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School Choice and School Quality in the US
Nechyba, Thomas - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 4, pp. 33-38
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Measuring service quality: The opinion of Europeans about utilities
Ferrari, Pieralda A.; Salini, Silvia - 2008
This paper provides a comparative analysis of statistical methods to evaluate the consumer perception about the quality of Services of General Interest. The evaluation of the service quality perceived by users is usually based on Customer Satisfaction Survey data and an ex-post evaluation is...
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The Mediating Role of Psychosocial Benefits in the Satisfaction Formation Process
Prevo, Olaf; Leunisse, Patrick; Roest, Henk - 1999
In this paper we investigate the mediating role of psychosocial benefits in the customersatisfaction/dissatisfaction formation process. Most research on this subject deals with thecausality direction of psychosocial benefits and satisfaction, sometimes preceded by anoverall functional benefit...
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Models as Measuring Instruments
Rodenburg, Peter - 2004
in models by analysing the measurement of duration dependence of unemployment. Since search theory can’t be made … - provided the models is calibrated - this suffice for measurement. This paper explores this construction of a measuring device … measurement to take place by modelling behaviour according to some assumptions, which operate as constraints. While this Weibull …
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The measurement of social welfare
Tsuneki, Atsushi - 2007
the present suboptimal economy. We discuss pros and cons of our approach for the measurement of welfare compared with … other approaches to applied welfare economics, especially the measurement of deadweight loss. …
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A sociological perspective on measuring social norms by means of strategy method experiments
Rauhut, Heiko; Winter, Fabian - 2009
The measurement of social norms plays a pivotal role in many social sciences. While economists predominantly conduct …, on the one hand, often fall short in the measurement of more complex elements, such as the conditionality or the level of …
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Teacher job satisfaction, student achievement, and the cost of primary education in Francophone Sub-Saharan Africa
Michaelowa, Katharina - 2002
Low teacher motivation and its detrimental effect on student achievement are central problems of many education systems in Africa. Using standardized data for student achievement in Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Côte d`Ivoire, Madagascar and Senegal, this paper analyzes the empirical links between...
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Modellrechnungen zum Lehrerbedarf an allgemein bildenden Schulen bis 2020: Ergebnisse einer Neuberechnung
Jeschek, Wolfgang - In: DIW Wochenbericht 70 (2003) 15, pp. 219-225
Die Personallage an allgemein bildenden Schulen in Deutschland ist nach aktuellen Berechnungen des DIW Berlin angespannt, obwohl zuletzt auch verstärkt Lehrkräfte eingestellt wurden. Die Zahl der Schüler allgemein bildender Schulen wird in Deutschland demographisch bedingt zwar mittelfristig...
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Teachers' training, class size and students' outcomes: learning from administrative forecasting mistakes
Bressoux, Pascal; Kramarz, Francis; Prost, Corinne - 2008
This paper studies the impact of different teacher and class characteristics on third graders' outcomes. It uses a feature of the French system in which some novice teachers start their jobs before receiving any training. Three categories of teachers are included in the sample: experienced...
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Gender and ethnic interactions among teachers and students: Evidence from Sweden
Lindahl, Erica - 2007
This study investigates the importance of gender and ethnic interactions among teachers and students for school performance in Swedish, English and Mathematics. School leaving certificates assigned by the teacher is compared with results on comprehensive national tests. The analysis is based on...
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