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One size fits all? The effects of teacher cognitive and non-cognitive abilities on student achievement

Grönqvist, Erik; Vlachos, Jonas - 2008

Teachers are increasingly being drawn from the lower parts of the general ability distribution, but it is not clear how this affects student achievement. We track the position of entering teachers in population-wide cognitive and non-cognitive ability distributions using school grades and draft...

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Gender and ethnic interactions among teachers and students: Evidence from Sweden

Lindahl, Erica - 2007

This study investigates the importance of gender and ethnic interactions among teachers and students for school performance in Swedish, English and Mathematics. School leaving certificates assigned by the teacher is compared with results on comprehensive national tests. The analysis is based on...

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Pay for percentile

Barlevy, Gadi; Neal, Derek - 2009

We propose an incentive pay scheme for educators that links educator compensation to the ranks of their students within appropriately defined comparison sets, and we show that under certain conditions our scheme induces teachers to allocate socially optimal levels of effort to all students....

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Children's Advancement Through School in Brazil: The Role of Transitory Shocks to Household Income

Duryea, Suzanne - 1998

This paper investigates the effects of short-run economic shocks on children`s progress through school in urban Brazil using a unique panel data set. The severe problem of grade repetition in Brazil contributes to overall low education levels. Of children ages 10-15 who are enrolled in school,...

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Comparing teachers' assessments and national test results: Evidence from Sweden

Lindahl, Erica - 2007

This study compares results on national tests with teachers’ assessment of student performance, by using Swedish data of grade 9 students (16 years old). I examine whether there are systematic differences correlated with gender and ethnic background. That is, if the relationship between school...

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Labour quality in Indian manufacturing: A State level analysis

Aggarwal, Suresh Chand - 2004

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Higher Education in India: Seizing the Opportunity

Kaul, Sanat - 2006

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Impact of Special Economic Zones on Employment, Poverty and Human Development

Aggarwal, Aradhna - 2007

India. It identifies three channels through which SEZs address these issues: employment generation, skill formation (human … study examines the sectoral and economic composition of SEZ activities in India. It finds that labour intensive, skill … intensive and technology intensive firms co exist in India's zones and, therefore argues that all the three effects described …

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Access of the poor to water supply and sanitation in India: Salient concepts, issues and cases

Jha, Nitish - 2010

Access to safe water is necessary for lives and livelihoods. In India, a mid-term assessment reveals that the country … factors constrain access to safe drinking water and proper sanitation in India for both the urban and rural poor, and that …

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Is the elephant stepping on its trunk? The problem of India´s unbalanced growth

Douhan, Robin; Nordberg, Anders - 2007

It is often assumed that recent success in the high-technology software industry will lead India's development. However … development pattern in India. …

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