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Less School (Costs), More (Female) Education? Lessons from Egypt Reducing Years of Compulsory Schooling

Elsayed, Ahmed - 2020

Exploiting a unique policy reform in Egypt that reduced the number of years of compulsory schooling, we show how it unexpectedly increased education attainment as more students chose to complete the next school stage. This impact is almost entirely driven by girls from more disadvantaged...

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The Crime Reducing Effect of Education

Machin, Stephen J. - 2010

In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources from Britain. A robust finding is that criminal activity is negatively associated with higher levels of education. However, it is essential to ensure that the direction of...

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'High' Achievers? Cannabis Access and Academic Performance

Marie, Olivier - 2015

This paper investigates how legal cannabis access affects student performance. Identification comes from an exceptional policy introduced in the city of Maastricht which discriminated legal access based on individuals' nationality. We apply a difference-in-difference approach using...

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Economic Uncertainty, Parental Selection, and Children's Educational Outcomes

Chevalier, Arnaud - 2015

economic uncertainty. Using various educational measures, we show that the children born during this nativity slump perform … observed personal characteristics. These children are also less likely to have grown up within stable family environment … children. Finally, sibling analysis enables us to reject time of birth effects …

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