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Access to Higher Education and Inequality : The Chinese Experiment
Wang, Xiaojun - 2009
We apply a semi-parametric latent variable model to estimate selection and sorting effects on the evolution of private returns to schooling for college graduates during China's reform between 1988 and 2002. We find that there were substantial sorting gains under the traditional system, but they...
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Educational Effects of Widening Access to the Academic Track : A Natural Experiment
Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra - 2021
It is difficult to know whether widening access to schools which provide a more academically oriented general education makes a difference to average educational achievement. We make use of reforms affecting admission to the "high ability" track in Northern Ireland, but not England. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013317216
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Who Gained from the Introduction of Free Universal Secondary Education in England and Wales?
Hart, Robert A. - 2016
This paper investigates the introduction of free universal secondary education in England and Wales in 1944. It focuses on its effects in relation to a prime long-term goal of pre-war Boards of Education. This was to open secondary school education to children of all social backgrounds on equal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012995611
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Do Bans on Affirmative Action Hurt Minority Students? Evidence from the Texas Top 10% Plan
Cortes, Kalena E. - 2010
In light of the recent bans on affirmative action in higher education, this paper provides new evidence on the effects of alternative admissions policies on the persistence and college completion of minority students. I find that the change from affirmative action to the Top 10% Plan in Texas...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141428
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Elite Dominance and Under-Investment in Mass Education : Disparity in the Social Development of the Indian States, 1960-92
Pal, Sarmistha; Ghosh, Sugata - 2021
elite dominance that discriminates against the minority groups of people and systematically under-invests in mass education …. We experiment with various indirect economic and political measures of elite dominance. Results based on the Indian state …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316975
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The Elite and the Marginalised : An Analysis of Public Spending on Mass Education in the Indian States
Pal, Sarmistha; Ghosh, Sugata - 2021
and how far the interests of the marginalized poor are undermined by the dominant elite consisting mainly of the landed … and the capitalists. We distinguish the dominant elite from the minority elite (i.e., elected women and low caste … education while presence of capitalist elite, as reflected in greater degree of industrialisation enhances it, even in poorer …
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Scale Economies Can Offset the Benefits of Competition : Evidence from a School Consolidation Reform in a Universal Voucher System
de Haan, Monique - 2011
A large school consolidation reform in the Netherlands changed minimum school size rules underlying public funding. The supply of schools decreased by 15 percent, but this varied considerably across municipalities. We find that reducing the number of schools by 10 percent increases pupils'...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013129092
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Teacher Pay, Class Size and Local Governments : Evidence from the Latvian Reform
Hazans, Mihails - 2010
This paper employs a rich collection of survey and administrative datasets, including linked school-teacher payroll data, to document the reform of teacher compensation and school network implemented in Latvia amidst the economic crisis of 2008-2010, immediately after territorial reform. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013136305
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Institutional Reforms and Educational Attainment in Europe : A Long Run Perspective
Braga, Michela - 2011
In this paper we analyse the effects of changes in the institutional design of the educational system on school attainment. In particular, we test whether alternative reforms have increased the average educational attainment of the population and whether various deciles of the education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117199
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Does School Autonomy Make Sense Everywhere? Panel Estimates from PISA
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2011
Decentralization of decision-making is among the most intriguing recent school reforms, in part because countries went in opposite directions over the past decade and because prior evidence is inconclusive. We suggest that autonomy may be conducive to student achievement in well-developed...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117402