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In School and Out of Trouble? Investigating the Effects of Furloughing Public School Teachers on Juvenile Crime in Hawaii
Akee, Randall Q.; Halliday, Timothy J.; Kwak, Sally - University of Hawai'i Economic Research Organization … - 2011
Due to the large social costs of juvenile crime, policymakers have long been concerned about its causes. In the 2009-10 school year, the State of Hawaii responded to fiscal strains by furloughing all school teachers employed by the Department of Education and canceling class for seventeen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010933369
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Investigating the effects of furloughing public school teachers on juvenile crime in Hawaii
Akee, Randall Q.; Halliday, Timothy J.; Kwak, Sally - In: Economics of Education Review 42 (2014) C, pp. 1-11
Policymakers have long been concerned about the large social costs of juvenile crime. Detecting the causes of juvenile crime is an important educational policy concern as many of these crimes happen during the school day. In the 2009–10 school year, the State of Hawaii responded to fiscal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010939716
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In School and Out of Trouble? Investigating the Effects of Furloughing Public School Teachers on Juvenile Crime in Hawaii
Akee, Randall Q.; Halliday, Timothy J.; Kwak, Sally - University of Hawai'i Economic Research Organization … - 2013
Due to the large social costs of juvenile crime, policymakers have long been concerned about its causes. In the 2009-10 school year, the State of Hawaii responded to fiscal strains by furloughing all school teachers employed by the Department of Education and canceling class for seventeen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010925475
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The Social Impact of a Fiscal Crisis: Investigating the Effects of Furloughing Public School Teachers on Juvenile Crime in Hawaii
Akee, Randall Q.; Halliday, Timothy J.; Kwak, Sally - University of Hawai'i Economic Research Organization … - 2013
Due to the large social costs of juvenile crime, policymakers have long been concerned about its causes. In the 2009-10 school year, the State of Hawaii responded to fiscal strains by furloughing all school teachers employed by the Department of Education and cancelling class for seventeen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010685859
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The Social Impact of a Fiscal Crisis: Investigating the Effects of Furloughing Public School Teachers on Juvenile Crime in Hawaii
Akee, Randall Q.; Halliday, Timothy J.; Kwak, Sally - Department of Economics, University of Hawaii-Manoa - 2012
Due to the large social costs of juvenile crime, policymakers have long been concerned about its causes. In the 2009-10 school year, the State of Hawaii responded to fiscal strains by furloughing all school teachers employed by the Department of Education and cancelling class for seventeen...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010601981
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The effect of banning affirmative action on human capital accumulation prior to college entry
Antonovics, Kate L.; Backes, Benjamin - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-20
This paper examines how banning affirmative action in university admissions affects both overall academic achievement and the racial gap in academic achievement prior to college entry. Focusing on college-bound high school students, we use a difference-in-difference methodology to analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603321
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The effect of banning affirmative action on human capital accumulation prior to college entry
Antonovics, Kate; Backes, Benjamin - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-20
This paper examines how banning affirmative action in university admissions affects both overall academic achievement and the racial gap in academic achievement prior to college entry. Focusing on college-bound high school students, we use a difference-in-difference methodology to analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463702
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Gender gaps in education : the long view
Evans, David K.; Akmal, Maryam; Jakiela, Pamela - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 12 (2021) 1, pp. 1-27
Many countries remain far from achieving gender equality in the classroom. Using data from 126 countries, we characterize the evolution of gender gaps in low- and middle-income countries between 1960 and 2010. We document five facts. First, women are more educated today than 50 years ago in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012518120
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Educational inequality in Mozambique
Berg, Servaas van der; Maia, Carlos da; Burger, Cobus - 2017
In very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above … the rest. This is also true for educational inequality in Mozambique: only a small segment of the population has access to … good quality. This study investigates inequality in past attainment, in current school access, and learning or educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152058
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A theory of family education incentives and inequality
Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
-sharing between the two generations, so that poor families experience higher agency costs, therefore inequality persists. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113407