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The direct democratic choice of an examination standard, i.e., a performance level required to graduate, is evaluated …
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The direct democratic choice of an examination standard, i.e., a performance level required to graduate, is evaluated …
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The direct democratic choice of an examination standard, i.e., a performance level required to graduate, is evaluated …
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This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform that was introduced in one German state on high … school dropout. The reform increased the standards of the curriculum by reducing the freedom of choice in course selection … states, we identify the reform effect on students ́probability to graduate from high school. The results show that high …
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Internet access in secondary public schools in Peru. Rich longitudinal school-level data from 2001 to 2006 are used to …
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This paper evaluates the effects of a high school curriculum reform that was introduced in one German state on high … school dropout. The reform increased the standards of the curriculum by reducing the freedom of choice in course selection … states, we identify the reform effect on students' probability to graduate from high school. The results show that high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010469021
differences over time in the warning index to estimate the effects of the pandemic on dropout, promotion, and school switching …
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In most democracies, the majority of education expenditures is financed by the government. In non-democracies, we observe a wide variation in the mix of public and private funding of education. In addition, countries with high inequality tend to rely more heavily on private schooling. We develop...
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The governments of nearly all countries are major providers of primary and secondary education to their citizens. In some countries, however, public schools coexist with private schools, while in others the government is the sole provider of education. In this study, we ask why different...
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The level of educational attainment in Mozambique is one of the lowest in the world and primary school completion rate …) the determinants of school dropout; (2) the variables that are associated with school dropout in the year of the survey … pregnancy are consistently associated with higher dropout rates. Our results also suggest that building or renovating a school …
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