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Federal policies, state responses, and community college outcomes: Testing an augmented Bennett hypothesis
Frederick, Allison B.; Schmidt, Stephen J.; Davis, Lewis S. - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 6, pp. 908-917
We estimate the impact of increases in Federal student aid and higher education funding, such as the recently proposed …, and educational quality. We develop a reduced form model of state-level education policy in which state policy makers, who … states recapture Federal education resources. AGI would have a significant effect on educational quality but a limited effect …
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Long-term effects of Individual Development Accounts on postsecondary education: Follow-up evidence from a randomized experiment
Grinstein-Weiss, Michal; Sherraden, Michael; Gale, … - In: Economics of Education Review 33 (2013) C, pp. 58-68
Account (IDA) program on (1) educational enrollment, (2) degree completion, and (3) increased education level. The IDA program …, which ran from 1998 to 2003 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, provided low-income households with financial education and matching funds … for qualified savings withdrawals, including a 1:1 match for educational uses. We find a significant impact on education …
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The minimum dropout age and student victimization
Anderson, D. Mark; Hansen, Benjamin; Walker, Mary Beth - In: Economics of Education Review 35 (2013) C, pp. 66-74
Over the years, the minimum dropout age has been raised to 18 in 21 states. Although these policy changes are promoted for their educational benefits, they have been shown to reduce crimes committed by youths in the affected age groups. However, an unintended consequence of increasing the...
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Using longitudinal data to evaluate publicly provided formal education for low skilled
Stenberg, Anders - In: Economics of Education Review 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1262-1280
Modern societies would potentially reap large benefits from upgrading low skilled's education. However, this is … participate. To circumvent this potential market imperfection, a large supply of formal education in Sweden is complemented with …
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Public expenditures, educational outcomes and grade inflation: Theory and evidence from a policy intervention in the Netherlands
De Witte, Kristof; Geys, Benny; Solondz, Catharina - In: Economics of Education Review 40 (2014) C, pp. 152-166
’ and students’ reactions to resource changes, the overall effect of resources on education outcomes is ambiguous. Schools …
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Peer effects and academic achievement: a regression discontinuity approach
Vardardottir, Arna - In: Economics of Education Review 36 (2013) C, pp. 108-121
In this paper, I study ability peer effects among teenagers. The identification relies on a fuzzy regression discontinuity approach where assignment into high-ability classes constitutes the source of identifying information. An important feature of this system is that both types of classes are...
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Intergenerational analysis of social interaction and social skills: An analysis of U.S. and U.K. panel data
Brown, Sarah; McHardy, Jolian; Taylor, Karl - In: Economics of Education Review 40 (2014) C, pp. 43-54
A body of empirical evidence supports a positive relationship between educational attainment and social interaction. We build on this literature by exploring the relationship between the social interaction of parents and their offspring from an empirical perspective. Using two U.K. and U.S....
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The relationship between schooling and migration: Evidence from compulsory schooling laws
McHenry, Peter - In: Economics of Education Review 35 (2013) C, pp. 24-40
I estimate the effect of schooling on the propensity to migrate by exploiting variation in schooling due to compulsory schooling laws (CSLs) in the United States. I obtain negative estimates of this effect among those with relatively little schooling. In contrast, previous research estimates...
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2004 Minority Education Reform and pupil performance in Latvia
Ivlevs, Artjoms; King, Roswitha M. - In: Economics of Education Review 38 (2014) C, pp. 151-166
One quarter of all schoolchildren in Latvia go to the publicly funded minority (predominantly Russian) schools. In 2004, the language of instruction in minority schools was changed from essentially minority language to a composite of 60% Latvian and 40% minority. This paper studies the effects...
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Economics of corruption in doctoral education: The dissertations market
Osipian, Ararat L. - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 1, pp. 76-83
establishing the problem of corruption in doctoral education, identification of the dissertations suppliers, study of the specific …
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