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The effects of shared school technology access on students digital skills in Peru

Bet, German; Cristia, Julián P.; Ibarrarán, Pablo - 2014

This paper analyzes the effects of increased shared computer access in secondary schools in Peru. Administrative data are used to identify, through propensity-score matching, two groups of schools with similar observable educational inputs but different intensity in computer access. Extensive...

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Are you on the right track? : the effect of educational tracks on student achievement in upper-secondary education in Hungary

Hermann, Zoltán - 2013

in upper-secondary education in Hungary. Rejected and admitted students are compared who applied to the same school and …

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Does the precision and stability of value-added estimates of teacher performance depend on the types of students they serve?

Stacy, Brian; Guarino, Cassandra; Reckase, Mark D.; … - 2013

This paper investigates how the precision and stability of a teacher's value-added estimate relates to the characteristics of the teacher's students. Using a large administrative data set and a variety of teacher value-added estimators, it finds that the stability over time of teacher...

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Education, health and wages

Heckman, James J.; Humphries, John Eric; Veramendi, Gregory - 2014

responses to education and find evidence for substantial heterogeneity in unobserved variables on which agents make choices. The … estimated treatment effects of education are decomposed into the direct benefits of attaining a given level of schooling and … estimated treatment effects. While the estimated causal effects of education are substantial for most outcomes, we also estimate …

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Educational stock and economic growth : the case of Greece over the period 1981-2009

Pegkas, Panagiotis - In: Spoudai : journal of economics and business 62 (2012) 1/2, pp. 56-71

This paper examines the impact of education on economic growth in Greece over the period 1981 – 2009 by applying the …

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Academic achievement and tracking : a theory based on grading standards

Ehlers, Tim; Schwager, Robert - 2016

We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our model distinguishes between initial ability, which is mainly determined by parental background, and eagerness to extend knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability...

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Unlucky to be young? : the long-term effects of school starting age on smoking behaviour and health

Bahrs, Michael; Schumann, Mathias - 2016

In this study, we analyse the long-term effects of school starting age on smoking behaviour and health in adulthood. School entry rules combined with birth month are used as an instrument for school starting age. The analysis adopts the German Socio-Economic Panel data and employs a fuzzy...

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