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Comprehensive versus selective schooling in England and Wales: what do we know?
Manning, Alan; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2006
British secondary schools moved from a system of extensive and early selection and tracking in secondary schools to one with comprehensive schools during the 1960s and 70s. Before the reform, students would take an exam at age eleven, which determined whether they would attend an academically...
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Skill Policies for Scotland
Heckman, James Joseph; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - 2004
This paper argues that skill formation is a life-cycle process and develops the implications of this insight for Scottish social policy. Families are major producers of skills, and a successful policy needs to promote effective families and to supplement failing ones. We present evidence that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274209
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Social segregation in secondary schools: how does England compare with other countries?
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke … - 2006
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 … Scotland. In explaining England’s position, we argue that its segregation is mostly accounted for by unevenness in social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276646
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Non-response biases in surveys of school children: the case of the English PISA samples
Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke Viola; Skinner, Chris - 2010
thresholds in an attempt to control data quality. We analyse the case of England for 2000 when response rates were deemed high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010276708
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Social Segregation in Secondary Schools: How Does England Compare with Other Countries?
Jenkins, Stephen P.; Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
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 … Scotland. In explaining England’s position, we argue that its segregation is mostly accounted for by unevenness in social …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822192
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The effects of test-based retention on student outcomes over time: Regression discontinuity evidence from Florida
Schwerdt, Guido; West, Martin R. - 2013
A growing number of American states require that students who do not demonstrate basic reading proficiency at the end of third grade be retained and provided with remedial services. We exploit a discontinuity in the probability of third grade retention under Florida's test-based promotion policy...
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Immigrant concentration in schools: Consequences for native and migrant students
Schneeweis, Nicole - 2013
In this paper, I study the impact of immigrant concentration in primary schools on educational outcomes of native and migrant students in a major Austrian city between 1980-2001. The outcome measures of interest are track attendance after primary education and grade repetition. Using variation...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293116
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School starting age and crime
Landersø, Rasmus; Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Simonsen, Marianne - 2013
This paper investigates the effects of school starting age on crime while relying on variation in school starting age induced by administrative rules; we exploit that Danish children typically start first grade in the calendar year they turn seven, which gives rise to a discontinuity in...
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Early life adversity and children's competence development: Evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2013
This paper investigates the role of early life adversity and home resources in terms of competence formation and school achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from birth to adolescence. Results indicate that organic and psychosocial risks present in...
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A structural model of educational attainment in Canada
Hansen, Jörgen; Liu, Xingfei - 2013
In this paper, we develop and estimate a structural, dynamic model of schooling decisions using data extracted from the Canadian Youth in Transition Survey (YITS). The model incorporates forward-looking behavior and expectations about future benefits from investing in education. The results...
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