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We show that grading standards for primary school exams in England have triggered an inflation of quality indicators in the national performance tables for almost two decades. The cumulative effects have resulted in significant differences in the quality signaled to parents for otherwise...
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In this paper, football data from the 2007/2008 to 2016/2017 seasons of the Italian Serie A were used to identify the effects of replacing a coach mid-season due to poor team performance. We used an instrumental variable approach to correlate coach turnover within a season with player...
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We show that the contemporaneous and longer horizon impulse responses estimated using small-scale Proxy structural vector autoregressions (SVARs) can be severely biased in the presence of information insufficiency. Instead, we recommend the use of a Proxy Factor Augmented VAR (FAVAR) model that...
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Social capital is often represented by generalized trust - the degree to which one trusts "most (unknown) people". It is assumed to be enhanced by diverse group interactions. In the social capital literature, it is opposed by particularized trust, which represents our mutual confidence in...
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private education and health systems has raised concerns about the future of an already fragmented social contract in Latin … America. In this chapter, we examine the evolution of the use of private education and private health insurance in selected … with some nuances. Wealthy households are mostly opting out of the public education system, and the middle-class is split …
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An instrumental variables (IV) identification strategy that exploits statutory class size caps shows significant achievement gains in smaller classes in Italian primary schools. Gains from small classes are driven mainly by schools in Southern Italy, suggesting a substantial return to class size...
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. This could explain the over education problem that characterizes many countries, Italy included. The aim of the paper is to …. Anyway, a high level of education increases the probability of being employed more than the belonging to ethnic networks …
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trend, it aims to look at it particularly in conjunction with education and provide a commentary on the same. It is proposed … education. Bivariate and multivariate analyses is conducted on state level cross-sectional data and it is found that patriarchy … is indicative of the large proportion of women out of the labour force at high levels of education. It is concluded that …
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We study the impact of child work on cognitive development in four Low- and Middle-Income Countries. We advance the literature by using cognitive test scores collected regardless of school attendance. We also address a key gap in the literature by controlling for children’s complete time...
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