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Does test-based teacher recruitment work in the developing world? : experimental evidence from Ecuador
Araujo P., Maria Daniela; Heineck, Guido; Cruz Aguayo, … - 2021
in an attempt to raise teacher quality. We evaluate the impact of this policy using linked administrative teacher …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013342047
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Are the subsidies to private capital useful? : a multiple regression discontinuity design approach
Pellegrini, Guido; Cerqua, Augusto - 2011
There is still little consensus on the effectiveness of business support policies. The empirical evaluation is complicated by the difficulty in achieving reliable identification. We analyse the impact of Law 488/92, the main Italian regional policy. We propose a new approach, named multiple...
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Public subsidies, TFP and Efficiency : a tale of complex relationships
Bernini, Cristina; Cerqua, Augusto; Pellegrini, Guido - 2015
The paper analyses the causal effect of capital subsidies on firms' efficiency and productivity by exploiting the conditions for a local random experiment created by Law 488/92 (henceforth L488), which has been an important policy instrument for reducing territorial disparities in Italy. The...
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Ex-post evaluation of territorial integrated projects in Italy : an empirical analysis at firm level : 53rd ERSA Congress - Palermo - August 27-31, 2013
Cusimano, Alessandro; Mazzola, Fabio - 2013
This paper focuses on the evaluation of an incentive program for firms implemented in southern Italy during the last decade. In the framework of the policy instruments aimed to reduce territorial disparities, and to support local development, territorial integrated projects (TIP) constituted a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011504654
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Beyond the SUTVA : how industrial policy evaluations change when we allow for interactions among firms
Cerqua, Augusto; Pellegrini, Guido - 2013
Investment subsidies to private firms have been one of the most popular place-based policies in developed countries; however, the empirical evidence to date is still mixed and there is no general consensus on the effectiveness of such policy. Most evaluation studies have focused on the policy...
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Impact of school quality on educational attainment : evidence from Finnish high schools
Kortelainen, Mika; Pääkkönen, Jenni; Pursiainen, Heikki - 2014
We analyze differences in school quality using a comprehensive panel data set covering all upper secondary school … graduates in Finland during the years 2002-2013. School quality is defined as the effect of the school on matriculation exam … results controlling for quality of student intake. In other words, the quality difference between two schools is the expected …
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Affirmative action in higher education : impacts of the national exam in Brazil
Pereira, Joaquim Israel Ribas; Bittencourt, Maurício … - 2015
); these models include factors such as degree, coursework selection, future wages, and quality of peers, as factors that …
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The firm's evaluation of local research institutes and universities : an empirical analysis for Germany
Cordes, Alexander; Schasse, Ulrich - 2014 - Preliminary version
Spatial proximity facilitates transfer of knowledge and technology between research institutes or universities (RIU) and firms. Against this background the location of research institutions and universities is often seen as an instrument of regional policy to promote knowledge flows and R&D...
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Increasing resistance to globalization : the role of trade in tasks
Egger, Hartmut; Fischer, Christian - 2019
if the reform is welfare-improving. Our analysis suggests to change the education system to one that provides broader … become obsolete in the open economy and therefore increase the likelihood that a proposal for a welfare-improving trade …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012268115
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An intensive, school-based learning camp targeting academic and non-cognitive skills evaluated in a randomized trial
Hvidman, Charlotte; Koch, Alexander K.; Nafziger, Julia; … - 2021
We evaluate two variants of a school-based, intensive learning camp for pupils who are assessed 'not ready' for further education after compulsory school, using a stratified cluster randomized trial involving 15,559 pupils in 264 schools in Denmark. Next to training pupils in Danish and...
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