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Delayed graduation and university dropout: A review of theoretical approaches

Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2019

This paper surveys the theoretical approaches used in the literature to study the phenomenon of delayed graduation and university dropout. The classical human capital model does not contemplate failure, which the amended human capital model does. Delayed graduation and university dropout are two...

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Losing Prospective Entitlement to Unemployment Benefits. Impact on Educational Attainment

Cockx, Bart; Declercq, Koen; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2022

Providing income support to unemployed education-leavers reduces the returns to investments in education because it makes the consequences of unemployment less severe. We evaluate a two-part policy reform in Belgium to study whether conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment...

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Measuring process innovation outputs and understanding their implications for firms and workers: Evidence from Pakistan.

Wadho, Waqar; Chaudhry, Azam - 2024

analyzed five different measures of process innovation output: cost reductions, defect rate reductions, reductions in … of process innovation and that smaller firms are more likely to introduce new processes and are better able to transform … them into higher output. All five process innovation outputs are associated with higher labor productivity and higher sales …

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The Effect of Education on Health: Evidence from the 1997 Compulsory Schooling Reform in Turkey

Baltagi, Badi H.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Karatas, Haci M. - 2019

This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The compulsory schooling increased from 5 to 8 years in 1997. This increase was accompanied by a massive construction of classrooms and recruitment of teachers in a differential rate...

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Effects of Individual Incentive Reforms in the Public Sector: The Case of Teachers

Martins, Pedro S.; Ferreira, João R. - 2024

We evaluate a political reform in Portugal that introduced individual teacher performancerelated pay and tournaments in public schools. We find that the focus on individual performance decreased student achievement, as measured in national exams, and increased grade inflation. The results follow...

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Educating children with disabilities: Comparative evidence from Ethiopia, Burkina Faso and Niger

Hang'andu, Privilege; Mensah, Emmanuel Kodwo; Nikolova, … - 2023

Education is a fundamental human right and it is a global Sustainable Development Goal to “ensure inclusive and equitable quality education for all.” Many children with disabilities in low-income countries, however, continue to be excluded from educational opportunities at great cost to...

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Impact of early childhood school intervention on enrollment and learning outcomes: Evaluation of a public program in India

Bhattacharya, Nilanjan; Pakrashi, Debayan; Saha, Sarani; … - 2023

We evaluate the impact of introducing a pre-primary schooling program in government schools in the Indian state of West Bengal in 2013 on children’s early enrollment in schools and subsequent test scores. Using double difference, triple difference, and synthetic control methodologies, we find...

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Women's Education, Marriage, and Fertility Outcomes: Evidence from Thailand's Compulsory Schooling Law

Chaijaroen, Pasita; Panda, Pallavi - 2023

Increased education affects market and non-market outcomes. This paper investigates the causal impact of the extension of compulsory education from 6 to 9 years on females' education, marriage, and fertility outcomes in Thailand. Using data from the Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) and a...

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Does Class Size Matter for School Tracking Outcomes After Elementary School? Quasi-Experimental Evidence Using Administrative Panel Data from Germany

Argaw, Bethlehem A.; Puhani, Patrick A. - 2017

We use administrative panel data on about a quarter of a million students in the German state of Hesse to estimate the causal effect of class size on school tracking outcomes after elementary school. Our identification strategy relies on the quasi-random assignment of students to different class...

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Policies to expand digital skills for the machine age

Martin, John P. - 2017

A new technological epoch is underway – the so-called Machine Age –reflecting advances in artificial intelligence, digitalisation and Big Data. Some commentators have claimed that this epoch is different from previous ones in that it will produce large-scale technological unemployment, while...

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