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The effect of education policy on crime: An intergenerational perspective
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Schnabel, Marieke - 2011
A number of studies have shown that education reforms extending compulsory schooling reduce criminal behavior of those affected by the reform. We consider the effects of a major Swedish educational reform on crime by exploiting its staggered implementation across Sweden. We first show that the...
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The Effect of Education Policy on Crime: An Intergenerational Perspective
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Schnabel, Marieke - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
A number of studies have shown that education reforms extending compulsory schooling reduce criminal behavior of those affected by the reform. We consider the effects of a major Swedish educational reform on crime by exploiting its staggered implementation across Sweden. We first show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009371906
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An Examination of Sheepskin Effects Over Time
Habermalz, Steffen - 2003
Previous empirical specifications are not flexible enough to capture the true pattern of sheepskin effects over time. If the quality of the match between the worker and the job contributes to earnings and if higher ability workers more easily reveal their true productivity, sheepskin effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261977
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Mother or motherland: Can a government have an impact on educational attainment of the population? : preliminary evidence from India
Bhaumik, Sumon Kumar; Chakrabarty, Manisha - 2010
In this paper, using data from the 61st round of the (Indian) National Sample Survey, we examine the relative impacts of personal-household and state-level characteristics (including government policy) on the likelihood of transition from one educational level to the next. Our analysis suggests...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269841
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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra
Cortes, Kalena E.; Goodman, Joshua; Nomi, Takako - 2014
substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on credits earned, test scores, high school graduation and college enrollment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481617
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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra
Cortes, Kalena E.; Goodman, Joshua; Nomi, Takako - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on credits earned, test scores, high school graduation and college enrollment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011106179
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Comprehensive versus selective schooling in England and Wales: what do we know?
Manning, Alan; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2006
determined whether they would attend an academically oriented grammar school or a lower level secondary school. The reform … proceeded at an uneven pace in different areas, so that both secondary school systems coexist during the 1960s and 70s. The … selective school system on student achievement. Previous studies analyzing this transition have typically used a value …
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What determines the return to education: An extra year or a hurdle cleared?
Dickson, Matt; Smith, Sarah - 2011
The 1973 Raising of the School Leaving Age in England and Wales has been used to identify returns to years' schooling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278357
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Summer Learning and the Effect of Schooling: Evidence from Sweden
Lindahl, Mikael - 2001
Using that schools are in session during the school year and out of session during the summer, it is possible to … are lost when pupils are not in school, pupils with non-Swedish parents learn relatively more during the school year, and … learning is unrelated to pupils? parents? socioeconomic level during both the summer and the school year. …
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The role of specific subjects in education production functions: Evidence from morning classes in Chicago Public High Schools
Cortes, Kalena E.; Bricker, Jesse; Rohlfs, Chris - 2010
Absences in Chicago Public High Schools are 3-7 days per year higher in first period than at other times of the day. This study exploits this empirical regularity and the essentially random variation between students in the ordering of classes over the day to measure how the returns to classroom...
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