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Are returns to education on the decline in Venezuela and does Mission Sucre have a role to play?
Gonzalez, Naihobe; Oyelere, Ruth Uwaifo - In: Economics of Education Review 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1348-1369
Anecdotal evidence points to a falling standard of living for the educated in Venezuela. During this same period, President Hugo Chávez implemented several education reforms. We focus on a major university education reform known as Mission Sucre and its potential impact on returns to university...
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Do you get what you pay for with school-based health programs? Evidence from a child nutrition experiment in rural China
Sylvia, Sean; Luo, Renfu; Zhang, Linxiu; Shi, Yaojiang; … - In: Economics of Education Review 37 (2013) C, pp. 1-12
This study uses a randomized controlled trial of a school-based anemia reduction program in rural China to examine how increased school emphasis on health promotion affects academic performance. Although education and health promotion are complementary functions of schools, they do compete for...
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The influence of price on school enrollment under Uganda's policy of free primary education
Lincove, Jane Arnold - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 5, pp. 799-811
price of school. Uganda's universal education policy offered free tuition, fees, and supplies to up to four children per …
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The effect of social programs and exposure to professionals on the educational aspirations of the poor
Chiapa, Carlos; Garrido, José Luis; Prina, Silvia - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 5, pp. 778-798
aspire, which often results in underinvestment in their children's education. This paper studies the effect of a social … program on the educational aspirations poor parents have for their children, and explores the role of exposure to educated … Mexican antipoverty program PROGRESA raises the educational aspirations of beneficiary parents for their children of a third …
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The impact of child labor on schooling outcomes in Nicaragua
Buonomo Zabaleta, Mariela - In: Economics of Education Review 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1527-1539
Child labor is considered a key obstacle to reaching the international commitments of Education For All. However, the empirical evidence on the effects of child labor on educational attainments is mostly limited to static measurements. This paper assesses the consequences of child labor on...
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High Schools That Work and college preparedness: Measuring the model's impact on mathematics and science pipeline progression
Miller, Luke C.; Mittleman, Joel - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 6, pp. 1116-1135
The High Schools That Work school improvement initiative is the nation's largest comprehensive school reform model with over a thousand schools adopting its framework. The initiative's premise is that all students can meet the demands of a college preparatory curriculum if provided the right...
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Overeducation in developing economies: How can we test for it, and what does it mean?
Mehta, Aashish; Felipe, Jesus; Quising, Pilipinas; … - In: Economics of Education Review 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1334-1347
A worker is said to be overeducated if he/she has acquired more education than is required to perform his/her job. In the absence of data measuring the number of years of schooling required to perform particular jobs, we propose a new approach to testing for overeducation. Overeducation is...
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The impact of tougher education standards: Evidence from Florida
Clark, Damon; See, Edward - In: Economics of Education Review 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1123-1135
Many of the policies that fall under the school accountability umbrella are designed to incentivize students. Prominent among these are high school exit exams, standardized tests that, in some states, students must pass to earn a high school diploma. Proponents of these tests argue that by...
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Do colleges cultivate critical thinking, problem solving, writing and interpersonal skills?
Saavedra, Anna Rosefsky; Saavedra, Juan Esteban - In: Economics of Education Review 30 (2011) 6, pp. 1516-1526
We investigate how much value college enrollment adds to students’ critical thinking, problem-solving and communication skills, and the role college inputs play in developing these competencies, using data from a 2009 collegiate assessment pilot study in Colombia. Relative to observationally...
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Parental risk attitudes and children's secondary school track choice
Wölfel, Oliver; Heineck, Guido - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 5, pp. 727-743
educational attainment of their dependent children. We add to this literature and examine children's secondary school track choice … domains, we mainly find evidence of an inverse relation between parental risk aversion and children's secondary school track …
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