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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment : Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra
Cortes, Kalena E. - 2014
We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills. A regression discontinuity design shows substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on...
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Curriculum and Ideology
Cantoni, Davide - 2014
, staggered introduction of the new curriculum across provinces allows us to identify the effects of the new educational content …. These changes were often effective: study under the new curriculum is robustly associated with changed views on political …
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The Impact of High School Curriculum on Confidence, Academic Success, and Mental and Physical Well-Being of University Students
Yu, Han - 2018
This paper investigates the causal effect of high school curriculum on various student outcomes including academic … attitudes towards studying and learning. We exploit a curriculum reform in China, the implementation of which started in 2004 … new curriculum pivoted away from the old lock-step course structure where all students took the same courses and only …
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Empirics on the Origins of Preferences : The Case of College Major and Religiosity
Kimball, Miles S. - 2010
Early life experiences are likely to be important for the formation of preferences. Religiosity is a key dimension of preferences, affecting many economic outcomes. This paper examines the effect of college major on religiosity, and the converse effect of religiosity on college major, using...
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The Making of an Investment Banker : Macroeconomic Shocks, Career Choice, and Lifetime Income
Oyer, Paul - 2009
New graduates of elite MBA programs flock to Wall Street during bull markets and start their careers elsewhere when the stock market is weak. Given the transferability of MBA skills, it seems likely that any effect of stock returns on MBA placement would be short-lived. In this paper, I use a...
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Monetary Policy and Asset Prices : A Look Back at Past U.S. Stock Market Booms
Bordo, Michael D. - 2011
This paper examines the economic environments in which past U.S. stock market booms occurred as a first step toward understanding how asset price booms come about and whether monetary policy should be used to defuse booms. We identify several episodes of sustained rapid rise in equity prices in...
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The U.S. Left Behind : The Rise of IPO Activity Around the World
Doidge, Craig - 2011
During the past two decades, there has been a dramatic change in IPO activity around the world. Though vibrant IPO activity, attributed to better institutions and governance, used to be a strength of the U.S., it no longer is. IPO activity in the U.S. has fallen compared to the rest of the world...
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The Effects of U.S. Tax Policy on the Income Repatriation Patterns of U.S. Multinational Corporations
Altshuler, Rosanne - 2011
U.S. corporations owe taxes to the U.S. Treasury on income earned both inside and outside American borders. This paper examines the incentives created by the U.S. tax system for the legal avoidance of taxes on foreign source income. Using data from 1986 corporate tax returns, we investigate the...
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Business Failures by Industry in the United States, 1895 to 1939 : A Statistical History
Richardson, Gary - 2011
Dun's Review began publishing monthly data on bankruptcies by branch of business during the 1890s. This essay reconstructs that series, links it to its successors, and discusses how it can be used for economic analysis
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Trends in the Transitory Variance of Male Earnings in the U.S., 1970-2004
Moffitt, Robert A. - 2011
We estimate the trend in the transitory variance of male earnings in the U.S. using the Michigan Panel Study of Income Dynamics from 1970 to 2004. Using both an error components model as well as simpler but only approximate methods, we find that the transitory variance started to increase in the...
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