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Child Labor, School Attendance, and Indigenous Households : Evidence from Mexico
Patrinos, Harry A.; López-Calva, Luis Felipe; Bando … - 2014
The authors use panel data for Mexico for 1997 to 1999 to test several assumptions regarding the impact of a conditional cash transfer program on child labor, emphasizing the differential impact on indigenous households. Using data from the conditional cash transfer program in Mexico - PROGRESA...
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The Racial Test Score Gap and Parental Involvement in Britain
Patacchini, Eleonora - 2007
We investigate the racial gap in test scores between black and white students in Britain both in levels and differences across the school years. We find that there is an increasing racial gap in test scores between ages 7 and 11, and a decreasing one between ages 11 and 16. Using the richness of...
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Chapter 17 Has School Desegregation Improved Academic and Economic Outcomes for Blacks?
Rivkin, Steven; Welch, Finis - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 2, (pp. 1019-1049). 2006
A half a century has passed since the landmark decision Brown v. Board of Education (1954) overturned the doctrine of separate but equal in the realm of public education. This chapter attempts to summarize what we know about the impact of Brown on enrollment patterns and academic and economic...
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The determinants of university participation in Canada (1977 - 2003)
Christofidēs, Loizos N. (contributor);  … - 2008
The decision to attend university is influenced by the balance of the expected returns and costs of attending university, by liquidity constraints and capital market imperfections that may modify these calculations and, hence, by the family income of prospective students. Family circumstances...
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A Structural Model of Educational Attainment in Canada
Hansen, Jorgen - 2013
In this paper, we develop and estimate a structural, dynamic model of schooling decisions using data extracted from the Canadian Youth in Transition Survey (YITS). The model incorporates forward-looking behavior and expectations about future benefits from investing in education. The results...
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Why subsidize independent schools? : estimating the effect of a unique Canadian schooling model on educational attainment
Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Philip - 2021
Canada is recognized as one of the top 10 countries in secondary education according to PISA results. A particularly …
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Long term educational attainment of private high school students in Québec : estimates of treatment effects from longitudinal data
Lapierre, David; Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Philip - 2017 - Revised version
Canada?s Youth in Transition Survey (YITS) to estimate the average treatment on the treated effect of private school on the …
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Educational attainment of second-generation immigrants : a US-Canada comparison
Liu, Xingfei - 2014
use a dynamic structural model and focus on transition paths from school to work for youths in Canada and the U.S. Using …, cognitive abilities seem to be more important in determining youths' educational attainment in the U.S. than in Canada. However … these educational subsidies are smaller in Canada than in the U.S. On the other hand, immigration policies designed to admit …
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Determining Demand for University Education in Ontario by Type of Student
Mueller, Richard; Rockerbie, Duane W. - 2013
We specify and estimate a demand equation for university education in Canada that is a function of tuition fees, real … features. We utilize application data, rather than enrollment data, due to the disequilibrium nature of Canada’s university …
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Expanding School Choice Through Open Enrolment : Lessons from British Columbia
Friesen, Jane; Harris, Benjamin; Woodcock, Simon D. - 2015
Is expanding the scope for parents to choose among competing schools an effective policy lever for improving the quality of education? What lessons can we take from British Columbia’s experience with greater school choice? In 2002, British Columbia implemented a new policy that makes it easier...
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