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The optimal timing of school tracking
Brunello, Giorgio; Giannini, Massimo; Ariga, Kenn - 2004
We develop a simple model which determines the optimal timing of school tracking as the outcome of the trade off between the advantages of specialization, which call for early tracking, and the costs of early selection, which lead to later tracking. We calibrate the model for Germany and study...
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Who is afraid of school choice?
Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2011
This study uses survey data to investigate attitudes among Swiss voters to different models offering more freedom of choice in the educational system. The findings indicate clear opposition to the use of taxpayer money to fund private schools, while free choice between public schools seems to...
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Public-private partnership and schooling outcomes across countries
Woessmann, Ludger - 2006
The paper provides a comparative analysis of the association between student achievement and public-private partnerships (PPPs) in schooling across countries. Student-level data from the PISA international achievement test provides information on the public-private character of both operation...
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Does additional spending help urban schools? An evaluation using boundary discontinuities
Gibbons, Steve; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - 2012
Improving the educational attainment of disadvantaged students in urban schools is a priority for policy worldwide, but existing research is equivocal about the effectiveness of additional funding for achieving this objective. This study exploits anomalies in the spatial dimension of school...
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School quality and family background in Italy
Brunello, Giorgio; Checchi, Daniele - 2003
We study whether the combined significant reduction in the pupil-teacher ratio and increase in parental education … observed in Italy between the end of World War II and the end of the 1980s have had a significant impact on the educational … parental education has had an even stronger impact on attainment. We also find that the positive impact of better school …
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Educational Production in East Asia : The Impact of Family Background and Schooling
Woessmann, Ludger - 2003
East Asian students regularly take top positions in international league tables of educational performance. Using internationally comparable student-level data, I estimate how family background and schooling policies affect student performance in five high-performing East Asian economies. Family...
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Which School Systems Sort Weaker Students into Smaller Classes? International Evidence
Woessmann, Ludger; West, Martin R. - 2003
decentralized education finance and considerable residential mobility, exhibits regressive between-school sorting. Between …
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Home versus School Learning: A New Approach to Estimating the Effect of Class Size on Achievement
Lindahl, Mikael - 2001
I estimate the effect of class size on scholastic achievement using that schools are only in session during the school year and out of session during the summer. This seasonal feature of the schooling system makes it possible to control for unobservable pupil characteristics affecting both the...
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School Vouchers in Practice: Competition Won't Hurt You!
Sandström, F. Mikael; Bergström, Fredrik - 2002
An important issue in the debate on voucher systems and school choice is what effects competition from independent schools will have on public schools. Sweden has made a radical reform of its system for financing schools. Independent and public schools operate on close to equal terms under a...
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Determinants of student achievements in the primary education of Paraguay
Otter, Thomas; Villalobos Barría, Carlos - 2009
The idea that schooling scores depend on a combination of family background characteristics, ability and school (institutional) variables is quite clear. Regarding the issue of intergenerational transmission of inequality in the educational system, the most important question would be if and to...
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