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Educational freedom and the case for government aid to students in independent schools
McGarry, Daniel D. (contributor); Ward, Leo (contributor) - 1966
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001934821
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Secondary Education, Economic Growth and Finance
Mammadov, Rza; Gumus, Erdal - 2021
The purpose of this research is to determine the relationship among education, education finance and economic growth on the basis of secondary education. In the research, the number of students enrolled in secondary education is the indicator of education, net government education expenditures...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013239765
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Impact of Duration of Primary Education on School Outcomes : A Cross-Country Analysis
Diaz-Serrano, Luis - 2013
of primary education on school enrollment, drop-outs and completion rates. The empirical results show that for children … in elementary school one additional grade of primary education has a negative impact on enrollment rate, while the effect … underdeveloped countries parents do not have incentive to send children to school given the high perceived present economic value of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013071745
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School Choice around the World and the Lessons We Can Learn
Counihan, Christopher J.; Cowen, Nick; DeAngelis, Corey; … - 2021
interests. A child engaged in school is more likely to learn the civic values being taught and less likely to rebel against … for their children. Where government interventions are too rigidly imposed upon policies that target school reform, this … can negate the benefits of school choice programmes. Unexpected school choice in post-Soviet Estonia offers a glimpse of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013225304
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Human Equity? Regulating the New Income Share Agreements
Oei, Shu-Yi - 2015
A controversial new financing phenomenon has recently emerged. New “income share agreements” (“ISAs”) enable an individual to raise funds by pledging a percentage of her future earnings to investors for a certain number of years. These contracts, which have been offered by entities such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013033194
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Reading, Writing, and Religion : Institutions and Human Capital Formation
Chaudhary, Latika; Rubin, Jared - 2010
In this paper, we empirically test the role that religious and political institutions play in the accumulation of human capital. Using a new data set on literacy in colonial India, we find that Muslim literacy is negatively correlated with the proportion of Muslims in the district, although we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014194463
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Educational institutions and equality of opportunity
Schütz, Gabriela - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …
of school size on the average level of achievement and equality of opportunity. Chapter 4 highlights the differences …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008791369
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Which school systems sort weaker students into smaller classes? : international evidence
West, Martin R.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2003
or compensatory pattern of class sizes for a sample of national school systems. Sorting effects are identified by … decentralized education finance and considerable residential mobility, exhibits regressive between-school sorting. Between-school … sorting is more compensatory in systems with ability tracking. Within-school sorting is more compensatory when administrators …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011509528
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Selecting or Rewarding Teachers? International Evidence from Primary Schools
Braga, Michela - 2019
conditions of primary school teachers, matching them by the year they entered the profession.After showing that teacher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870280
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Which School Systems Sort Weaker Students into Smaller Classes? International Evidence
West, Martin R.; Woessmann, Ludger - 2003
or compensatory pattern of class sizes for a sample of national school systems. Sorting effects are identified by … decentralized education finance and considerable residential mobility, exhibits regressive between-school sorting. Between-school … sorting is more compensatory in systems with ability tracking. Within-school sorting is more compensatory when administrators …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014087400