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The economic value of education : studies in the economics of education
Blaug, Mark (ed.) - 1992
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013388382
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529 Plans and School Choice
Haneman, Victoria J. - 2023
United States. Advocates of school choice insist that competition for students will improve academic outcomes, drive … empirical support for any of these claims, and fear that school choice policies worsen the problem of educational inequality …. The purpose of this essay is not to rehash the topic of school choice, which has been exhaustively considered and debated …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014356260
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Econometric Methods for Research in Education
Meghir, Costas - 2010
of assessing the impact of education quality, the teacher contribution to pupils' achievement and the effect of school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013143183
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Selective schools
Brunello, Giorgio; Giannini, Massimo - 1999
This paper studies how schooling admission tests affect economic performance in an economy where individuals are endowed with both academic and non academic abilities and both abilities matter for labor productivity. We develop a simple model with selective government held schools, where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001450005
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Selective schools
Brunello, Giorgio; Giannini, Massimo - 1999
This paper studies how schooling admission tests affect economic performance in an economy where individuals are endowed with both academic and non academic abilities and both abilities matter for labor productivity. We develop a simple model with selective government held schools, where...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011316915
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Majority vote on educational standards
Schwager, Robert - 2018
The direct democratic choice of an examination standard, i.e., a performance level required to graduate, is evaluated against a utilitarian welfare function. It is shown that the median preferred standard is inefficiently low if the marginal cost of reaching a higher performance reacts more...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011788763
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Complexity and targeting in federal student aid : a quantitative analysis
Dynarski, Susan M.; Scott-Clayton, Judith E. - In: Tax policy and the economy 22 (2008), pp. 109-150
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Complexity and targeting in federal student aid : a quantitative analysis
Dynarski, Susan M. (contributor);  … - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003748623
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Complexity and targeting in federal student aid : a quantitative analysis
Dynarski, Susan M.; Scott-Clayton, Judith E. - 2008
"A growing body of empirical evidence shows that some financial aid programs increase college enrollment. Puzzlingly, there is little compelling evidence that Pell Grants and Stafford Loans, the primary federal student aid programs, are effective in achieving this goal. In this paper, we provide...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003659328
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Vouchers for basic education in developing economies: an accountability perspective
Gauri, Varun; Vawda, Ayesha Yaqub - In: The World Bank research observer 19 (2004) 2, pp. 259-280
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