (contributor); Mañé, Ferran (contributor) - 2004

This paper analyzes the effects of increased academic standards on both average achievement levels and on equality of opportunity. The five policies evaluated are: (1) universal Curriculum-Based External Exit Exam Systems, (2) voluntary curriculum-based external exit exam systems with partial...

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Academic achievement and tracking : a theory based on grading standards

Ehlers, Tim; Schwager, Robert - 2019

We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our model distinguishes between initial ability, which is mainly determined by parental background, and eagerness to extend knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability...

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Elite education, mass education, and the transition to modern growth

Strulik, Holger; Werner, Katharina - 2015

ability. We show that compulsory schooling can move a society from elite education to mass education, which then triggers …

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Skill formation, temporary disadvantage and elite education

Hjertstrand, Per; Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars - 2020

Elite skills have become crucial in today’s superstar economy. We develop a multi-period skill-formation model where we … show that individuals with temporary disadvantages must exert greater effort to gain access to elite education. This … year become the superstars. We also show that if young students discount the future “too much”, high requirements to elite …

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Much ado about nothing? : school curriculum reforms and students' educational trajectories

Strazzeri, Maurizio; Oggenfuss, Chantal; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022

We estimate the impact of a large curriculum reform in Switzerland that substantially increased the share of foreign language classes in compulsory school on students' subsequent educational choices in upper secondary school. Using administrative student register data and exploiting the...

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Independent schools and long-run educational outcomes : evidence from Sweden's large scale voucher reform

Böhlmark, Anders; Lindahl, Mikael - 2012

This paper evaluates average educational performance effects of an expanding independent school sector at the compulsory level by assessing a radical voucher reform that was implemented in Sweden in 1992. Starting from a situation where all public schools were essentially local monopolists, the...

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Does school autonomy make sense everywhere? : panel estimates from PISA

Hanushek, Eric Alan; 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...

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Compulsory schooling reforms, education and mortality in twentieth century Europe

Gathmann, Christina; Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen - 2012 - This version: February 2012

Education yields substantial non-monetary benefits, but the size of these gains is still debated. Previous studies, for example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality - ranging from zero to large mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory...

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Acess to treatment and educational inequalities in cancer survival

Fiva, Jon H.; Haegeland, Torbjørn; Rønning, Marte; … - 2013

The public health care systems in the Nordic countries provide high quality care almost free of charge to all citizens. However, social inequalities in health persist. Previous research has, for example, documented substantial educational inequalities in cancer survival. We investigate to what...

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Much ado about nothing? : the role of primary school catchment areas for ethnic school segregation ; evidence from a policy reform

Makles, Anna; Schneider, Kerstin - 2013

By the 2008/09 school year the federal state of North Rhine-Westphalia (Germany) abolished binding school catchment areas (SCAs) in all municipalities. The reform has been controversial and it was feared that school choice would increase ethnic segregation. Using data on all primary schools, we...

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