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Principals as agents? : Investigating accountability in the compensation and performance of school principals
Billger, Sherrilyn M. (contributor) - 2007
In this study I examine the relationship between accountability (e.g., state sanctions for poor performance, or the presence of goals required by the district) and public secondary principal pay and school performance. Though such incentives and standards are increasingly common, the existing...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003539237
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Can gifted and talented education raise the academic achievement of all high-achieving students?
Booij, Adam S.; Haan, Ferry; Plug, Erik J. S. - 2017
We conduct a study under 2,400 third grade students at three large secondary comprehensive schools to evaluate a gifted and talented (GT) program with selective program admission based on past achievement. We construct three complementary estimates of the program's impact on student achievement....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011671010
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Do more educated leaders raise citizens' education?
Diaz-Serrano, Luis; Pérez-Reynosa, Jessica H. - 2013
This paper looks at the contribution of political leaders to enhance citizens' education and investigate how the educational attainment of the population is affected while a leader with higher education remains in office. For this purpose, we consider educational transitions of political leaders...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010196470
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What does leadership look like in schools and does it matter for school performance?
Stokes, Lucy; Bryson, Alex; Wilkinson, David - 2019
the leadership roles of deputy and assistant heads and classroom-based teachers with additional leadership … typically employ more staff in leadership roles than community schools. Increases in the number of staff in leadership roles … distributing leadership within schools may only be realised when leaders have sufficient autonomy. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012101976
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On the power of childhood impressions for skill formation : initial evidence and unsettled questions
Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2013
Manifold childhood impressions result from the interactions with adult caregivers and the environment. These impressions, be they beneficial or detrimental, shape individual skill formation and achievement over the life cycle. The novelty of the paper is that it bonds two different, hitherto...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009715728
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Early life adversity and children's competence development : evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2013
This paper investigates the role of early life adversity and home resources in terms of competence formation and school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009715729
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Labor demand shocks at birth and cognitive achievement during childhood
Regmi, Krishna; Henderson, Daniel J. - 2019
As epidemiological studies have shown that conditions during gestation and early childhood affect adult health outcomes, we examine the effect of local labor market conditions in the year of birth on cognitive development in childhood. To address the endogeneity of labor market conditions, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012059697
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Who becomes an entrepreneur? : labor market prospects and occupational choice
Poschke, Markus (contributor) - 2008
Why do some people become entrepreneurs (and others don't)? Why are firms so heterogeneous, and many firms so small? To start, the paper briefly documents evidence from the empirical literature that the relationship between entrepreneurship and education is U-shaped, that many entrepreneurs...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003771968
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The effect of children on the level of labor market involvement of married women : what is the role of education?
Troske, Kenneth R.; Voicu, Alexandru - 2009
We analyze the way women's education influences the effect of children on their level of labor market involvement. We propose an econometric model that accounts for the endogeneity of labor market and fertility decisions, for the heterogeneity of the effects of children and their correlation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003826112
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Does the choice of reference levels of education matter in the ORU earnings equation?
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - 2009
This paper examines whether the results of the earnings equation developed in the overeducation/required eduation/under-education (ORU) literature are sensitive to whether the usual or reference levels of education are measured using the Realized Matches or Worker Self-Assessment methods. The...
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