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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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Tailoring instruction to improve mathematics skills in preschools : a randomized evaluation
Gallego, Francisco A.; Näslund-Hadley, Emma; Alfonso, … - 2018
Tailoring instruction to each student’s needs can produce significant learning gains. However, few programs have successfully implemented this approach. In this paper, we present the results of a randomized evaluation of a program that uses an inquiry with an individualized scaffolding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011882683
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Government fragmentation and educational outcomes : evidence on the creation of municipalities in Chile
Alcaíno, Manuel; Jaimovich, Analía; Méndez, Carolina; … - 2022
We explore how government fragmentation affects public education provision by examining the case of Chile, which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014516588
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The effect of educational mismatch on wages using European panel data
Iriondo, Iñaki; Pérez Amaral, Teodosio - 2013
, we find that the wages of people aged under 35 basically depend on the level of education attained, while those of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009687794
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The short- and long-term effects of student absence : evidence from Sweden
Cattan, Sarah; Kamhöfer, Daniel A.; Karlsson, Martin; … - 2021
Despite the relatively uncontested importance of promoting school attendance in the policy arena, little evidence exists on the causal effect of school absence on long-run socio-economic outcomes. We address this question by combining historical and administrative records for cohorts of Swedish...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583331
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Good peers have asymmetric gendered effects on female educational outcomes : experimental evidence from Mexico
Busso, Matias; Frisancho Robles, Verónica - 2021
This study examines the gendered effects of early and sustained exposure to high-performing peers on female educational trajectories. Exploiting random allocation to classrooms within middle schools, we measure the effect of male and female high performers on girls' high school placement...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012584602
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Parents know better: primary school choice and student achievement in London
Ovidi, Marco - 2021
Expanding parental choice in education may increase system-wide productivity if parents select schools that form a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012395616
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School quality and family background in Italy
Brunello, Giorgio; Checchi, Daniele - 2003
We study if the combined significant reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio and increase in parental education observed … is positively correlated with higher educational attainment, but that the overall improvement of parental education has … attainment and returns to education has been particularly significant for individuals born in regions and cohorts with poorer …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011589663
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Early skill gap effects on long-run outcomes and parental investments
Celhay, Pablo A.; Gallegos, Sebastián - 2019
This paper examines the effects of skill advantages at age six on different types of parental investments, and long-run outcomes up to age 27. We exploit exogenous variation in skills due to school entry rules, combining 20 years of Chilean administrative records with a regression discontinuity...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152937
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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