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their classmates do worse. The theory presented below reconciles all of these facts by recognizing that classroom teaching … ranges away from equilibrium levels will adversely affect educational output. The theory argues for a particular non … by lowering class size. The theory provides a measurable and operational way to define school quality that can be tested …
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This paper compares retrospective and prospective analyses of the effect of flip charts on test scores in rural Kenyan schools. Retrospective estimates that focus on subjects for which flip charts are used suggest that flip charts raise test scores by up to 20 percent of a standard deviation....
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This paper analyzes data from Project STAR, an experiment in which 11,600 Tennessee kindergarten students and teachers were randomly assigned to one of three types of classes beginning in the 1985-86 school year: small classes (13-17 students), regular-size classes (22-25 students) teacher's...
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thinking may be important. Our results suggest that information-processing heuristics may be important even in markets with …
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modern behavioral economics. This chapter reviews theory and evidence on this topic, with the goal of facilitating more … processes, biases in belief updating, the representativeness heuristic as a possible unifying theory, and interactions between …
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This paper proposes a method for separating economic time series into a smooth component whose mean varies over time (the trend') and a stationary component (the cycle'). The aim is to make the trends as smooth as possible while also producing cycles with plausible properties. While the main...
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expectations with less naïve learning rules. Our results suggest that fast and frugal robust heuristics may not be a second …
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Heuristic models have been proposed for many domains of choice. We compare heuristic models of intertemporal choice, which can account for many of the known intertemporal choice anomalies, to discounting models. We conduct an out-of-sample, cross-validated comparison of intertemporal choice...
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structure is relevant in many applications. We develop the theory underlying optimal menus of non-linear schedules and prove …
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Firms may be reluctant to provide general training if workers can quit and use their gained skills elsewhere. “Training … contractual variation from a leading trucking firm, we show that two training contracts significantly reduced post-training … firm profits from training and reduced worker welfare relative to no contract …
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