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Does Management Matter in Schools?
Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - 2014
We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010468154
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Does management matter in schools?
Bloom, Nicholas; Lemos, Renata; Sadun, Raffaella; Van … - 2014
We collect data on operations, targets and human resources management practices in over 1,800 schools educating 15-year-olds in eight countries. Overall, we show that higher management quality is strongly associated with better educational outcomes. The UK, Sweden, Canada and the US obtain the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010434591
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Managerial practices and students' performance
Di Liberto, Adriana; Schivardi, Fabiano; Sulis, Giovanni - 2014
We study the effects of managerial practices in schools on students' outcomes. We measure managerial practices using the World Management Survey, a methodology that enables us to construct robust measures of management quality comparable across countries. We find substantial heterogeneity in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408867
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Creating and Connecting US and China Science : Chinese Diaspora and Returnee Researchers
Xie, Qingnan; Freeman, Richard B. - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
China-born researchers who work in the US ("diaspora") and a larger group of China-born researchers who gained US … that diaspora researchers contributed to 27% of US addressed papers, and that returnee researchers contributed to 38% of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014322694
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Natives, the foreign-born and high school equivalents : new evidence on the returns to the GED
Clark, Melissa A.; Jaeger, David A. - 2002
, among whom GED recipients earn less than high school graduates but significantly more than dropouts. The effects for natives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011411097
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Science and engineering careers in the United States : an analysis of markets and employment
Freeman, Richard B. (contributor);  … - 2009
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003734215
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Science and Engineering Careers in the United States : An Analysis of Markets and Employment
Adams, James D. (contributor); Bender, Keith A. (contributor) - 2009
industry and academe in recruiting graduates, the influx of foreign-born doctorates, and the success of female doctorates …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014487951
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Tougher educational exam leading to worse selection
Andrade, Eduardo de Carvalho (contributor);  … - 2008
(productivity) of selected individuals. Since the exam does not verify all skills, when its standard rises, candidates with … relatively low skills emphasized in the test and high skills demanded in the job may no longer qualify. Hence, an increase in the … testing standard may be counterproductive. One implication is that policies should emphasize alignment between the skills …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003782138
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Incentives and equity under standards-based reform
Betts, Julian R.; Costrell, Robert M. - 2000
-cognitive skills. The paper reviews trends in state-level school accountability systems, and examines empirical evidence on the impact …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011526960
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Patterns, trends and policy implications of private spending on skills development in Mexico and the United States
Székely, Miguel; Mendoza, Pamela - 2017
This paper explores families' investment in skills development through education in a high-inequality, low …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661892