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School Choice and School Quality in the US

Nechyba, Thomas - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 4, pp. 33-38

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What Next for School Vouchers?

Peterson, Paul E. - In: CESifo DICE Report 1 (2003) 4, pp. 57-61

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High Grading Standards Improve Student Performance

Figlio, David N.; Lucas, E. Maurice - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 4, pp. 21-26

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The impact of higher education reform on research performance of Chinese universities

Yaisawarng, Suthathip; Ng, Ying Chu - In: China Economic Review 31 (2014) C, pp. 94-105

support the open-door policy of China. Part of the education reform involves an allocation of additional funding of US$ 20 …

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Social Support and Psychological Well-Being Under Social Change in Urban and Rural China

Liu, Huijun; Li, Shuzhuo; Xiao, Qunying; Feldman, M. - In: Social Indicators Research 119 (2014) 2, pp. 979-996

The economic reforms of the past two decades have initiated a major social transition in China, characterized by …’ psychological well-being, especially in rural China. Perceived social status, its change over time and its comparison with perceived … status of peers, are also significantly correlated with psychological well-being both in rural and urban China. Social …

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Migration as a rural development strategy and the migrants involved : an account of a migrants' hometown in Sichuan, China

Yamaguchi, Mami - Institute of Developing Economies, Japan External Trade … - 2012

This paper attempts to describe part of the history of Chinese rural migration to urban industrial areas. Using a case study of a township in Sichuan, the author examines a type of rural development which she defines as a "bottom-up" style strategy of regional development. Different types of...

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Social development in market society by intrinsic value account: a case of China

Wang, Bing - In: International Journal of Social Economics 39 (2012) July, pp. 671-689

intrinsic value and to give a panorama of China's marketization and social development during last 30 years. Design … intrinsic values could be clearly shown. A panorama of China's marketization and social development is exhibited by IVA … value-neural system, but a subjective moral entity. China's maketization has enhanced economic value greatly, but suffered …

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FDI and the change of the Chinese culture

Jiang, Lu; Chen, Qiangbing; Liu, Yali - In: International Journal of Social Economics 37 (2010) January, pp. 101-118

Purpose – In many cross-cultural management studies, culture and cultural differences across nations typically are assumed to be constant. The focus is on the impact of culture on other variables, such as the performance of multinational enterprises. However, is it possible that economic...

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Institutional Reforms: The Case of Colombia

Alesina, Alberto (contributor) - The MIT Press

These studies of Colombian economic, political, and social institutions offer not only theoretically grounded analyses but also practical recommendations for policy reform. Experts from the United States, Europe, and Colombia approach such problems as executive-legislative branch conflict,...

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Parental choice, neighbourhood schools, and the market metaphor in urban education reform

Billingham, Chase - In: Urban Studies 52 (2015) 4, pp. 685-701

Critics of many popular urban school reforms in the United States allege that these reform efforts unfairly insert market forces into the public domain, resulting in widening inequalities. In this paper, I challenge the notion that market forces per se are responsible for the gentrification that...

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