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This paper estimates the impact of elite school attendance on long-run outcomes including completed education, income …, we find that elite school attendance had large impacts on completed education. For women, we find that elite school …
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This paper exploits an unusual policy reform that had the effect of reducing the direct cost of schooling in Ireland in the late 1960’s. This gave rise to an increased level of schooling but with effects that vary substantially across family background. This interaction of educational reform...
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students compelled to stay on in education as a result of this compulsory school leaving rule attain higher qualification …
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, responds to a wide range of variables, including parental education and motivation, social background, dependency ratios, work …
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Reforms of primary education undertaken in Madhya Pradesh since the mid-1990’s have been said to be bringing the state …. Substantial progress has been made in enrolling underprivileged children, but the quality of education now deserves more emphasis …. Indeed, the ‘education guarantee’ offered is incomplete, as the schools under study are affected by low quantity and poor …
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Using a panel of international student test scores 1980–2000 (PISA and TIMSS), panel fixed effects estimates suggest that government spending decentralization is conducive to student performance. The effect does not appear to be mediated through levels of educational spending.
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Despite the evidence for high returns to education at an individual level, large increases in education across the … problem. In India both men and women with more education live in households with greater consumption per capita. Yet in …
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(english) Reforms of primary education undertaken in Madhya Pradesh since the mid-1990’s have been said to be bringing … 2002. Substantial progress has been made in enrolling underprivileged children, but the quality of education now deserves … more emphasis. Indeed, the ‘education guarantee’ offered is incomplete, as the schools under study are affected by low …
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school year, amplify the beneficial effects of education on several measures of health in later life, including self …
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Researchers, policymakers, and parents are giving education reforms involving expanded school choice increased … currently plaguing the public education system in the US. However, the present system is not devoid of competition even absent …
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