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The effects of school competition on academic achievement and grading standards
Himmler, Oliver - 2009
outside option to public and other schools, this paper considers the effect of catholic competition on non-catholic school … performance in pre-university education. Employing data from central exit exams, a positive link between competition intensity and … academic achievement is found. In addition to raising achievement, higher levels of competition are not associated with a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265979
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Competition and Educational Quality: Evidence from The Netherlands
Dijkgraaf, Elbert; Gradus, Raymond H.J.M.; de Jong, Matthijs - 2009
scale competition. In the Netherlands free parental choice is present since the beginning of the 20th century, which can be …Ample evidence is available for the effect of competition on educational quality as only a few countries allow large … characterized as a full voucher program with 100% funding. Based on panel data for the Netherlands we show that there is a relation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326001
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Scale economies can offset the benefits of competition: Evidence from a school consolidation reform in a universal voucher system
de Haan, Monique; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2011
A large school consolidation reform in the Netherlands changed minimum school size rules underlying public funding. The … context scale economies dominated the effects of choice and competition. This points to an often ignored trade-off between … scale and competition. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278683
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Estimating travellers' preferences for competition in commercial passenger rail transport
Paha, Johannes; Rompf, Dirk; Warnecke, Christiane - 2011
The current level of competition in European commercial passenger rail markets is low and empirical data on customer … preferences in intramodal competition has hardly been available, yet. Our study raises the knowledge of competition in commercial … regressions. Our analysis indicates that customers experiencing competition (Cologne-Brussels) show a higher preference for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010286431
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The Contribution of Foreign Borrowing to the New Zealand Economy
Makin, Anthony; Zhang, Wei; Scobie, Grant - 2008
New Zealand's unrelenting current account deficits, its trade performance and high external debt level remain central to ongoing economic policy debates. However, what has been overlooked in the discussion of New Zealand's economic relations with its trading partners is the positive contribution...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115608
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Household Debt in New Zealand
Henderson, Katherine; Scobie, Grant M. - 2009
In recent years, the total debt of the household sector has risen appreciably. This has led to concerns about "excessive" borrowing, and to the possibility that some households may have become unduly vulnerable in the event of unexpected shocks. This paper draws on both aggregate and household...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115612
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Saving Rates of New Zealanders: A Net Wealth Approach
Scobie, Grant M.; Henderson, Katherine - 2009
Reliable estimates of actual household saving rates in New Zealand have proved elusive as existing sources of data have in the past given disparate estimates, making it difficult to reach a consensus of the real rate of household saving. For the first time in New Zealand, however, longitudinal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115613
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A Simple Model of Housing Rental and Ownership with Policy Simulations
Coleman, Andrew; Scobie, Grant M. - 2009
The housing market is both large and complex. This paper develops a simple model that captures the essential features of the supply and demand for housing, and which is used to evaluate the impact of a range of policy interventions. Increases in the stock of housing would reduce rents and house...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115614
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Challenges and Choices: Modelling New Zealand's Long-term Fiscal Position
Bell, Matthew; Blick, Gary; Parkyn, Oscar; Rodway, Paul; … - 2010
This working paper provides further detail on the modelling behind Challenges and Choices – New Zealand's Long-Term Fiscal Statement, published on 29 October 2009. Building on the first Statement of 2006, we construct two main fiscal scenarios over a 40- year horizon. The historic trends...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115616
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Healthy, Wealthy and Working: Retirement Decisions of Older New Zealanders
Enright, James; Scobie, Grant M - 2010
Health status is an important element in the decision to continue working or retire among older workers. Given the demographic projections for the next four decades, there will be increasing opportunities for older workers to remain in the workforce. However, an individual's decision is likely...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012115617