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On The Origins of Gender Human Capital Gaps : Short and Long Term Consequences of Teachers’ Stereotypical Biases

Lavy, Victor - 2015

In this paper, we estimate the effect of primary school teachers' gender biases on boys' and girls' academic achievements during middle and high school and on the choice of advanced level courses in math and sciences during high school. For identification, we rely on the random assignments of...

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From Forced Busing to Free Choice in Public Schools : Quasi-Experimental Evidence of Individual and General Effects

Lavy, Victor - 2006

In 1994 the city of Tel Aviv replaced its existing school integration program based on inter-district busing, with a new program that allowed students to choose freely between schools in and out of district. This paper explores the impact of this program on high school outcomes while...

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Sixty Years after the Magic Carpet Ride : The Long-Run Effect of the Early Childhood Environment on Social and Economic Outcomes

Gould, Eric D. - 2009

almost 60 years, for both the affected cohorts and for their children. To do this, we exploit a natural experiment provided …

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Do Gender Stereotypes Reduce Girls' Human Capital Outcomes? Evidence from a Natural Experiment

Lavy, Victor - 2004

of gender stereotyping and discrimination by public high-school teachers in Israel. It uses a natural experiment based on … English, and at all levels of the curriculum. The bias is evident in all segments of the ability and performance distribution … are not supported empirically. However, the size of the bias is very sensitive to teachers' characteristics, suggesting …

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The Effect of High School Matriculation Awards : Evidence from Randomized Trials

Angrist, Joshua D. - 2002

In Israel, as in many other countries, a high school matriculation certificate is required by universities and some jobs. In spite of the certificate's value, Israeli society is marked by vast differences in matriculation rates by region and socioeconomic status. We attempted to increase the...

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Teachers’ Pay for Performance in the Long-Run : Effects on Students’ Educational and Labor Market Outcomes in Adulthood

Lavy, Victor - 2015

This paper examines the dynamic effects of a teachers' pay for performance experiment on long-term outcomes at …

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