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Educational outcomes : a literature review of policy drivers from a macroeconomic perspective
Smidova, Zuzana - 2019
better educational outcomes: quality pre-primary education, quality teaching, accountability and autonomy of teaching … institutions, comprehensive lower secondary education and availability of individual financing for the pursuit of higher education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202848
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Paying for Priority in School Choice : Capitalization Effects of Charter School Admission Zones
Andreyeva, Elena - 2018
We exploit a unique characteristic of some charter schools in the metropolitan Atlanta area to identify property value capitalization of access to charter schools. The charter schools in this study designate small geographic areas within their attendance areas as priority zones. Each of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012935644
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Covid-induced school closures in the US and Germany : long-term distributional effects
Fuchs-Schündeln, Nicola - 2022
Almost all countries worldwide closed schools at the outbreak of the Covid-19 crisis. I document that schooling time dropped on average by -55% in the US and -45% in Germany from the onset of the crisis to the summer of 2021. In the US, schools were closed longer in richer than in poorer areas,...
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A closer look: proximity boosts homeless student performance in New York City
Cassidy, Michael T. - 2020
Proximity augments homeless students' educational outcomes. Homeless K-8 graders whose families are placed in shelters near their schools have 8 percent (2.4 days) better attendance, are a third (18 percentage points) less likely to change schools, and exhibit higher rates of proficiency and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012257997
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Economic perspectives on the implications of public child care and schooling for educational outcomes in childhood and adult life
Zierow, Larissa - 2017
Child care and education are important inputs in the human capital production function. The research of Nobel prize … inputs, in short: skill begets skill. Therefore, it is crucial for a society to know how the public education system can … on the effects of some important aspects of education policies. It comprises an introduction and four core chapters which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011741826
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The Causal Impact of Removing Children from Abusive and Neglectful Homes
Bald, Anthony; Chyn, Eric; Hastings, Justine S.; … - 2021
This paper measures impacts of removing children from families investigated for abuse or neglect. We use removal tendencies of child protection investigators as an instrument. We focus on young children investigated before age six and find that removal significantly increases test scores and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013214128
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The effect of one laptop per child on teachers' pedagogical practices and students' use of time at home
Yamada, Gustavo; Lavado, Pablo; Montenegro, Guadalupe - 2016
This document investigates the effect that the delivery of XO laptops in Peru has had on teachers' pedagogical practices and students' use of time in the home based on information from a randomized control trial. The results show that the delivery of XO laptops reduces the probability that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011595201
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Graded children : evidence of longrun consequences of school grades from a nationwide reform
Sjögren, Anna - 2010
Swedish elementary school children stopped receiving written end of year report cards following a grading reform in 1982. Gradual implementation of the reform creates an opportunity to investigate the effects of being graded on adult educational attainments and earnings for children in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003971382
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Graded children : evidence of longrun consequences of school grades from a nationwide reform
Sjögren, Anna - 2010
Swedish elementary school children stopped receiving written end of year report cards following a grading reform in 1982. Gradual implementation of the reform creates an opportunity to investigate the effects of being graded on adult educational attainments and earnings for children in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003973482
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Parental responses to public investments in children : evidence from a maximum class size rule
Fredriksson, Peter; Öckert, Björn; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2015
We study differential parental responses to variation in class size induced by a maximum class size rule in Swedish schools. In response to an increase in class size: (i) only high-income parents help their children more with homework; (ii) all parents are more likely to move their child to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011396872