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The PISA shock, socioeconomic inequality, and school reforms in Germany
Davoli, Maddalena; Entorf, Horst - 2018
In Germany, the poor performance in PISA 2000 stimulated a heated public debate and a strong policy response. The government reacted to the low average and remarkable disparities registered by the test, and spurred reforms led to a significant improvement in the country fs educational...
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Educational inequality in Mozambique
Berg, Servaas van der; Maia, Carlos da; Burger, Cobus - 2017
In very poor countries, inequality often means that a small part of the population maintains living standards far above the rest. This is also true for educational inequality in Mozambique: only a small segment of the population has access to higher levels of education (there are 30 times as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152058
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011931567
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874417
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The Impact of Computer-Assisted Instruction on Student Performance: Evidence from the Dual-Teacher Program
Li, Haizheng; Liu, Zhiqiang; Yang, Fanzheng; Yu, Li - 2023
We present findings from an evaluation study of the Dual-Teacher program, a computer- assisted instruction program, that makes lecture videos and other teaching resources from an elite urban middle school available through the internet to schools in poor and remote areas in China. The unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014296688
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The impact of computer-assisted instruction on student performance : evidence from the Dual-Teacher program
Li, Haizheng; Liu, Zhiqiang; Yang, Fanzheng; Yu, Li - 2023
We present findings from an evaluation study of the Dual-Teacher program, a computer- assisted instruction program, that makes lecture videos and other teaching resources from an elite urban middle school available through the internet to schools in poor and remote areas in China. The unique...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013545869
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Schooling forsaken : education and migration
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2020
takes as its starting point the migration of educated/professional labor from poor origin countries to richer host countries …-skilled jobs. This suggests possible time-inconsistencies between short-run economic gains from migration and negative long …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012265254
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Schooling forsaken : education and migration
Abdulloev, Ilhom; Epstein, Gil S.; Gang, Ira N. - 2019
takes as its starting point the migration of educated/professional labor from poor origin countries to richer host countries …. While high-skilled migration is worrisome, many international migrants accept low-skilled positions in host countries. Their … time-inconsistencies between short-run economic gains from migration and negative long-term effects from missing human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011972786
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Human capital and income inequality
Lee, Jong-Wha; Lee, Hanol - 2018
This study investigates empirically how human capital, measured by educational attainment, is related to income distribution. The regressions, using a panel data set covering a broad range of countries between 1980 and 2015, show that a more equal distribution of education contributes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011797411
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Human capital and income inequality
Lee, Jong-Wha; Lee, Hanol - 2018
This study investigates empirically how human capital, measured by educational attainment, is related to income distribution. The regressions, using a panel data set covering a broad range of countries between 1980 and 2015, show that a more equal distribution of education contributes...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011944194