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School quality and housing prices : empirical evidence from a natural experiment in Shanghai, China
Hao Feng; Lu, Ming - In: Journal of housing economics 22 (2013) 4, pp. 291-307
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Il finanziamento dell’istruzione
MORAMARCO, Vito - In: Rivista Internazionale di Scienze Sociali 114 (2006) 1-2, pp. 241-260
Competition between public and independent schools and universities can improve the quality of education. The paper … compares the different systems of education in OECD countries and argues that in some cases, such as Italy, a major reform …
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Do Charter Schools Affect Property Values?
Horowitz, John; Keil, Stanley; Spector, Lee - In: The Review of Regional Studies 39 (2009) 3, pp. 297-316
Taxpayers are often concerned that introducing a charter school in their neighborhood will decrease their property values. We test this proposition by using three methods. We test the size and significance of the distance from a charter school with respect to property values; whether the...
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Actually existing markets : the case of neoliberal Australia
Chester, Lynne - In: Journal of economic issues : jei 44 (2010) 2, pp. 313-323
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Value of Collective Consumption Goods
Meričková, Beáta Mikušová; Stejskal, Jan - In: Politická ekonomie 2014 (2014) 2, pp. 216-231
The goal of this paper is to develop the theoretical framework of the public goods provision. This theoretic contribution is based on the critical analysis of mainstream economics theories dealing with public goods as market failure (neoclassical economics and neoliberalism) and on the results...
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Civil Liberties and Access to Water: Analysis of 193 Countries
BISER, Jennis J.; EDWARDS, Jeffrey A. - In: Applied Econometrics and International Development 12 (2012) 1
We argue that civil liberties enhance voice and accountability, thereby placing political pressure on a country’s leaders; therefore, countries with greater respect for civil liberties will have a larger percentage of the population with access to an improved water source. We find that a...
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Introduction to The Other Invisible Hand: Delivering Public Services through Choice and Competition
Grand, Julian Le - Princeton University Press
How can we ensure high-quality public services such as health care and education? Governments spend huge amounts of … public money on public services such as health, education, and social care, and yet the services that are actually delivered … care and education. It concludes with a discussion of the politics of choice. …
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Studiengebühren erhöhen die Mobilität von Studienbewerbern kaum
Dwenger, Nadja; Storck, Johanna; Wrohlich, Katharina - In: DIW Wochenbericht 76 (2009) 43, pp. 744-747
Seit das Bundesverfassungsgericht 2005 das Verbot von Studiengebühren aufgehoben hat, haben sieben Bundesländer Studiengebühren von bis zu 500 Euro pro Semester eingeführt. Eine Studie des DIW Berlin zeigt, dass dies zu Ausweichreaktionen der Studienbewerber geführt hat, die zahlenmäßig...
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Did tuition fees in Germany constrain students' budgets? New evidence from a natural experiment
Thomsen, Stephan; von Haaren-Giebel, Friederike - In: IZA Journal of European Labor Studies 5 (2016) 6, pp. 1-25
Less than a decade ago, several German states introduced tuition fees for university education. Despite their …
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Does occupational licensing impact incomes? A replication study for the German crafts case
von der Leyen, Kaja - In: Journal for Labour Market Research 54 (2020) 1, pp. 1-17
Large variation in the estimated income premium of occupational licensing can be found in the existing literature. I revisit the natural experimental design of a change in the German crafts regulation in 2004, which removed the traditional licensing requirement for self-employment in certain...
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