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Does higher education quality matter in the UK?

Chevalier, Arnaud - 2014

students to institution, we rely on a selection on observable assumptions. We use several estimates including the Generalised …

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Higher education financing and the educational aspirations of teenagers and their parents

Anderberg, Dan; Chevalier, Arnaud; Hassani-Nezhad, Lena; … - 2020

We study the impact of higher education financing on the academic aspirations of teenagers and of their parents. We exploit a reform which introduced a large increase in the maximum university tuition fees and a more redistributive student loan system, both of which varied across the UK's...

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Does it pay to attend a prestigious university?

Chevalier, Arnaud (contributor); Conlon, Gavan (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Students' academic self-perception

Chevalier, Arnaud; Gibbons, Steve; Thorpe, Andy; Snell, … - 2007

we investigate whether this gap is rooted in students' misperception of their own and other's ability, thereby increasing … and students' characteristics. University students are also poor at estimating their own test-performance and over …-estimate their predicted test score. However, females, white and working class students have less inflated view of themselves. Self …

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Subject specific league tables and students' application decisions

Chevalier, Arnaud; Jia, Xiaoxuan - 2015

application data across UK universities over a period of 8 years, we investigate how league tables affect prospective students …

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"Making it count" : evidence from a field study on assessment rules, study incentives and student performance

Chevalier, Arnaud; Dolton, Peter J.; Lührmann, Melanie - 2014

deviation in exam grade. Effort in our study increases most for students at and below median ability, resulting in a reduction …

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Anatomy of a health scare : education, income and the MMR controversy in the UK

Anderberg, Dan (contributor); Chevalier, Arnaud (contributor) - 2008

One theory for why there is a strong education gradient in health outcomes is that more educated individuals more quickly absorb new information about health technology. The MMR controversy in the UK provides a case where, for a brief period of time, some highly publicized research suggested...

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Mother's education and birth weight

Chevalier, Arnaud (contributor); … - 2007

"Low birth weight has considerable short and long-term consequences and leads to high costs to the individual and society even in a developed economy. Low birth weight is partially a consequence of choices made by the mother pre- and during pregnancy. Thus policies affecting these choices could...

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Labour turnover and labour productivity in a retail organization

Siebert, William S.; Zubanov, Nikolay; Chevalier, Arnaud; … - 2006

"We study the impact of labour turnover on labour productivity using a panel dataset of 347 shops belonging to a large UK clothing retailer over1995-1999. For the within-shop link -- holding constant the shop's permanent characteristics -- we observe an inverted U-shape effect of labour turnover...

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Over-education and the skills of UK graduates

Chevalier, Arnaud (contributor); Lindley, Joanne (contributor) - 2006

During the early Nineties the proportion of UK graduates doubled over a very short period of time. This paper investigates the effect of the expansion on early labour market attainment, focusing on over-education. We define over-education by combining occupation codes and a self-reported measure...

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