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The value of U.S. college education in global labor markets : experimental evidence from China
Chen, Mingyu - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012214234
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Parental investment, school choice, and the persistent benefits of intervention in early childhood
Wang, Lei; Qian, Yiwei; Warrinnier, Nele; Attanasio, … - 2021
We present evidence from a randomized experiment testing the impacts of a six-month early childhood home-visiting program on child outcomes at school entry. Two and a half years after completion of the program, we find persistent effects on child working memory - a key skill of executive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012670379
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Integrated approaches to addressing drugs and development challenges in Myanmar's borderlands
Meehan, Patrick - 2022
borderland regions, considering that protracted armed conflict, chronic poverty, humanitarian emergencies, state failure, and … drugs-related and development goals in the conflict-affected Myanmar-China borderlands. The first of these interventions is … to combine efforts to reduce opium cultivation with a wider set of rural development strategies aimed at tackling poverty …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013473131
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Leaving no one behind in Ghana through university education : interrogating spatial, gender and class inequalities
Ayelazuno, Jasper Abembia; Aziabah, Maxwell A. - 2021
have shot up in tandem. Yet the number of Ghanaians living in poverty is higher than ever before, and social inequality is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420220
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Raising college access and completion : how much can free college help?
Ferreira, María M.; Garriga, Carlos; Martin, Juan David; … - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012308570
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Gendered teacher feedback, students' math performance and enrollment outcomes : a text mining approach
Charousset, Pauline; Monnet, Marion - 2022
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013331057
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Better luck next time : learning through retaking
Frisancho Robles, Verónica; Krishna, Kala; Lychagin, Sergey - 2014
This paper provides some evidence that repeat taking of competitive examsmay reduce the impact of background disadvantages on educational outcomes. Using administrative data on the university entrance exam in Turkey, the paper estimates cumulative learning between the first and the nth attempt...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011285043
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The effects of financial aid and returns information in selective and less selective schools : experimental evidence from Chile
Busso, Matias; Dinkelman, Taryn; Martínez Alvear, Claudia - 2016
Schools that provide higher education often belong to either a merit-based selective system or an open-access less selective system. This paper presents the results of a field experiment that provided Grade 12 students in Chile with tailored information about financial aid and average earnings...
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Can a summer make a difference? : the impact of the American Economic Association summer program on minority student outcomes
Becker, Charles M.; Rouse, Cecilia Elena; Chen, Mingyu - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465752
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Estimating the return to college selectivity over the career using administrative earnings data
Dale, Stacy Berg; Krueger, Alan B. - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465998