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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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School Choice and School Quality in the US
Nechyba, Thomas - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 4, pp. 33-38
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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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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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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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Graded children – evidence of longrun consequences of school grades from a nationwide reform
Sjögren, Anna - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2010
Swedish elementary school children stopped receiving written end of year report cards following a grading reform in 1982. Gradual implementation of the reform creates an opportunity to investigate the effects of being graded on adult educational attainments and earnings for children in the...
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Graded Children – Evidence of Longrun Consequences of School Grades from a Nationwide Reform
Sjögren, Anna - Institutet för Näringslivsforskning (IFN) - 2010
Swedish elementary school children stopped receiving written end of year report cards following a grading reform in 1982. Gradual implementation of the reform creates an opportunity to investigate the effects of being graded on adult educational attainments and earnings for children in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008468496