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Family disadvantage and the gender gap in behavioral and educational outcomes
Autor, David H.; Figlio, David N.; Karbownik, Krzysztopf; … - 2016
Using birth certificates matched to schooling records for Florida children born 1992 - 2002, we assess whether family disadvantage disproportionately impedes the pre-market development of boys. We find that, relative to their sisters, boys born to disadvantaged families have higher rates of...
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A letter and encouragement : does information increase post-secondary enrollment of UI recipients?
Barr, Andrew; Turner, Sarah E. - 2017
For individuals who experience job loss, enrollment in post-secondary programs may provide an opportunity to improve future employment outcomes. However, decisions to enroll may be hampered by insufficient information about the benefits and costs and the necessary steps and assistance available...
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How equal are educational opportunities? : family background and student achievement in Europe and the United States
Woessmann, Ludger - 2004
This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most...
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Access to technology and the transfer function of community colleges : evidence from a field experiment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Grunberg, Samantha H. - 2014
Access to information may represent an important barrier to learning about and ultimately transferring to 4-year colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in particular, plays in enhancing, or possibly detracting from,...
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Educational standards in private and public schools
Brunello, Giorgio (contributor); Rocco, Lorenzo (contributor) - 2005 - Stand: Februar 2005
We show that, when school quality is measured by the educational standard and attaining the standard requires costly effort, secondary education needs not be a hierarchy with private schools offering better quality than public schools, as in Epple and Romano, 1998. An alternative configuration,...
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The consumption value of higher education
Alstadsæter, Annette; Sievertsen, Hans Henrik - 2009
The consumption value of higher education is an important factor behind the individual's educational choice. We provide a comprehensive literature survey, and define the consumption value as the private, intended, non-pecuniary return to higher education. We provide new empirical evidence for...
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Can online delivery increase access to education?
Goodman, Joshua S.; Melkers, Julia; Pallais, Amanda - 2017
Though online technology has generated excitement about its potential to increase access to education, most research has focused on comparing student performance across online and in-person formats. We provide the first evidence that online education affects the number of people pursuing formal...
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Own motivation, peer motivation, and educational success
Bietenbeck, Jan - 2020
I study how motivation shapes own and peers' educational success. Using data from Project STAR, I find that academic … motivation in early elementary school, as measured by a standardized psychological test, predicts contemporaneous and future test … motivation does not affect longer-term educational success, likely because it does not change own motivation. …
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The race between tax enforcement and tax planning : evidence from a natural experiment in Chile
Bustos, Sebastian; Pomeranz, Dina; Suárez Serrato, … - 2023
Profit shifting by multinational corporations is thought to reduce tax revenue around the world. While transfer pricing regulations are meant to curtail profit shifting, there have been rising concerns that a sophisticated tax advisory industry can limit their effectiveness. This paper provides...
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Why are small firms different? : managers views
Agell, Jonas - 2003
care about relative pay. I argue that these findings fit with behavioral stories of incentives and motivation, in …
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