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The tower of Babel in the classroom : immigrants and natives in Italian schools
Ballatore, Rosario Maria; Fort, Margherita; Ichino, Andrea - 2014
We exploit rules of class formation to identify the causal effect of increasing the number of immigrants in a classroom on natives test scores, keeping class size constant (Pure Composition Effect). We explain why this is a relevant policy parameter although it has been neglected so far. We show...
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Marginal returns to citizenship and educational performance
Gathmann, Christina; Vonnahme, Christina; Busse, Anna; … - 2021
Citizenship is the most important right a host country can bestow on its immigrant population. Yet, little is known which citizenship policies work and who actually benefits from them. To answer these questions, we estimate the marginal returns to citizenship on children’s school performance...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012630003
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Best and brightest? : the impact of student visa restrictiveness on who attends college in the US
Chen, Mingyu; Howell, Jessica; Smith, Jonathan - 2022
-scoring international SAT takers do not pursue US college education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013171443
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The Tower of Babel in the Classroom : Immigrants and Natives in Italian Schools
Ballatore, Rosario - 2014
We exploit rules of class formation to identify the causal effect of increasing the number of immigrants in a classroom on natives test scores, keeping class size constant (Pure Composition Effect). We explain why this is a relevant policy parameter although it has been neglected so far. We show...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013039573
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The impact of an un(der)funded inclusive education policy: evidence from the 2013 China Education Panel Survey
Tani, Massimiliano; Zhu, Yu; Xu, Lei - 2021
Using the 2013 China Education Panel Survey (CEPS), we study the impact of a 2008 inclusive education policy, through …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012583550
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Migration Policy Can Boost PISA Results : Findings from a Natural Experiment
Cattaneo, Alejandra - 2012
Switzerland radically changed its migration policy in the mid-nineties from a "non-qualified only" policy to one that … yet affected by the change in the migration policy, with the PISA 2009 test. Using a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis … more fully consider differences in national migration policies when assessing the success of migrant integration …
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Can voluntary adult education reduce unemployment? : causal evidence from East Germany after reunification
Rupieper, Li Kathrin Kaja; Thomsen, Stephan L. - 2024
After the German Reunification in 1990, East Germany transitioned from a centrally planned economic system to a market … economy. At the time, upskilling through adult education was deemed essential for the successful integration of the workforce …, Volkshochschulen (VHS) were the most important providers of voluntary adult education. The economic effects of their courses have not …
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The effect of early childhood language training programs on the contemporary formation of grammar skills : conference paper
Kamhöfer, Daniel A. - 2014 - Preliminary
While there is a big literature on the benefits of pre-school education, only little is known why kindergarten …-school programs. In order to shed light into the black box of kindergarten education, I am using the German National Educational Panel …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483845
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After lead : effects of early interventions for children exposed to lead
Billings, Stephen B.; Schnepel, Kevin T. - 2017
Lead pollution is consistently linked to cognitive and behavioral impairments, yet little is known about the benefits of public health interventions for children exposed to lead. This paper estimates the long-term impacts of early-life interventions (e.g. lead remediation, nutritional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011703974
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Country performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad
Henseke, Golo - 2009
This study seeks to explain country differences in the performance at the International Mathematical Olympiad. Hypotheses on the relationship between, on one hand, performance at the Olympiads and, on the other, population size and dynamics, economic resources, human capital, schooling quantity...
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