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The effect of Fe y Alegria on school achievement : exploiting a school lottery selection as a natural experiment
Lavado, Pablo; Cueto, Santiago; Yamada, Gustavo; … - 2016
Fe y Alegria is an organization working in many developing countries as a public-private partnership. This study estimates the effect of one Fe y Alegria school in Peru on mathematics and reading comprehension among second grade primary pupils, between 2007 and 2012. The identification strategy...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595196
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Enhancing Educational Performance in Australia
Koutsogeorgopoulou, Vassiliki - 2009
The Australian education system fares well in international comparison with regards to PISA test scores and the higher … education system attracts an increasing number of foreign students. Vocational education and training (VET) is an important part … of the post–secondary education system, equipping individuals with the skills to enter or re–enter the labour force and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012447004
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The effects of compulsory military service exemption on education and labor market outcomes : evidence from a natural experiment
Torun, Huzeyfe; Tumen, Semih - 2015
empirical strategy to estimate the intention-to-treat effect of this paid exemption on the education and labor market outcomes … reduction in education when we implement the same exercises with (i) data on females and (ii) placebo reform dates. The … interpretation is that the reform has reduced the incentives to continue education for the purpose of deferring military service. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011309457
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The effects of compulsory military service exemption on education and labor market outcomes : evidence from a natural experiment
Torun, Huzeyfe; Tumen, Semih - 2016
empirical strategy to estimate the intention-to-treat effect of this paid exemption on education and labor market outcomes of … reduction in education when we implement the same exercises with (i) data on females and (ii) placebo reform dates. The … interpretation is that the reform has reduced the incentives to continue education for the purpose of deferring military service. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011494016
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Charter schools and the segregation of students by income
Dalane, Kari; Marcotte, Dave E. - 2021
The segregation of students by socioeconomic status has been on the rise in American public education between schools …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012509177
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Longer-term impacts of mentoring, educational services, and incentives to learn : evidence from a randomized trial
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2010
This paper is the first to use a randomized trial in the US to analyze the short- and long-term educational and employment impacts of an after-school program, the Quantum Opportunity Program, that offered disadvantaged high-school youth: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards...
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Educational achievement and the allocation of school resources
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Jha, Nikhil - 2013
The school resources - educational outcomes debate has focused almost exclusively on spending levels. We extend this by analysing the relationship between student achievement and schools' budget allocation decisions using panel data. Per-pupil expenditure has only a modest relationship with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009787344
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The impact of upper-secondary voucher school attendance on student achievement : Swedish evidence using external and internal evaluations
Tyrefors, Björn; Vlachos, Jonas - 2016
Sweden has a school voucher system with universal coverage and full acceptance of corporate providers. Using a value added approach, we find that students at upper-secondary voucher schools on average score 0.06 standard deviations lower on externally graded standardized tests in first year core...
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The effect of school construction on test scores, school enrollment, and home prices
Neilson, Christopher; Zimmerman, Seth D. - 2011
project in a poor urban district, we find that, by six years after building occupancy, $10,000 of per-student investment in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009519900
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Scale economies can offset the benefits of competition : evidence from a school consolidation reform in a universal voucher system
Haan, Monique de; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2011
A large school consolidation reform in the Netherlands changed minimum school size rules underlying public funding. The supply of schools decreased by 15 percent, but this varied considerably across municipalities. We find that reducing the number of schools by 10 percent increases pupils'...
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