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Higher education in India : the need for change
Agarwal, Pawan - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011809963
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Can information on school attributes and placement probabilities direct search and choice? : evidence from choice platforms in Ecuador and Peru
Arteaga, Felipe; Elacqua, Gregory; Krussig, Thomas; … - 2022
This paper evaluates how new information influences families' applications and assignment outcomes in elementary school choice settings. Specifically, using a multi-country RCT based in Tacna, Peru and Manta, Ecuador, we examine the effect of providing personalized information on schooling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480122
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The welfare effects of including household preferences in school assignment systems : evidence from Ecuador
Elacqua, Gregory; Jacas, Isabel; Krussig, Thomas; … - 2022
We study the welfare produced by a coordinated school assignment system that is based exclusively on minimizing distance to schools, comparing the matches it produces to a system that includes household preferences using a deferred acceptance algorithm. We leverage administrative data and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014480130
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Report cards : parental preferences, information and school choice in Haiti
Bogner, Michael; Elacqua, Gregory; Jacas, Isabel; … - 2023
This paper studies school choice and information in the context of education markets in rural Haiti. Using a market … market shares. These findings suggest that providing information in poor education markets can improve market efficiency and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014460740
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Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system
Albornoz, Facundo; Berlinski, Samuel G.; Cabrales, Antonio - 2016
also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521209
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Early childhood development : wealth, the nurturing environment and inequality first results from the PRIDI database
Verdisco, Aimée E.; Cueto, Santiago; Thompson, Jennelle - 2016
variation in inequality. For example, correlations with the socio-economic characteristics of the home and maternal education … maternal education. Gaps between the development of children in the top and low extremes in these factors matter. By 59 months …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011519065
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Do multiple school jobs affect teacher performance? : evidence from Brazil
Elacqua, Gregory; Marotta, Luana - 2019
Low salaries, a limited amount of full-time teaching positions, and alternative systems of allocating teaching hours lead teachers to look for additional jobs in other schools. Although this is a more common phenomenon of teacher labor markets in developing countries, teachers who teach specific...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012117513
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Heterogeneous effects of mass academisation in England
Neri, Lorenzo; Pasini, Elisabetta - 2018
governance models. We find that students enrolled in chains have higher test scores at the end of their primary school education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011787893
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Does eligibility requirements matter for academic achievements? : a quasi-experimental retrospective study of students studying intermediate statistics
Pettersson, Nicklas; Karlsson, Niklas; Andrén, Daniela - 2023
Student achievements are expected to be affected by both educational activities and learning during a course and previous teaching and learning, and earlier eligibility requirements. Using data from a quasi-experimental retrospective study, we estimated the effect on exam scores in an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013493009
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Closing the gap between vocational and general education? : evidence from University Technical Colleges in England
Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Terrier, Camille; … - 2023
Delivery of vocational education in schools is a controversial issue around the world and attempts to improve it have … been tried for decades. A substantive innovation in vocational education provision came about in 2010 in England when a new … form of hybrid schools was introduced that combine general and vocational education: University Technical Colleges (UTCs …
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