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This paper estimates the effects of family-background characteristics on student performance in the US and 17 Western European school systems. Family background has strong effects both in Europe and the United States, remarkably similar in size. France and Flemish Belgium achieve the most...
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This dissertation focuses on three different questions in the field of education, using the method of theoretical …
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Education policy holds the promise of breaking the strong ties between family background and socio-economic position by … providing publicly accessible education for children of all backgrounds. However, the education system may also perpetuate … disadvantaged students, and that they can be cost-effective. For example, reducing class size, increasing general education spending …
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education they receive. School enrollment rates have increased dramatically in developing counties since 1960, but many children … of education and other policies on the quantity and quality of education obtained by children in developing countries …
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