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Skill-Biased Technical Change and Educational Outcomes

Machin, Stephen - In: International Handbook on the Economics of Education

This major Handbook comprehensively surveys the rapidly growing field of the economics of education. It is unique in …

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Bell, Brian; Machin, Stephen - In: International Handbook on the Economics of Migration

Migration economics is a dynamic, fast-growing research area with significant and rising policy relevance. While its scope is continually extending, there is no authoritative treatment of its various branches in one volume. Written by 44 leading experts in the field, this carefully commissioned...

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Education and Mobility

Machin, Stephen; Pelkonen, Panu; Salvanes, Kjell G. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based … be due to differences in levels of education in the respective regions. …

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School Accountability

Figlio, David; Loeb, Susanna - In: Handbook of the Economics of Education

Republican federal administrations' education policies. This chapter reviews the theory of school-based accountability, describes …

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Peer Effects in Education: How Might They Work, How Big Are They and How Much Do We Know Thus Far?

Sacerdote, Bruce - In: Handbook of the Economics of Education

This chapter summarizes the recent literature on peer effects in student outcomes at the elementary, secondary, and post-secondary levels. Linear-in-means models find modest sized and statistically significant peer effects in test scores. But the linear-in-means model masks considerable...

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Education and Family Background: Mechanisms and Policies

Björklund, Anders; Salvanes, Kjell G. - In: Handbook of the Economics of Education

' education or with other indicators of their parents' socio-economic status. This topic is central in social science, and there … to researchers. The purpose of this chapter is to summarize and evaluate recent empirical research on education and …

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The crime reducing effect of education

Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujić, Sunčica - London School of Economics (LSE) - 2010

In this paper, we present evidence on empirical connections between crime and education, using various data sources … from Britain. A robust finding is that criminal activity is negatively associated with higher levels of education. However …, it is essential to ensure that the direction of causation flows from education to crime. Therefore, we identify the …

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The Crime Reducing Effect of Education

Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujić, Sunčica - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

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What makes a test score? The respective contributions of pupils, schools, and peers in achievement in English primary education

Kramarz, Francis; Machin, Stephen; Ouazad, Amine - 2008

This study develops an analytical framework for evaluating the respective contributions of pupils, peers, and school quality in affecting educational achievement. We implement this framework using rich data from England that matches pupils to their primary schools. The dataset records all...

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Education and mobility

Machin, Stephen; Pelkonen, Panu; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2008

We show that the length of compulsory education has a causal impact on regional labour mobility. The analysis is based … be due to differences in levels of education in the respective regions. …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269328