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School Choice and School Quality in the US
Nechyba, Thomas - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 4, pp. 33-38
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037313
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What Next for School Vouchers?
Peterson, Paul E. - In: CESifo DICE Report 1 (2003) 4, pp. 57-61
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005048494
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The vicious cycle: growth and declining quality in the US airline industry: some lessons for new start-ups
Rhoades, Dawna L.; Tiernan, Siobhan D. - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 1 (2005) 1, pp. 31-44
Since US deregulation, over 200 airlines have started up and failed (Rosen, 1995). While competitive pressures and economic conditions were a factor in the failure of many carriers, the issue of rapid growth and service quality has been blamed for the demise of these carriers. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005753520
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The vicious cycle: growth and declining quality in the US airline industry: some lessons for new start-ups
Rhoades, Dawna L.; Tiernan, Siobhan D. - In: World Review of Entrepreneurship, Management and … 1 (2005) 1, pp. 31-44
Since US deregulation, over 200 airlines have started up and failed (Rosen, 1995). While competitive pressures and economic conditions were a factor in the failure of many carriers, the issue of rapid growth and service quality has been blamed for the demise of these carriers. This paper...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008564318
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Stratified or Comprehensive? Some Economic Considerations on the design of secondary education
Brunello, Giorgio - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 4, pp. 07-10
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005056433
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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 1 (2003) 4, pp. 46-56
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037367
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The fading productivity of schooling in East Asia.
Gundlach, Erich; Wößmann, Ludger - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2001
We estimate changes in the productivity of schooling for six East Asian countries. Our productivity measure is based on changes in the relative price of schooling. A rising price of schooling relative to other labor-intensive service sectors should indicate declining relative schooling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520285
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Does the sale of sweetened beverages at school affect children’s weight?
Cunningham, Solveig A.; Zavodny, Madeline - In: Social Science & Medicine 73 (2011) 9, pp. 1332-1339
In response to the increase in children’s weight in recent decades, many states, school districts, and schools in the … United States have limited or eliminated the sale of sweetened beverages at school. These policies are promoted for their … relationship between children’s access to sweetened beverages at school in 5th and 8th grade, their purchases and total consumption …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010582451
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Microeconometric Analyses of Education Production in Germany
Piopiunik, Marc - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …
This volume was prepared by Marc Piopiunik while he has been working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in June 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes four self-contained empirical studies. All studies aim at...
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Better schools for Europe.
Gundlach, Erich; Wößmann, Ludger - Kiel Institute for the World Economy - 2001
We try to identify which economic factors might be responsible for the large international differences in student performance. We present time series evidence for a number of European countries which suggests that rising educational expenditures obviously did not improve student performance....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008520128