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This paper represents the first application of a novel strategy to estimate peer effects in education in a developing …
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. The determinants examined within a Tobit model framework include total household expenditure, education levels of parents … and other household characteristics. Such analysis of the household behavior of attempting to provide better education to … their children will highlight the determinants of the demand for education and the intergenerational transfers in Turkey. …
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Community colleges have long been recognized for their potential in providing access to post-secondary education for … years ago. In the meantime, the market for higher education has changed drastically, and the Great Recession and economy of … the evidence on the employment and earnings effects of community college education. I study the experiences of the …
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Using unique data from Pakistan we estimate a model of demand for differentiated products in 112 rural education …
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working and education. I look at the empirical relationship between working and educational expenditure budget shares for … particular, on average, girls engaged in paid work have total annual education expenditure shares that are 48.6% higher than … expenditure is directed towards goods that improve the quality of education. …
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This paper analyzes professors' effect from a fundamental first-year course in Economics on students' later performance in follow-on courses with a special attention given to the problem of self-selection bias of students toward certain professors. Based on an extensive dataset consisting of...
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The provision of non-pecuniary incentives in education is a topic that has received much scholarly attention lately …
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The provision of non-pecuniary incentives in education is a topic that has received much scholarly attention lately …
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While existing research supports that participation in high-school athletics is associated with better education and …
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Does granting birthright citizenship help immigrant children integrating in the host country's educational system? We address this question using a reform of the German naturalization law in 1999 that entitled children born after January 1, 2000 with birthright citizenship. We use a...
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