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Figlio, David N.; Hart, Cassandra M. D.; Karbownik, … - 2024

Using a rich dataset that merges student-level school records with birth records, and leveraging three alternative identification strategies, we explore how increase in access to charter schools in twelve districts in Florida affects students remaining in traditional public schools (TPS). We...

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The Rate of Return to Early Childhood Education in Japan: Estimates from the Nationwide Expansion

Akabayashi, Hideo; Tanaka, Ryuichi - 2024

We present new estimates of the internal rate of return to early childhood education. Utilizing the nationwide … expansion of preschool education in Japan between 1960 and 1980, we initially assess the impact of preschool attendance on high …

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Competitive Effects of Charter Schools

Figlio, David N.; Hart, Cassandra M.D.; Karbownik, Krzysztof - 2024

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Should You Meet the Parents? The Impact of Information on Non-Test Score Attributes on School Choice

Facchetti, Elisa; Neri, Lorenzo; Ovidi, Marco - 2024

study an intervention providing hard-to-find information on the school environment at local institutions, while holding … information on school performance constant. Outflow to private education is reduced by 17%, with larger responses among advantaged …

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The profit motive in the classroom: Friend or foe?

Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2023

Can competition and the existence of profit-seeking actors in the school market improve educational quality? To see cost-efficient, long-term improvements, we identify the school system's capacity for knowledge-enhancing innovation as crucial and explore this question by examining Swedish...

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Parents know better: Sorting on match effects in primary school

Ovidi, Marco - 2022

I show that parents select schools by considering attributes of the student-school match that improve the learning outcomes beyond average school quality. Using the centralized algorithm for offers to primary school in London, I compare the achievement of students who are as good as randomly...

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Can conditional cash transfers alter the effectiveness of other human capital development policies?

Beuermann, Diether W.; Bonilla, Andrea Ramos; Stampini, … - 2024

Covering the full population of applicants to the Jamaican Conditional Cash Transfer Program (PATH), we explore whether receiving PATH since childhood altered the academic gains from attending a more preferred public secondary school. To uncover causal associations, we implement a double...

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COVID-19 Lockdown, Home Environment, Lifestyles, and Mental Health among Preschoolers in China

Zhang, Yuting; Zhao, Jin; Yu, Zhangsheng; Wang, Guanghai; … - 2024

family environment. Children of parents with lower levels of education were more likely to experience mental health … city-wide cohort of preschool children - the Shanghai Children's Health, Education and Lifestyle Evaluation, Preschool … changes in their home environment and lifestyles. Two cohorts - the pre-pandemic cohort and the pandemic cohort - were …

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Incentivizing innovative entrepreneurship in quasi-markets: Theory and evidence from Sweden's schools and nursing homes

Elert, Niklas; Henrekson, Magnus - 2024

Many countries have implemented quasi-markets to enhance entrepreneurship and innovation in welfare service provision. However, the benefits have generally been limited; this can also be observed in Sweden, a country which stands out for its extensive use of quasi-markets. Based on the Swedish...

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Tuition fees and academic (in)activity in higher education: How did students adjust to the abolition of tuition fees in Germany?

Berens, Johannes; Henao, Leandro; Schneider, Kerstin - 2024

. The social costs associated with such inactive students amount to 3.3% of public spending on higher education in NRW …

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