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Class size and class heterogeneity
De Giorgi, Giacomo; Pellizzari, Michele; Woolston, … - 2009
We study how class size and composition affect the academic and labor market performances of college students, two … crucial policy questions given the secular increase in college enrollment. We rely on the random assignment of students to … deviation deterioration of the average grade. Further, the effect is heterogenous as female and higher income students seem …
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Books are forever: Early life conditions, education and lifetime income
Brunello, Giorgio; Weber, Guglielmo; Weiss, Christoph T. - 2012
In this paper we estimate the effect of education on lifetime earnings in Europe, by distinguishing between individuals …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282568
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Central Exams as the "Currency" of School Systems: International Evidence on the Complementarity of School Autonomy and Central Exams
Woessmann, Ludger - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 4, pp. 46-56
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011696455
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Institutional Comparisons in Educational Production
Woessmann, Ludger - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 4, pp. 3-6
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The impact of direct democracy on public education: Evidence for Swiss students in reading, mathematics and natural science
Fischer, Justina A. V. - 2007
Empirical analyses for the US suggest that stronger people's control over the school budget is deleterious to student performance. Using Swiss data on ninth graders in mathematics, reading and natural science collected jointly with the PISA study 2000, this paper tests this hypothesis for...
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Education, Growth and Income Inequality
Teulings, Coen N.; van Rens, Thijs - 2002
Estimates of the effect of education on GDP (the social return) have been hard to reconcile with micro evidence on the private return to schooling. We present a simple explanation combining two ideas: imperfect substitution and endogenous skill-biased technological progress and use cross-country...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010324788
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Do better schools lead to more growth?: cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
We provide evidence that the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth reflects a causal effect of cognitive skills and supports the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking student achievement across countries, over...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274159
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Do better schools lead to more growth? Cognitive skills, economic outcomes, and causation
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Woessmann, Ludger - 2009
We investigate whether a causal interpretation of the robust association between cognitive skills and economic growth is appropriate and whether cross-country evidence supports a case for the economic benefits of effective school policy. We develop a new common metric that allows tracking...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274179
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Diverging Patterns of Education Premium and School Attendance in France and the US: A Walrasian View
de la Croix, David; Docquier, Frédéric - 2003
We evaluate the effect of technology, demographics and policy on the differential evolution of the skill premium and on the rise in education investment in France and the USA. We use a computable general equilibrium model with overlapping generations of individuals, and endogenous education...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261573
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Exercise improves academic performance
Cappelen, Alexander W.; Charness, Gary; Ekström, Mathias; … - 2017
academic performance of college students. As expected, the intervention increases physical activity. The main result is that it … generates a strong and significant improvement in academic performance, particularly for students who struggled at the baseline … in terms of lifestyle habits. We also provide evidence on the underlying mechanisms: Students who were incentivized to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011917056