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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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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
substantially increased education in Turkey. Using the number of new middle school class openings per 1000 children as an intensity … measure for the 1997 reform, we find that, on average, one additional middle school class increases the probability of … generated by the 1997 reform and the accompanying middle school class openings. The insignificance of the health effect may be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012001608
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012098927
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Effects of Individual Incentive Reforms in the Public Sector: The Case of Teachers
Martins, Pedro S.; Ferreira, João R. - 2024
, and increased grade inflation. The results follow from a difference-in-differences analysis of matched student-school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014538868
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Losing Prospective Entitlement to Unemployment Benefits. Impact on Educational Attainment
Cockx, Bart; Declercq, Koen; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2022
degree completion and reduce dropout in higher education, but not in high school. We argue that the higher prevalence of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013348124
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014288816
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Women's Education, Marriage, and Fertility Outcomes: Evidence from Thailand's Compulsory Schooling Law
Chaijaroen, Pasita; Panda, Pallavi - 2023
new law increases lower secondary school completion in girls, leading to decreased probabilities of giving birth in the … school-age years (14-17 years). The policy primarily affects the marginal child leading to the postponement of the timing of … their fertility to after-school years. We also document heterogeneity and show that the fertility effects are stronger for …
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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
causal effect of class size on school tracking outcomes after elementary school. Our identification strategy relies on the … tracked into more or less academic middle school types at about age ten based, to a large extent, on academic achievement in … elementary school. We mostly find no or small effects of class size in elementary school on receiving a recommendation or on the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011759559
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The Urgent Need for an Economics of “Hategoatism”
Payson, Steven - 2019
The word “scapegoat” is defined as “a person made to bear the blame for others,” and similarly, “scapegoatism” refers to “the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself” (Collins English Dictionary and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012023362
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Human Capital and Climate Change
Angrist, Noam; Winseck, Kevin; Patrinos, Harry Anthony; … - 2023
Addressing climate change requires individual behavior change and voter support for proclimate policies, yet surprisingly little is known about how to achieve these outcomes. This paper estimates causal effects of additional education on pro-climate outcomes using new compulsory schooling law...
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