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The causal effects of an intensified curriculum on cognitive skills : evidence from a natural experiment
Andrietti, Vincenzo - 2016
instruction and share of curriculum taught per grade. Using 2000-2012 PISA data and a quasi-experimental approach, I estimate the …
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Parental responses to public investments in children : evidence from a maximum class size rule
Fredriksson, Peter; Öckert, Björn; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2015
We study differential parental responses to variation in class size induced by a maximum class size rule in Swedish schools. In response to an increase in class size: (i) only high-income parents help their children more with homework; (ii) all parents are more likely to move their child to...
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Migration policy can boost PISA results: Findings from a natural experiment
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Wolter, Stefan - 2012
migrants, this paper compares the PISA (OECD Programme for International Student Assessment) results from 2000, which were not … yet affected by the change in the migration policy, with the PISA 2009 test. Using a Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition analysis …, we find that almost 70% of the 43-point increase (more than one standardized school year) in the PISA scores of first …
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Publicizing the results of standardized external tests : does it have an effect on school outcomes?
Anghel, Brindusa; Cabrales, Antonio; Sainz, Jorge; Sanz … - In: IZA journal of European Labor Studies 4 (2015) 7, pp. 1-20
-in-difference methodology using outcomes of the PISA study from 2000 to 2009. We later confirm our results using synthetic control methods …
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Should we increase instruction time in low achieving schools? : evidence from Southern Italy
Battistin, Erich; Meroni, Elena Claudia - In: Economics of education review 55 (2016), pp. 39-56
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Fehlpass in der Hochschulpolitik: Wenn Ziele und Mittel nicht zusammenspielen
Kubon-Gilke, Gisela - In: Wirtschaftsdienst 94 (2014) 11, pp. 821-828
Mit der Umsetzung der vor 15 Jahren beschlossenen Bologna-Reformen verschoben sich sowohl die Zielkoordinaten als auch die Mittel der Hochschulpolitik. Die berufliche Qualifikation Studierender rückte stärker in den Vordergrund, und es wurden neue Governance-Strukturen in Anlehnung an das neue...
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Beyond the classroom: Using title IX to measure the return to high school sports
Stevenson, Betsey - 2010
Between 1972 and 1978 U.S. high schools rapidly increased their female athletic participation rates - to approximately the same level as their male athletic participation rates - in order to comply with Title IX, a policy change that provides a unique quasi-experiment in female athletic...
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Does money matter for schools?
Holmlund, Helena; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - 2008
There is considerable disagreement in the academic literature about whether raising school expenditure improves educational outcomes. Yet changing the level of resources is one of the key policy levers open to governments. In the UK, school expenditure has increased by about 40 per cent in real...
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Are returns to education on the decline in Venezuela and does mission sucre have a role to play?
Gonzales, Naihobe; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2009
There is anecdotal evidence that the standard of living for the educated has fallen in Venezuela over the last few years. This evidence comes as a surprise because after experiencing an economic downturn in 2002 and 2003, Venezuela's economy has boomed (gross domestic product growth has hovered...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269036
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Labour market effects of the polytechnic education reform: the Finnish experience
Böckerman, Petri; Hämäläinen, Ulla; Uusitalo, Roope - 2009
This paper evaluates the labour market effects of the introduction of the polytechnic education system in Finland. The polytechnic reform gradually transformed former vocational colleges into polytechnics. Since the timing of the reform differed across schools, we can compare the performance of...
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