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School Quality, Educational Attainment and Aggregation Bias
Fertig, Michael; Wright, Robert E. - 2003
Data from 31 countries participating in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is used to estimate … significant and correctly signed class size effects increases the higher the level of aggregation used to measure class size. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010261014
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School Quality, Educational Attainment and Aggregation Bias
Fertig, Michael; Wright, Robert E. - 2021
Data from 31 countries participating in the Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) is used to estimate … significant and correctly signed class size effects increases the higher the level of aggregation used to measure class size …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319550
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Measuring and correcting monotonicity bias : the case of school entrance age effects
Attar, Itay; Cohen-Zada, Danny; Elder, Todd E. - 2024
school entrance age effects, we develop an approach for identifying the magnitude of the resulting bias. We also assess the … impact on monotonicity bias of bandwidth selection in regression discontinuity (RD) designs, finding that "full sample …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014557634
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Effectiveness of data correction rules in process-produced data : the case of educational attainment
Kruppe, Thomas; Matthes, Britta; Unger, Stefanie - 2014
The use of process-produced data plays a large and growing role in empirical labor market research. To address data problems, previous research have developed deductive correction rules that make use of within-person information. We test data reliability and the effectiveness of different...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010401768
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Can subjective expectations data be used in choice models? : evidence on cognitive biases
Zafar, Basit - 2010
A pervasive concern with the use of subjective data in choice models is that the data are biased and endogenous. This paper examines the extent to which cognitive biases plague subjective data, specifically addressing 1) whether cognitive dissonance affects the reporting of beliefs, and 2)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008657257
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Overeducation at a glance : determinants and wage effects of the educational mismatch, looking at the AlmaLaurea data
Caroleo, Floro Ernesto; Pastore, Francesco - 2013
This paper provides the first available evidence on overeducation/overskilling based on AlmaLaurea data. We focus on jobs held 5 years after graduation by pre-reform graduates in 2005. Overeducation/overskilling are relatively high - at 11.4 and 8% - when compared to EU economies. Ceteris...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010224590
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A Review of Estimates of the Schooling/Earnings Relationship, with Tests for Publication Bias
Ashenfelter, Orley; Harmon, Colm P.; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2001
drawer") bias in the estimates and, after due account is taken of this bias, we find that differences due to estimation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014159885
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Disability and intrahousehold investment decisions in education : empirical evidence from Bangladesh
Lamichhane, Kamal; Takeda, Takaki - In: Asian development review : studies of Asian and pacific … 39 (2022) 1, pp. 201-238
disabilities. The results of the hurdle model show the existence of disability bias in enrollment decisions, whereas individual …-level analysis suggests that bias exists on educational expenditure after children with disabilities enroll in school. Additionally …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013329407
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Can Subjective Expectations Data be Used in Choice Models? Evidence on Cognitive Biases
Zafar, Basit - 2010
A pervasive concern with the use of subjective data in choice models is that the data are biased and endogenous. This paper examines the extent to which cognitive biases plague subjective data, specifically addressing 1) whether cognitive dissonance affects the reporting of beliefs, and 2)...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141968
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School quality, educational attainment and aggregation bias
Fertig, Michael; Wright, Robert E. - In: Economics letters 88 (2005) 1, pp. 109-114
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002880927