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Matching Mechanisms and Matching Quality : Evidence from a Top School in China

Wu, Binzhen - 2013

We compare competing college admission matching mechanisms that differ in preference submission timing (pre-exam, post …-exam but pre-score, or post-score) and in matching procedure (Boston (BOS) and serial dictatorship (SD) matching). Pre … or SD matching are ex-post fair and efficient, they are not so ex-ante. Instead, the mechanism with pre-exam submission …

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Does private schooling increase adult earnings? : cohort-level evidence for U.S. states

Berger, Reilee L.; Winters, John V. - 2016

Public schooling in the U.S. has numerous critics, many of whom suggest that alternatives such as providing vouchers for private schools may be more effective. This paper combines decennial census and American Community Survey data for various years to examine the relationship between...

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Does it pay to attend more selective high schools? : regression discontinuity evidence from China

Huang, Bin; Li, Bo; Walker, Ian; Zhu, Yu - 2022

We examine the effect of attending academically selective high schools on test scores, by leveraging administrative data that matches high school preferences of the population of urban middle school graduates in one Chinese prefecture in 2010 with high school student records. The standard...

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The treatment effect of attending a high-quality school and the influence of unobservables : conference paper

Freier, Ronny; Storck, Johanna - 2013

This paper studies the effect of attending a high-quality secondary school on subsequent educational outcomes. The analysis is based on data from the German Socio-Economic Panel Study in which we observe children when they make their secondary school choice (between ages 10-12) and later when...

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The Impact of Public School Choice : Evidence from Los Angeles' Zones of Choice

Campos, Christopher; Kearns, Caitlin - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023

Does a school district that expands school choice provide better outcomes for students than a neighborhood-based assignment system? This paper studies the Zones of Choice (ZOC) program, a school choice initiative of the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) that created small high school...

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The legacy of Covid-19 in education

Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2021

If school closures and social-distancing experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic impeded children's skill development, they may leave a lasting legacy in human capital. To understand the pandemic's effects on school children, this paper combines a review of the emerging international literature...

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The legacy of COVID-19 in education

Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2021

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How Different are Returns to Education? Evidence from German School Choices

Dömeland-Narvaez, Dörte - 2003

This study presents estimates of returns to post-secondary education and wage differentials among graduates fromdifferent secondary schools in Germany. I use an empirical model that captures the basic features of the German education system. It controls for selection into post-secondary...

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The legacy of Covid-19 in education

Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2021

If school closures and social-distancing experiences during the Covid-19 pandemic impeded children’s skill development, they may leave a lasting legacy in human capital. To understand the pandemic’s effects on school children, this paper combines a review of the emerging international...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013189581

Money or grit? : determinants of mismatch by race and gender

Cooper, Russell W.; Liu, Huacong - 2016

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