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The Impact of a Primary School Reform on Educational Stratification: A Norwegian Study of Neighbour and School Mate Correlations
Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
primary schools and neighbourhoods on adult educational attainment controlling for family characteristics. Instead of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822843
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The Neighbourhood Is Not What It Used to Be
Raaum, Oddbjørn; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2003
Using a variance decomposition framework which provides bounds on the effect of families and neighbourhoods, we find …. Neighbourhoods are less important than families, as the correlations among siblings are significantly higher than among children …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822567
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Parental Education and Child Health: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Taiwan
Chou, Shin-Yi; Liu, Jin-Tan; Grossman, Michael; Joyce, Ted - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 2 (2010) 1, pp. 33-61
schools at a differential rate among regions. Within each region, we exploit variations across cohorts in new junior high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008596302
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The Gender Gap in Early Career in Mongolia
Pastore, Francesco - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2009
Relatively little is known about the youth labour market in general and about gender differences in Mongolia, one of the fifty poorest countries in the world. This paper addresses the issue by taking advantage of a School to Work Survey (SWTS) on young people aged 15-29 years carried out in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008517976
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Immigration and Inequality
Card, David - In: American Economic Review 99 (2009) 2, pp. 1-21
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004999865
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How Policymakers Should Deal with the Delayed Benefits of Early Childhood Programs
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009
provides home visits and educational toys and books to disadvantaged families when the child is between the ages of 2 and 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009822
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Distributional Effects of Early Childhood Programs and Business Incentives and Their Implications for Policy
Bartik, Timothy J. - W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research - 2009
provides home visits and educational toys and books to disadvantaged families when the child is between the ages of 2 and 3 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005009823
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The neighbourhood is not what it used to be : has there been equalisation of opportunity across families and communities in Norway
Raaum, O.; Salvanes, K.G.; Sorensen, E.O. - Økonomisk institutt, Universitetet i Oslo - 2001
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005652366
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Are High-Quality Schools Enough to Increase Achievement among the Poor? Evidence from the Harlem Children's Zone
Dobbie, Will; Fryer, Roland G. - In: American Economic Journal: Applied Economics 3 (2011) 3, pp. 158-87
Harlem Children's Zone (HCZ), an ambitious social experiment, combines community programs with charter schools. We … mathematics and ELA. We conclude with evidence that suggests high-quality schools are enough to significantly increase academic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009150616
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School-to-Work Transitions in Mongolia
Pastore, Francesco - In: European Journal of Comparative Economics 6 (2009) 2, pp. 245-264
Relatively little is known about the youth labour market in Mongolia. This paper addresses the issue by taking advantage of a recent ad hoc School to Work Transition Survey (SWTS) on young people aged 15-29 years carried out in 2006. After a period of sharp reduction in the 1990s, educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008487289