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The Making of Social Democracy : The Economic and Electoral Consequences of Norway's 1936 Folk School Reform
Acemoglu, Daron; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Salvanes, Kjell G.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
by the reform significantly increased their education and experienced higher labor income. Our main result is that the …. These results are not driven by the direct impact of education and are not explained by higher turnout, or greater attention …
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Gifted & Talented Programs and Racial Segregation
Thompson, Owen - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021
of gifted & talented education to racial segregation using data on the presence and racial composition of gifted … & talented education is a quantitatively small contributor to racial segregation in US elementary schools …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012794574
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The Right to Education Act : Trends in Enrollment, Test Scores, and School Quality
Shah, Manisha - 2019
The Right to Education Act in 2009 guaranteed access to free primary education for all children in India ages 6 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479561
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Educator Incentives and Educational Triage in Rural Primary Schools
Gilligan, Daniel O. - 2018
consistent with the hypothesis that teacher effort and books are complements in education production …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012480566
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Class Rank and Long-Run Outcomes
Denning, Jeffrey T. - 2020
This paper considers an unavoidable feature of the school environment, class rank. What are the long run effects of a student's ordinal rank in elementary school? Using administrative data from all public school students in Texas, we show that students with a higher third grade academic rank,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481323
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Federal Aid to School Districts During the COVID-19 Recession
Gordon, Nora E. - 2020
education programs for compensatory and special education. We simulate the distribution of funds and show the considerable …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481405
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Innovation and American K-12 Education
Chatterji, Aaron - 2017
Economists have long believed education is essential to the acquisition of human capital and contributes to economic … growth. However, education researchers, political and business leaders and other stakeholders have raised concerns about the … quality and costs of the K-12 education system in the United States and the implications for the development of the nation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012455151
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Access to Schooling and the Black-White Incarceration Gap in the Early 20th Century US South : Evidence from Rosenwald Schools
Eriksson, Katherine - 2015
A large gap in incarceration rates between black and white men has been evident since the early 20th century. This paper examines the effect of access to primary schooling on black incarceration in this period. I use the construction of 5,000 schools in the US South, funded by philanthropist...
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Worms at Work : Long-run Impacts of a Child Health Investment
Baird, Sarah - 2015
school-based deworming. The program increased labor supply among men and education among women, with accompanying shifts in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457240
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Religion, Politician Identity and Development Outcomes : Evidence from India
Bhalotra, Sonia R. - 2013
political representation of Muslims improves health and education outcomes in the district from which the legislator is elected …
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