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How do Institutions Affect Corruption and the Shadow Economy?

Dreher, Axel; Kotsogiannis, Christos; McCorriston, Steve - EconWPA - 2005

corruption. It shows that an improvement in institutional quality reduces the shadow economy and affects the corruption market …. The exact relationship between corruption and institutional quality is, however, ambiguous and depends on the relative … effectiveness of the institutional quality in the shadow and corruption markets. The predictions of the model are empirically tested …

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CORRUPTION AROUND THE WORLD: EVIDENCE FROM A STRUCTURAL MODEL

Dreher, Axel; Kotsogiannis, Christos; McCorriston, Steve - EconWPA - 2004

The causes and consequences of corruption have attracted much attention in recent years by both academics and policy … makers. Central in the discussion on the impact of corruption are perception-based indices. While informative, these indices … are ordinal in nature and hence provide no indication of how much economic loss is attributed to corruption. Arguably …

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What is the Tradeoff Between Smaller Classes and Teacher Quality?

Jepsen, Christopher; Rivkin, Steven G. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002

This paper investigates the effects of California's class size reduction program on teacher quality and student achievement in an effort to gain a comprehensive understanding of the impact of a large-scale decrease in class size. It uses year-to-year differences in class size generated by...

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Estimating the Effect of Leaders on Public Sector Productivity: The Case of School Principals

Hanushek, Eric; Rivkin, Steven G.; Branch, Gregory F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012

Although much has been written about the importance of leadership in the determination of organizational success, there is little quantitative evidence due to the difficulty of separating the impact of leaders from other organizational components - particularly in the public sector. Schools...

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The Distribution of Teacher Quality and Implications for Policy

Hanushek, Eric A.; Rivkin, Steven G. - In: Annual Review of Economics 4 (2012) 1, pp. 131-157

It has become commonplace to measure teacher quality in terms of teacher value-added. Operationally, this means evaluating teachers according to the learning gains of students on various achievement tests. Existing research consistently shows large variations in teacher effectiveness, much of...

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Constrained Job Matching: Does Teacher Job Search Harm Disadvantaged Urban Schools?

Hanushek, Eric; Rivkin, Steven G. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

Search theory suggests that early career job changes on balance lead to better matches that benefit both workers and firms, but this may not hold in teacher labor markets characterized by salary rigidities, barriers to entry, and substantial differences in working conditions that are difficult...

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New Evidence about Brown v. Board of Education: The Complex Effects of School Racial Composition on Achievement

Hanushek, Eric; Rivkin, Steven G.; Kain, John F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2002

Uncovering the effects of school racial composition on achievement is difficult, because racial mixing in the schools is not an accident but instead represents a complex mixture of government and family choices. While the goals of the integration of schools legally inspired by Brown v. Board of...

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Disruption versus Tiebout Improvement: The Costs and Benefits of Switching Schools

Hanushek, Eric; Rivkin, Steven G.; Kain, John F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2001

Most students change schools at some point in their academic careers, but some change very frequently and some schools experience a great deal of turnover. Many researchers, teachers, and administrators argue that mobility harms students, particularly disadvantaged students in high turnover,...

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School Quality and the Black-White Achievement Gap

Hanushek, Eric; Rivkin, Steven G. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2006

Substantial uncertainty exists about the impact of school quality on the black-white achievement gap. Our results, based on both Texas Schools Project (TSP) administrative data and the Early Childhood Longitudinal Survey (ECLS), differ noticeably from other recent analyses of the black-white...

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Does Special Education Raise Academic Achievement for Students with Disabilities?

Hanushek, Eric; Rivkin, Steven G.; Kain, John F. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 1998

While special education has become a hotly debated issue of school policy, most of the discussion has centered on the aggregate costs of providing mandated programs for disabled children. Little attention has been paid to the effectiveness of such programs or possible interactions with the...

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