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College Esports : A Model for NCAA Reform
Baker, Thomas - 2019
Collegiate esports is an emerging industry, an extension of professional esports that has caught the attention of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The NCAA is currently exploring the possibility of taking a dominant regulatory role within collegiate esports. The leagues and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012898737
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Expected future earnings, taxation, and university enrollment: a microeconometric model with uncertainty
Fossen, Frank M.; Glocker, Daniela - 2009
Taxation changes the expectations of prospective university students about their future level and uncertainty of after-tax income. To estimate the impact of taxes on university enrollment, we develop and estimate a structural microeconometric model, in which a high-school graduate decides to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010271097
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Expected future earnings, taxation, and university enrollment : a microeconometric model with uncertainty
Fossen, Frank M.; Glocker, Daniela - 2009
Taxation changes the expectations of prospective university students about their future level and uncertainty of after-tax income. To estimate the impact of taxes on university enrollment, we develop and estimate a structural microeconometric model, in which a high-school graduate decides to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011636264
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Long term educational attainment of private high school students in Québec : estimates of treatment effects from longitudinal data
Lapierre, David; Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Philip - 2017 - Revised version
Very few studies analyze the long-term educational effects of private secondary school attendance while controlling for socioeconomic status. In Québec, the second most populous Canadian province, twenty percent of students at this level are enrolled in private schools subsidized by the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152879
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The state of doctoral research in Uzbekistan : results of a survey of doctoral students in agricultural economics
Ganiev, Ibragim; Djanibekov, Nodir; Hasanov, Shavkat; … - 2017
indicated as key factors affecting the quality of doctoral research. Almost all respondents were satisfied with their current … professional career within academia. Future reforms should enhance the quality and relevance of structured education programmes for … PhD students, raise the incentives for conducting high-quality research that is published internationally, and support …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011706033
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More teachers, smarter students? : potential side effects of the German educational expansion
Westphal, Matthias - 2017
and investing in quality is important for future extensions of public institutions. …
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Policy experimentation and impact evaluation : the case of a student voucher system in New Zealand
Maani, Sholeh A. - 2017
While economic and political ideologies play an important role in the design of economic policies, in practice and regardless of ideology, the policies that stand the test of time are those that suitably meet policy objectives. The deregulation of schools in New Zealand, also known as Tomorrow's...
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The risks and benefits of school integration for participating students : evidence from a randomized desegregation program
Bergman, Peter - 2018
This paper studies the impact of a lottery-based desegregation program that allows minority students to transfer to seven school districts serving higher-income, predominantly-white families. While prior research has studied the impacts of such a program receiving students, this paper studies...
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Students' behavioural responses to a fallback option : evidence from introducing interim degrees in German schools
Obergruber, Natalie; Zierow, Larissa - 2018
Without a school degree, students can have difficulty in the labor market. To improve the lives of upper-secondary school dropouts, German states instituted a school reform that awarded an interim degree to high-track students upon completion of Grade 9. Using retrospective spell data on school...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011895692
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Expected future earnings, taxation, and university enrollment : a microeconometric model with uncertainty
Fossen, Frank M.; Glocker, Daniela - 2009
Taxation changes the expectations of prospective university students about their future level and uncertainty of after-tax income. To estimate the impact of taxes on university enrollment, we develop and estimate a structural microeconometric model, in which a high-school graduate decides to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003889498