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Which Teachers Choose a Defined Contribution Pension Plan? Evidence from the Florida Retirement System
Chingos, Matthew M.; West, Martin R. - In: Education Finance and Policy 10 (2015) 2, pp. 193-222
Since 2002, public school teachers in Florida have been permitted to choose between a defined benefit (DB) and a defined contribution (DC) retirement plan. We exploit this unique policy environment to study new teachers’ revealed preferences over pension plan structures. Roughly 30...
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Do Study Abroad Programs Enhance the Employability of Graduates?
Pietro, Giorgio Di - In: Education Finance and Policy 10 (2015) 2, pp. 223-243
Using data on a large sample of recent Italian graduates, this paper investigates the extent to which participation in study abroad programs during university studies impacts subsequent employment likelihood. To address the problem of endogeneity related to participation in study abroad...
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Messengers of Bad News or Bad Apples? Student Debt and College Accountability
Darolia, Rajeev - In: Education Finance and Policy 10 (2015) 2, pp. 277-299
-profit sector, increasingly accountable for the student loan repayment behavior of their students. Such efforts endeavor to protect … taxpayers against the misuse of public money used to encourage college enrollment and to safeguard students against potentially … loan default measures also disproportionately enroll low-income, nontraditional, and financially independent students …
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A Smart Break? College Tenure Interruption and Graduating Student Outcomes
Routon, P. Wesley; Walker, Jay K. - In: Education Finance and Policy 10 (2015) 2, pp. 244-276
Using data from a longitudinal survey of college students from over 400 institutions, we examine the impacts of …
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Does Greater Autonomy Improve School Performance? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Analysis in Chicago
Steinberg, Matthew P. - In: Education Finance and Policy 9 (2014) 1, pp. 1-35
School districts throughout the United States are increasingly providing greater autonomy to local public (non-charter) school principals. In 2005–06, Chicago Public Schools initiated the Autonomous Management and Performance Schools program, granting academic, programmatic, and operational...
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The Early Childhood Care and Education Workforce from 1990 through 2010: Changing Dynamics and Persistent Concerns
Bassok, Daphna; Fitzpatrick, Maria; Loeb, Susanna; … - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) 4, pp. 581-601
Historically, the early childhood care and education (ECCE) workforce has been characterized as a low-education, low-compensation, low-stability workforce. In recent years, considerable investments have been made to correct this, but we lack evidence about the extent to which these investments...
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Is the Juice Worth the Squeeze? A Benefit/Cost Analysis of the District of Columbia Opportunity Scholarship Program
Wolf, Patrick J.; McShane, Michael - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) January, pp. 74-99
publicly funded private school vouchers to nearly four thousand students to attend any of seventy-three different private … of Education Sciences, found that the students who were awarded Opportunity Scholarships graduated from high school at a … rate 12 percentage points higher than the students in the randomized control group. This article estimates the benefit …
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Test Scaling and Value-Added Measurement
Ballou, Dale - In: Education Finance and Policy 4 (2009) October, pp. 351-383
Conventional value-added assessment requires that achievement be reported on an interval scale. While many metrics do not have this property, application of item response theory (IRT) is said to produce interval scales. However, it is difficult to confirm that the requisite conditions are met....
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Policy Makers and Researchers Schooling Each Other: Lessons in Educational Policy from New York
Cunningham, Deborah H.; Wyckoff, Jim - In: Education Finance and Policy 8 (2013) 3, pp. 275-286
Policy makers and researchers are intrigued with but also frequently frustrated by each other. Although these differences are understandable and predictable, it is clear that research on a variety of educational issues has been both influential and valuable in the development of policy and...
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Charter Schools and Student Achievement in Florida
Sass, Tim R. - In: Education Finance and Policy 1 (2006) January, pp. 91-122
I utilize longitudinal data covering all public school students in Florida to study the performance of charter schools … counterparts. Among charters, those targeting at-risk and special education students demonstrate lower student achievement, while …
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