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Reading between the lines: A closer look at the effectiveness of early childhood education policy to reduce inequality in Argentina
Paglayan, Agustina S. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This study looks at Argentina’s early childhood education policy, to determine whether it “ensures quality education … Argentina’s urban household survey is used to estimate a logit model for the probability of knowing how to read and write by the … relevant to education policymaking in Argentina, where efforts have focused on expanding the coverage of preschool services …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008518077
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Reading between the lines: A closer look at the effectiveness of early childhood education policy to reduce inequality in Argentina
Paglayan, Agustina - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This study looks more closely at Argentina’s early childhood education policy, to determine whether it “ensures quality … Argentina’s urban household survey is used to estimate a logit model for the probability of knowing how to read and write by the … families. These findings are relevant to education policymaking in Argentina, where efforts have focused on expanding the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005623559
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The Returns to Elite College Education: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis
Anelli, Massimo - 2016
I take advantage of a sharp discontinuity in the probability of admission to an elite university at the admission score threshold, to estimate causal returns to college education quality. I use a newly constructed dataset, which combines individual administrative records about high school,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011555518
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The Returns to Elite College Education: A Quasi-Experimental Analysis
Anelli, Massimo - 2016
I take advantage of a sharp discontinuity in the probability of admission to an elite university at the admission score threshold, to estimate causal returns to college education quality. I use a newly constructed dataset, which combines individual administrative records about high school,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011559620
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Inadequate teacher content knowledge and what to do about it: Evidence from El Salvador
Brunetti, Aymo; Büchel, Konstantin; Jakob, Martina; … - 2021
Good teachers are the backbone of a successful education system. Yet, in developing countries, teachers' content knowledge is often inadequate. This study documents that primary school math teachers in the department of Moraz'an in El Salvador only master 47 percent of the curriculum they teach....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013461486
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The returns to elite college education : a quasi-experimental analysis
Anelli, Massimo - 2016
I take advantage of a sharp discontinuity in the probability of admission to an elite university at the admission score threshold, to estimate causal returns to college education quality. I use a newly constructed dataset, which combines individual administrative records about high school,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011531928
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The returns to elite college education : a quasi-experimental analysis
Anelli, Massimo - 2016
I take advantage of a sharp discontinuity in the probability of admission to an elite university at the admission score threshold, to estimate causal returns to college education quality. I use a newly constructed dataset, which combines individual administrative records about high school,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011536219
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Inadequate teacher content knowledge and what to do about it: evidence from El Salvador
Brunetti, Aymo; Büchel, Konstantin; Jakob, Martina; … - 2021
Good teachers are the backbone of a successful education system. Yet, in developing countries, teachers' content knowledge is often inadequate. This study documents that primary school math teachers in the department of Moraz'an in El Salvador only master 47 percent of the curriculum they teach....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012796575
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Analyzing the Market for Shadow Education in Pakistan: Does Private Tuition Affect the Learning Gap between Private and Public Schools?
Khan, Bisma Haseeb; Shaikh, Sahar Amjad - In: Lahore Journal of Economics 18 (2013) Special Edition, pp. 129-160
Over the past decade, Pakistan has seen the rapid growth of a third sector in education: shadow education. According to the Annual Survey of Education Report (2013), 34 percent of private school students and 17 percent of public school students undertake private tuition in Punjab. Anecdotal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010905759
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Salarios de los docentes públicos en Colombia 1995-2010
Ome, Alejandro - In: COYUNTURA ECONÓMICA (2012)
Atraer profesionales de alta calidad a la carrera docente es uno de los retos más importantes que enfrenta la política educativa en Colombia. En este orden de ideas, ofrecer un esquema de salarios atractivo constituye un requisito para lograr que individuos de alta calidad profesional opten...
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