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This paper studies heterogeneity in schooling decisions by socio-economic status (SES) in response to a repeal of achievement-based admissions requirements (i.e. binding track recommendations) in Germany's between-school tracking system. The main contribution is to show that while previously...
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-intensity mentoring program can improve long-run education outcomes of low SES children and reduce inequality of opportunity. Low SES …
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series for several indexes of relative and absolute intergenerational education mobility for 18 Latin American countries over …
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Education systems can be viewed as complex systems, by considering that learning, teaching, cognition and education are … education systems, new approaches seem relevant, and even necessary, if we consider that traditional methods are often not … complex system approach in education, and to bring to discussion the potential benefits of this perspective to education in …
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We show that the electorate’s preferences for using tuition to finance higher education strongly depend on the design …
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We conduct an experiment in which groups are tasked with evaluating the truth of a set of politically relevant facts and statements, and we investigate whether communication improves information aggregation and the accuracy of group decisions. Our findings suggest that the effect of...
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for SD, but mainly when priorities are merit-based. Stated voting motives indicate that choosing SD is driven by concerns …
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economic growth and public education is evaluated: both have a positive, significant, and substantial effect on …
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intergenerational mobility of education for 52 Latin American regions, as well as its evolution over time. Then, through a new weighting …
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