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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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The crime reducing effect of education
Machin, Stephen; Marie, Olivier; Vujić, Sunčica - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269760
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The impact of truancy on educational attainment: A bivariate ordered probit estimator with mixed effects
Buscha, Franz; Conte, Anna - 2010
This paper investigates the relationship between educational attainment and truancy. Using data from the Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, we estimate the causal impact that truancy has on educational attainment at age 16. Problematic is that both truancy and attainment are measured as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010281614
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Protection and the determinants of household income in Tanzania 1991-2007
Leyaro, Vincent; Morrissey, Oliver - 2010
This paper analyses the association between household characteristics' in particular size and location, and for the household head age, sector of employment (and the tariff applicable to that sector) and education - and household income using data from the Tanzania Household Budget Survey for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288543
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The impact of family income on child achievement: Evidence from the earned income tax Credit
Dahl, Gordon B.; Lochner, Lance - 2010
measurement error. In this paper, we use an instrumental variables strategy to estimate the causal effect of income on children … $2,100, between 1993 and 1997. Using a panel of roughly 4,500 children matched to their mothers from National … math and reading test scores by 6% of a standard deviation in the short-run. Test gains are larger for children from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010291968
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Maternal education, home environments and the development of children and adolescents
Carneiro, Pedro; Meghir, Costas; Parey, Matthias - 2007
We study the intergenerational effects of maternal education on children's cognitive achievement, behavioral problems … 1979 (NLSY79) and their children, we can control for mother's ability and family background factors. Our results show … substantial intergenerational returns to education. For children aged 7-8, for example, our IV results indicate that an additional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293068
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Parental education and child's education: A natural experiment
Chevalier, Arnaud - 2004
target children at risk of not maximising their educational potential, the estimates are of interest. Contrary to recent … evidence, we find a positive effect of both parents education on their children’s schooling achievements when focusing on … natural parents only. Step parents have no or a negative impact on children’s education. In most cases, the endogeneity of …
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Birth order matters: the effect of family size and birth order on educational attainment
Booth, Alison L.; Kee, Hiau Joo - 2005
their children's education. We construct a composite birth order index that effectively purges family size from birth order … and family level attributes, we find that children from larger families have lower levels of education and that there is …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010267651
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Maternal education, home environments and the development of children and adolescents
Carneiro, Pedro; Meghir, Costas; Parey, Matthias - 2007
We study the intergenerational effects of maternal education on children's cognitive achievement, behavioral problems … 1979 (NLSY79) and their children, we can control for mother's ability and family background factors. Our results show … substantial intergenerational returns to education. For children aged 7-8, for example, our IV results indicate that an additional …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268532
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Food price inflation and children's schooling
Grimm, Michael - 2008
I analyze the impact of food price inflation on parental decisions to send their children to school. Moreover, I use … enrolment rates. Instrumental variable estimates show that the effect of household income on children's school enrolment is much …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271077