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with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. It can show, for … compensated through school resources. In this way, by incorporating the behavioral responses of parents, teachers and policymakers …, the paper provides a rationale for the existing ambiguous empirical evidence on the effect of school resources. The paper …
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This paper estimates a private school learning premium in Tanzania by implementing a flexible value-added model with unique administrative data on exam scores. The dataset covers 635,000 secondary school students with information on both their primary and lower secondary school exam records,...
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education. The document begins with a review of the theoretical background since the appearance of human capital theory proposed … by Becker (1964), which made way to the emergence of the Economics of Education in the mid-twentieth century. The other … characteristics that influence the demand for post-compulsory education, because it is this demand for education where the person or …
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period, first the post-World War baby boom and then the substantial increase in education led to higher economic growth than … otherwise expected. As the pace of increase in education slowed and the workforce aged toward the end of the period, human …
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education, determinants of the demand for services of the PTCs, cost of PTCs and evidence on the effectiveness of PTCs …. -- Private Tutoring ; Education ; Demand for Education …
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investments in education and how much reducing these frictions can improve student achievement. In Los Angeles, a random sample of …
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Extant research on school entry and compulsory schooling laws finds that these policies increase the high school graduation rate of relatively younger students, but weaken their academic performance in early grades. In this paper, we explore the evolution of postsecondary impacts of the...
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Universal Elementary Education (UEE) to the local body governments. The present study has examined the situation of elementary … schools run by Bharuch municipality. The evidence show that the situation of elementary education is unsatisfactory and in bad … almost non-existent, private cost of so called free municipality education is high; and the state of the mid-day meal scheme …
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with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. It can show, for … compensated through school resources. In this way, by incorporating the behavioral responses of parents, teachers and policymakers …, the paper provides a rationale for the existing ambiguous empirical evidence on the effect of school resources. The paper …
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This paper examines the rate of return on higher education to first degrees, master's degrees, and PhDs in Malaysia … link between tertiary education and wages. Barbara Ischinger, Director for Education and Skills (2006-2014), points out … ‘‘Education has always been a critical investment for the future, for individuals, for economies and for societies at large …
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