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Revisiting the causal effect of education on political participation and interest

Bömmel, Nadja; Heineck, Guido - 2020

A substantial number of studies suggests a strong relationship between education and aspects of political participation …

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Estimating the social value of higher education : willingness to pay for community and technical colleges

Blomquist, Glenn C.; Coomes, Paul A.; Jepsen, Christopher; … - 2009

returns ; education externalities ; contingent valuation ; earnings …Much is known about private returns to education in the form of higher earnings. Less is known about social value, over … and above the private, market value. Associations between education and socially-desirable outcomes are strong, but …

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The effects of longer school days on mothers' labor force participation

Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Oyarzún, Melanie - 2015

Lack of adequate childcare is a main reason women cite for not participating in the labor force. We investigate the effect of a reform that lengthened school schedules from half to full days in Chile - essentially providing zero-cost childcare - on different maternal labor participation...

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Schooling and citizenship : evidence from compulsory schooling reforms

Siedler, Thomas (contributor) - 2007

This paper examines whether schooling has a positive impact on individual's political interest, voting turnout …

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Discipline reform, school culture, and student achievement

Craig, Ashley C.; Martin, David - 2023

Does relaxing strict school discipline improve student achievement, or lead to classroom disorder? We study a 2012 reform in New York City public middle schools that eliminated suspensions for non-violent, disorderly behavior. Math scores of students in more-affected schools rose by 0.05...

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More education does make you happier : unless you are unemployed

Bertermann, Alexander; Kamhöfer, Daniel A.; … - 2023

This paper investigates the causal effect of education on life satisfaction, exploring effect heterogeneity along … longitudinal information, we also address the endogeneity of employment status. We find a positive effect of education on life … function as a unifying explanation for the asymmetric effect of education on life satisfaction. …

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Do better schools lead to more growth? : cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009

We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth is appropriate and whether cross-country evidence supports a case for the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking...

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Schooling, cognitive skills, and the Latin American growth puzzle

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009

Economic development in Latin America has trailed most other world regions over the past four decades despite its relatively high initial development and school attainment levels. This puzzle can be resolved by considering the actual learning as expressed in tests of cognitive skills, on which...

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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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Pricing neighborhoods

Eshaghnia, Sadegh; Heckman, James J.; Razavi, Goya - 2023

Education in Denmark is freely available. Despite near equal teacher salaries and per-pupil school expenditure across …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014290524

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