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Heterogeneous class size effects: new evidence from a panel of university students
Bandiera, Oriana; Larcinese, Valentino; Rasul, Imran - 2009
leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects of class size on students' test scores. We observe the same student …-linear class size effects controlling for unobserved heterogeneity of both individual students and faculty. We find that (i) at the … and largest ranges of class sizes and zero over a wide range of intermediate class sizes; (iii) students at the top of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269466
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Does distance determine who attends a university in Germany?
Spieß, Christa Katharina; Wrohlich, Katharina - 2008
We analyze the role of distance from a university in the decision to attend higher education in Germany. Students who …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268784
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Rising tuition and enrollment in public higher education
Hemelt, Steven W.; Marcotte, Dave E. - 2008
In this paper we review recent trends in tuition at public universities and estimate impacts on enrollment. We use data from the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System on all public four-year colleges and universities from 1991 to 2007 and illustrate that tuition increased dramatically...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269160
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Widening participation in higher education: Analysis using linked administrative data
Chowdry, Haroon; Crawford, Claire; Dearden, Lorraine; … - 2010
cohorts of students in England - those who took GCSEs in 2001-02 and 2002-03 - from age 11 to age 20. The findings suggest … hold for both state and private school students. This suggests that poor attainment in secondary schools is more important … in explaining lower HE participation rates amongst students from disadvantaged backgrounds than barriers arising at the …
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Why So Slow? The School-to-Work Transition in Italy
Pastore, Francesco - 2017
This essay provides a comprehensive interpretative framework to understand the reasons why the school-to-work transition (SWT) is so slow and hard in Italy. The country is a typical example of the South European SWT regime, where the educational system is typically rigid and sequential, the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653495
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On educational performance measures
Muriel, Alastair; Smith, Jeffrey A. - 2011
Quantitative school performance measures (QPMs) are playing an ever larger role in education systems on both sides of the Atlantic. In this paper we outline the rationale for the use of such measures in education, review the literature relating to several important problems associated with their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278653
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Stuck at a Crossroads? The Duration of the Italian School-To-Work Transition
Pastore, Francesco; Quintano, Claudio; Rocca, Antonella - 2020
There is a long period from completing studies to finding a permanent or temporary (but at least satisfactory) job in all European countries, especially in Mediterranean countries, including Italy. This paper aims to study the determinants of this duration and measure them, for the first time in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270140
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The Duration of the School-To-Work Transition in Italy and in Other European Countries: A Flexible Baseline Hazard Interpretation
Pastore, Francesco; Quintano, Claudio; Rocca, Antonella - 2021
Purpose: The Italian school-to-work transition (STWT) is astonishingly slow and long in comparison to the other EU countries. The aim of this paper is to analyze its determinants comparing the Italian case with Austria, Poland and the UK in a gender perspective. Design/methodology/ approach: The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882408
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When the cat is near, the mice won't play: The effect of external examiners in Italian schools
Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2012
classes in the same school. We argue that the negative effect of external supervision is due to reduced cheating (by students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287619
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External Monitors and Score Manipulation in Italian Schools: Symptomatic Treatment or Cure?
Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; De Benedetto, Marco … - 2019
We use the repeated random assignment of external examiners to school institutes in Italy to investigate whether the effect of external monitoring on test score manipulation persists over time. We find that this effect is still present in the tests taken one year after exposure to the examiners,...
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