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Social returns to education in a developing country
Filiztekin, Alpay - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
workers with lower skills, or working in sectors with lower average wages benefit most from externalities. The results are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009372568
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Do University Rankings Matter for Growth?
Tan Kuan Lu, Clifford - 2014
I investigate the relationship between university rankings and economic growth and found that the relationship is statistically significant. The more the number of universities that a country has in international university rankings, the higher its GDP per capita. What is more surprising is...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013061096
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The impact of teacher wages on the performance of students: evidence from PISA
Ali, Amjad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
this detailed and in-depth research, the impact of teacher wages on students’ achievement was assessed in different ways by … using different measuring sticks; starting salary, salary after 15 year of experience, salary per hour of net teaching time … and salary ratio to GDP per capita and by using country scores, of 15 year old pupil enrolled in lower secondary school …
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Measuring teacher and school effectiveness at improving student achievement in Los Angeles elementary schools
Buddin, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This study uses longitudinal student-level test score data to examine the effectiveness of elementary teachers and schools in Los Angeles. The results show that teacher effectiveness varies widely both across the Los Angeles school district and within district schools. Controlling for student...
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Using nonparametrics to specify a model to measure the value of travel time
Fosgerau, Mogens - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
Using a range of nonparametric methods, the paper examines the specification of a model to evaluate the willingness-to-pay (WTP) for travel time changes from binomial choice data from a simple time-cost trading experiment. The analysis favours a model with random WTP as the only source of...
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Mutual Altruism: Evidence from Alzheimer Patients and Their Spouse Caregivers
König, Markus; Pfarr, Christian; Zweifel, Peter - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Background: Preferences of both Alzheimer patients and their spouse caregivers are related to a willingness-to-pay (WTP) measure which is used to test for the presence of mutual (rather than conventional unilateral) altruism. Methods: Contingent valuation experiments were conducted in 2000 –...
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The economic impact of climate change on food security in Malaysia
Chuen Khee, Pek; Yet Mee, Lim; Chee Keong, Choong - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This study estimates the economic impact of climate change on food security in Malaysia. The contingent valuation technique is employed on 456 randomly selected households in the vicinities of Selangor Darul Ehsan. The study finds that climate change mitigation programmes to ensure food security...
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Economic Valuation of Environmental Values of the Landscape Development and Protection Area of Volcji Potok
Verbic, Miroslav; Erker, Renata - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
When the market for a certain good is competitive enough, economic activities can be studied by the market pricing mechanism. Because this is usually not feasible in case of environmental goods with embodied natural and cultural heritage, particular methods for economic valuation of such goods...
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Solid Waste Disposal: A Choice Experiment Experience in Malaysia
Pek, Chuen Khee; Othman, Jamal - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
Increasing generation of solid waste requires better quality disposal options in Malaysia. Control tipping is the most commonly used complemented by sanitary landfill and incineration. This study estimates the non-market values of improved waste disposal services and also ranking them using...
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Modelling heterogeneity in response behaviour towards a sequence of discrete choice questions: a latent class approach
McNair, Ben J.; Hensher, David A.; Bennett, Jeff - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
There is a growing body of evidence in the non-market valuation literature suggesting that responses to a sequence of discrete choice questions tend to violate the assumptions typically made by analysts regarding independence of responses and stability of preferences. Heuristics such as value...
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