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The effect of school starting age on academic performance in Hungary
Hámori, Szilvia - 2007
The study estimates the effect of school starting age on academic performance for Hungarian grade four students using the "Progress in International Reading Literacy Study" (PIRLS) and the "Trends in Mathematics and Science Study" (TIMMS). The study uses the control function approach, exploiting...
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Kinek használ az évvesztés? Iskolakezdési kor és tanulói teljesítmények Magyarországon
Hámori, Szilvia; Köllő, János - 2010
This paper estimates the effect of school starting age on academic performance using the 2006 "National Assessment of Basic Competencies" (NABC), focusing on disadvantaged and non-disadvantaged children. The instrumental variable estimates of the school starting age imply that those who start...
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Does the early bird catch the worm? Instrumental variable estimates of educational effects of age of school entry in Germany
Puhani, Patrick A.; Weber, Andrea Maria - 2005
, sampling pupils at the end of primary school, in the middle of secondary school and several years after secondary school … robust and significant positive effects on educational attainment for pupils who enter school at seven instead of six years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277101
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Does the early bird catch the worm? Instrumental variable estimates of educational effects of age of school entry in Germany
Puhani, Patrick A.; Weber, Andrea Maria - 2005
, sampling pupils at the end of primary school, in the middle of secondary school and several years after secondary school … robust and significant positive effects on educational attainment for pupils who enter school at seven instead of six years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010323050
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Whose children gain from starting school later? Evidence from Hungary
Hámori, Szilvia; Kollo, Janos - 2011
eight students in Hungary. Instrumental variables estimates of the local average treatment effect suggest that children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278579
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Whose Children Gain from Starting School Later? Evidence from Hungary
Hámori, Szilvia; Köllő, János - 2011
eight students in Hungary. Instrumental variables estimates of the local average treatment effect suggest that children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494714
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How do principals assign students to teachers? Finding evidence in administrative data and the implications for value-added
Dieterle, Steven G.; Guarino, Cassandra; Reckase, Mark D.; … - 2012
The federal government's Race to the Top competition has promoted the adoption of test-based performance measures as a component of teacher evaluations throughout many states, but the validity of these measures has been controversial among researchers and widely contested by teachers' unions. A...
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What determines the return to education: An extra year or a hurdle cleared?
Dickson, Matt; Smith, Sarah - 2011
qualifications drive most - but not all - of the returns to education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010278357
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The effect of a social experiment in education
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Marten - 2001
in the educational debate. These issues were the focus of a major education reform in Sweden which was implemented in the … for higher ability individuals from poorer backgrounds. In addition we estimate the returns to education for those … distinguish its direct effect on earnings from the effect it had by increasing the quantity of education. We find that the main …
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Why does height matter for educational Attainment? Evidence from German pre-teen children
Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim - 2010
respect to education policy, our findings suggest that early school tracking might increase disadvantages for students with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270464