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Ranking up by moving out : the effect of the Texas Top 10% Plan on property values
Cortes, Kalena E.; Friedson, Andrew I. - 2010
Texas engaged in a large-scale policy experiment when it instituted the Top 10% Plan. This policy guarantees automatic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003983726
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Ranking up by moving out : the effect of the Texas Top 10% Plan on property values
Cortes, Kalena E.; Friedson, Andrew I. - In: National tax journal 67 (2014) 1, pp. 51-76
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Uniform admissions, unequal access : did the top 10% plan increase access to selective flagship institutions?
Klasik, Daniel; Cortes, Kalena E. - In: Economics of education review 87 (2022), pp. 1-25
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013197966
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Uniform admissions, unequal access: did the Top 10% Plan increase access to selective flagship institutions?
Cortes, Kalena E.; Klasik, Daniel - 2020
The Top 10% Plan admissions policy has now been in place in Texas for over two decades. We analyze 18 years of post …-Top 10% Plan data to look for evidence of increased access to the selective Texas flagship campuses among all Texas high … schools. We provide a detailed description of changes in enrollment patterns at the flagship campuses from Texas high schools …
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Choice and Competition in Education Markets
Bayer, Patrick J.; McMillan, Robert - 2010
This paper presents a new approach for measuring the effects of competition on school performance. We use an equilibrium sorting model to generate an intuitive measure of the competition each school faces, captured by the slope of the school’s demand curve. We then show that this competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014195441
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The great leap forward: The political economy of education in Brazil, 1889-1930
Martínez Fritscher, André; Musacchio, Aldo; Viarengo, … - 2010
Recent research links the inequality across countries and regions to colonial institutions. This paper argues that trade shocks could alter the development path of a country or subnational units, in spite of its colonial institutions. This hypothesis is analyzed using state-level data for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010322594
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The great leap forward : the political economy of education in Brazil, 1889-1930
Martínez Fritscher, André; Musacchio, Aldo; Viarengo, … - 2010
Recent research links the inequality across countries and regions to colonial institutions. This paper argues that trade shocks could alter the development path of a country or subnational units, in spite of its colonial institutions. This hypothesis is analyzed using state-level data for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008771311
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Protecting Education as a Civil Right : Remedying Racial Discrimination and Ensuring a High-Quality Education
Robinson, Kimberly Jenkins - 2022
Education has long stood at the epicenter of the battle for civil rights. More than half a century after the U.S. Supreme Court declared racially segregated schools unlawful in Brown v. Board of Education, educational opportunity and achievement gaps based on race, national origin, class, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013297490
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Bridging the gap : mismatch effects and catch-up dynamics under a Brazilian college affirmative action program
Oliveira, Rodrigo Carvalho; Santos, Alei; Severnini, … - In: Economics of education review 98 (2024), pp. 1-17
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Education and equality of opportunity: What have we learned from educational reforms?
Holmlund, Helena - 2016
Equality of opportunity has been one of the central ideas governing education policy in the Nordic welfare state. This paper takes its starting point in the shared history of educational reform in the Nordic countries, and presents evidence that the comprehensive school reforms that implied a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011695388