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When the cat is near, the mice won't play: the effect of external examiners in Italian schools
Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2013
We use a natural experiment to show that the presence of an external examiner has both a direct and an indirect negative effect on the performance of monitored classes in standardized educational tests. The direct effect is the difference in the test performance between classes of the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746204
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When the Cat Is Near, the Mice Won't Play: The Effect of External Examiners in Italian Schools
Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
We use a natural experiment to show that the presence of an external examiner in standardized school tests reduces the proportion of correct answers in monitored classes by 5.5 to 8.5% – depending on the grade and the test – with respect to classes in schools with no external monitor. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010814463
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When the Cat is Near, the Mice Won't Play: The Effect of External Examiners in Italian Schools
Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - Centre for Economic Performance, LSE - 2013
We use a natural experiment to show that the presence of an external examiner has both a direct and an indirect negative effect on the performance of monitored classes in standardized educational tests. The direct effect is the difference in the test performance between classes of the same...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010610741
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An Explanation of International Differences in Education and Workplace Training
Brunello, Giorgio; Medio, Alfredo - 2000
We develop a simple search equilibrium model of workplace training and education based on two features. First …, investment in education improves job-related learning skills and reduces training costs burdened by firms. Second, firms with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262339
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Unemployment, Education and Earnings Growth
Brunello, Giorgio - 2001
I use the European Community Household Panel to ask whether unemployment affects the relationship between education and … subsequent earnings growth. show that individuals with more education have more to lose in terms of subsequent earnings growth … from the experience of unemployment. This result partially compensates the fact that more education reduces the incidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010262517
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When the cat is near, the mice won't play: The effect of external examiners in Italian schools
Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; Rocco, Lorenzo - 2012
We use a natural experiment to show that the presence of an external examiner in standardized school tests reduces the proportion of correct answers in monitored classes by 5.5 to 8.5% - depending on the grade and the test - with respect to classes in schools with no external monitor. We find...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287619
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External Monitors and Score Manipulation in Italian Schools: Symptomatic Treatment or Cure?
Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; De Benedetto, Marco … - 2019
We use the repeated random assignment of external examiners to school institutes in Italy to investigate whether the effect of external monitoring on test score manipulation persists over time. We find that this effect is still present in the tests taken one year after exposure to the examiners,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141227
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External monitors and score manipulation in italian schools : symptomatic treatment or cure?
Bertoni, Marco; Brunello, Giorgio; De Benedetto, Marco … - 2019
We use the repeated random assignment of external examiners to school institutes in Italy to investigate whether the effect of external monitoring on test score manipulation persists over time. We find that this effect is still present in the tests taken one year after exposure to the examiners,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012106802
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An explanation of international differences in education and workplace training
Brunello, Giorgio; Medio, Alfredo - 2000
We develop a simple search equilibrium model of workplace training and education based on two features. First …, investment in education improves job-related learning skills and reduces training costs burdened by firms. Second, firms with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325670
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Unemployment, education and earnings growth
Brunello, Giorgio - 2001
I use the European Community Household Panel to ask whether unemployment affects the relationship between education and … subsequent earnings growth. show that individuals with more education have more to lose in terms of subsequent earnings growth … from the experience of unemployment. This result partially compensates the fact that more education reduces the incidence …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011402355