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Heterogeneous Class Size Effects: New Evidence from a Panel of University Students
Bandiera, Oriana; Larcinese, Valentino; Rasul, Imran - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2008
Over the last decade, many countries have experienced dramatic increases in university enrolment, which, when not matched by compensating increases in other inputs, have resulted in larger class sizes. Using administrative records from a leading UK university, we present evidence on the effects...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005870959
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RICH STATES, POOR STATES: CONVERGENCE AND POLARISATION IN INDIA
Bandyopadhyay, Sanghamitra - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2006
education, irrigation and literacy inthe formation of the lower convergence club. Parametric analysis establishesirrigation …, education, roads, industrial power consumption and bank depositsas infrastructure components explaining cross-state variation in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005871010
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Pensions: Challenges and Choices: What next?
Barr, Nicholas A. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2005
The analysis in the Report of the Pensions Commission (UK Pensions Commission2004, henceforth referred to as the Report), is sound, the data a wonderful treasure trove, thepresentation particularly clear, and the diagnosis correct. This comment takes the Report’sanalysis as given, and sets out...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005871047
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Paying for higher education: What policies, in what order?
Barr, Nicholas A. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2010
Building on earlier work (Barr 2004a), this paper discusses the role of tuition fees in paying for teaching at universities in England, though much of the analysis applies also to the rest of the UK and to OECD countries. There is no discussion of financing research. The paper addresses three...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005871048
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Financing higher education: Comparing the options
Barr, Nicholas A. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2003
This paper analyses three options for financing higher education:• Tax funding, as proposed by the Liberal Democrats … proposed in the White Paper on highereducation (Department of Education and Skills, 2003).[...] …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005871053
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Financing higher education in the UK: The 2003 White Paper
Barr, Nicholas A. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2003
,b,c,d,e; Crawford, 2002) – offers a strongly supportive assessmentof the strategy in the White Paper (Department for Education and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005871054
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Funding higher education: policies for access and quality
Barr, Nicholas A. - London School of Economics and Political Science
This paper puts forward a strategy for achieving two objectives in higher education –improved access and increased …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005871055
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Paying for Learning
Barr, Nicholas A.; Falkingham, Jane - London School of Economics and Political Science - 1993
Both the quantity and quality of education and training in Britain are being comparedunfavourably with arrangements in … presumption thatimprovements in the quality and quantity of education and training will not primarily befinanced by increased … schemes with the current government scheme for higher education, and alsoinvestigates the long-run yield of a graduate tax and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005871056
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Making universities UNIVERSAL
Barr, Nicholas A. - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
How do you fund university education? In the UK, the governmentplans to introduce variable fees from 2006, to be paid …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005871057
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Why nobody need lose in this system
Barr, Nicholas A.; Crawford, Iain - London School of Economics and Political Science - 2004
Rather than being a handicap, the proposals to introduce top-up fees will prove aboon to students.[...]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005871058