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Counting rotten apples : student achievement and score manipulation in Italian elementary schools

Battistin, Erich; De Nadai, Michele; Vuri, Daniela - 2014

We derive bounds for the average of math and language scores of elementary school students in Italy correcting for pervasive score manipulation. Information on the fraction of manipulated data is retrieved from a natural experiment that randomly assigns external monitors to schools. We show how...

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Estimating returns to education when the IV sample is selective

Wang, Le - 2012

The literature estimating returns to education has often utilized spousal education and parental education as instrument variables (IV). However, due to usual survey designs, both IVs are available only for the individuals whose spouse or parents are present in the same household. The IV...

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Do Better Roads Increase School Enrollment? Evidence from a Unique Road Policy in India

Mukherjee, Mukta - 2013

In 2001, a national infrastructure development program was initiated in India to construct new all-season roads (roads that can be used in all-weather especially monsoons) in villages that previously had only had dry-season roads (roads that are difficult to use in monsoons). The eligibility...

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Estimating Returns to Education When the IV Sample is Selective

Wang, Le - 2013

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How Far is the East? Educational Performance in Eastern Europe

Botezat, Alina - 2013

, this paper takes a look at the gap in PISA test scores between Finland, the best performing country, and seven Eastern … European countries, as well as, between Eastern European countries. The methodology applied in this paper is a semiparametric … version of the threefold Blinder-Oaxaca decomposition, an approach which is not yet used in the research regarding the …

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Value of a Law Degree by College Major

McIntyre, Frank - 2017

We estimate the increase in earnings from a law degree relative to a bachelor's degree for graduates who majored in different fields in college. Students with humanities and social sciences majors comprise approximately 47 percent of law degree holders compared to 23 percent of terminal...

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Transforming Leaders Through Cultural Intelligence

Box, James - 2016

Developing charismatic leaders in the 21st century must include fostering the cultural awareness skills for effectively managing employees from many new and unique backgrounds. The purpose of this quantitative study was to determine if there was a correlation between cultural intelligence (CI)...

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Counting Rotten Apples : Student Achievement and Score Manipulation in Italian Elementary Schools

Battistin, Erich - 2014

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Counting Rotten Apples : Student Achievement and Score Manipulation in Italian Elementary Schools

Battistin, Erich - 2014

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The Income-Achievement Gap and Adult Outcome Inequality

Nielsen, Eric Reed - 2015

This paper discusses various methods for assessing group differences in academic achievement using only the ordinal content of achievement test scores. Researchers and policymakers frequently draw conclusions about achievement differences between various populations using methods that rely on...

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