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This study builds on the findings of Carrell and Hoekstra (2010, 2018) by exploring the peer effects of domestic violence exposure over the academic attainment of secondary school students in Peru. However, we also study these peer effects over a novel set of outcomes: internalizing behaviors...
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The study examined the factors that affect students' academic achievement in Zimbabwe's rural Secondary Schools with Marimasimbe Secondary School (Gokwe South – Midlands Province) taken as a case study. The research adopted a case study methodology and the population sample was drawn from...
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resources received by schools from a targeted voucher program implemented in Chile. We merge this dataset with education and … labor market administrative records for the universe of students enrolled in the Chilean education system. We find that an … that the positive effect of voucher spending only holds for private voucher schools that operate in local education markets …
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resources received by schools from a targeted voucher program implemented in Chile. We merge this dataset with education and … labor market administrative records for the universe of students enrolled in the Chilean education system. We find that an … that the positive effect of voucher spending only holds for private voucher schools that operate in local education markets …
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investments in public education can generate long-term improvements in economic well-being. …
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Human capital can depreciate if skills are unused. But estimating human capital depreciation is challenging, as worker skills are difficult to measure and less productive workers are more likely to spend time in non-employment. We overcome these challenges with new administrative data on...
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and in higher-poverty municipalities. These results highlight the important role education professionals in school …
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marginal future earnings on the basis of a four-month shutdown. We also estimated the losses by level of education. The …
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two years. We separate the incapacitation and human capital effects of education on fertility by exploiting a database …
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In 1999, a reform of education was implemented in Poland, which added one year to the shortest available educational … path, leading to the acquisition of basic vocational education. In the new system, students choosing this path acquire one … more year of general education, which, according to the authors of the reform, should improve the student's position in the …
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