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Holmlund, Helena; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - 2021

. In this paper we address this issue for England using much better data than what has generally been used in such studies …

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Social Segregation in Secondary Schools : How Does England Compare with Other Countries?

Jenkins, Stephen; Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke Viola - 2021

Scotland. In explaining England's position, we argue that its segregation is mostly accounted for by unevenness in social …We provide new evidence about the degree of social segregation in England's secondary schools, employing a cross … for sampling variation in the estimates. England is shown to be a middle-ranking country, as is the USA. High segregation …

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Short-Run Distributional Effects of Public Education in Greece

Koutsampelas, Christos - 2012

The present paper examines the short-run distributional impact of public education in Greece using the micro-data of the 2004/5 Household Budget Survey. The aggregate distributional impact of public education is found to be progressive although the incidence varies according to the level of...

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Principals as Agents? Investigating Accountability in the Compensation and Performance of School Principals

Billger, Sherrilyn M. - 2007

In this study I examine the relationship between accountability (e.g., state sanctions for poor performance, or the presence of goals required by the district) and public secondary principal pay and school performance. Though such incentives and standards are increasingly common, the existing...

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How Information Affects Support for Education Spending : Evidence from Survey Experiments in Germany and the United States

West, Martin R. - 2016

To study whether current spending levels and public knowledge of them contribute to transatlantic differences in policy preferences, we implement parallel survey experiments in Germany and the United States. In both countries, support for increased education spending and teacher salaries falls...

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Impact of Duration of Primary Education on School Outcomes : A Cross-Country Analysis

Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2013

Using panel data for non-OECD countries covering the period 1970-2012, this paper analyzes the impact of the duration of primary education on school enrollment, drop-outs and completion rates. The empirical results show that for children in elementary school one additional grade of primary...

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Educational Effects of Widening Access to the Academic Track : A Natural Experiment

Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra - 2021

" track in Northern Ireland, but not England. The comparison of educational outcomes between Northern Ireland and England …

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Student Scores in Public and Private Schools : Evidence from PISA 2009

Mahuteau, Stephane - 2014

This paper examines critically the presumption that, other things equal, private schooling offers higher quality education than public schooling. We apply multilevel regression on the 2009 PISA to estimate the differential effect of public and private schooling on student scores in Australia. We...

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The Crime Reducing Effect of Education

Machin, Stephen - 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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Does Additional Spending Help Urban Schools? An Evaluation Using Boundary Discontinuities

Gibbons, Stephen - 2014

anomalies in the spatial dimension of school funding policy in England to provide new evidence on this question. An "area cost … educational attainment. The results have direct implications for the current "Pupil Premium" policy in England …

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