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Divergent Trends in U.S. Teacher Quality: 1980-2010
Richey, Jeremiah - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper documents the changes in the ability distribution of individuals entering the teaching profession among individuals born between 1957-1964 and 1980-1984. This is done using the 1979 and 1997 cohorts of the National Longitudinal Survey of Youth and a constructed Armed Force Qualifying...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011109140
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Does better information about hospital quality affect patients’ choice? Empirical findings from Germany
Wübker, Ansgar; Sauerland, Dirk; Wübker, Achim - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Background: Economic theory strongly suggests that better information about the quality of care affects patients’ choice of health service providers. However, we have little empirical evidence about the impact of information provided on provider’s choice in Germany. Problem: In Germany, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837026
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“Does teacher preparation matter? pupil academic achievement and teacher’s college preparation”
Mason, Patrick L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
Agricultural & Mechanical University’s college of education relative to teachers trained in other colleges and schools affiliated … within and between the college of education and other academic units. We measure the productivity of a teacher by the … in elementary education than among elementary school pupils taught by a teacher with a college major in either secondary …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008543504
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How effective are Los Angeles elementary teachers and schools?
Buddin, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study uses value-added methods to examine the effectiveness of Los Angeles elementary teachers and schools. The results show that teacher effectiveness varies substantially across the school district. Most of the variance in teacher effectiveness is within schools and not across schools....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008765624
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Assessing difference: examining Florida’s initial teacher preparation programs and exploring alternative specifications of value-added models
Mason, Patrick L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study explores important statistical issues on the appropriate functional form and model specification of the value-added educational achievement equation. We also wish to estimate the causal effect of a teacher’s institution of academic preparation and pedagogical training. Standardized...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784960
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Examining FAMU’s supply of teachers: a value-added analysis of college of preparation on pupil academic achievement
Mason, Patrick L. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
regardless of whether we confine the sample to pupils matched with traditionally trained teachers (college of education graduates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008784962
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Education does not seem to improve health: Evidence from Indonesia
Parinduri, Rasyad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
I examine the effects of education on health in Indonesia using an exogenous variation in education induced by an … find the longer school year increases educational attainment and wages, but I do not find evidence that education improves … health. I explore some mechanisms through which education may affect health, but education does not seem to promote healthy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011210848
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Air pollution, foetal mortality, and long-term health: Evidence from the Great London Smog
Ball, Alastair - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper provides new evidence on the consequences of foetal exposure to high levels of pollution for the risk of stillbirth, and for the long-term health and labour market outcomes of those that survive. Variation in in utero exposure comes from a persistent weather system that affected...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212579
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A Matching Model of Endogenous Growth and Underground Firms
Lisi, Gaetano; Pugno, Maurizio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2015
Economic growth and unemployment exhibit an ambiguous relationship – according to empirical studies. This ambiguity can be investigated by observing the role of the underground economy in shaping the productivity of firms. Indeed, unemployment may be absorbed by underground firms, which adopt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212957
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School Performance Evaluation under the Voucher System: the Case of Chile
Bronfman, Javier - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Education plays an important role in the economic and social development of countries. Myriad studies show that … education is one of the best ways to offer increased socioeconomic opportunities, social mobility and wages. Not only is … universal education important but more significant is the quality of the education. In an attempt to offer higher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011212961