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Человеческий капитал и реформы нового времени
Rubinstein, Alexander Yakovlevich - Institute of Economics, Russian Academy of Sciences (RAS)
direct impact on the human capital. We are talking about the education reform and the restructuring of the public sector of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011026550
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Capitalization as a two-part tariff : the role of zoning
Banzhaf, H. Spencer; Mangum, Kyle - 2019
This paper shows that the capitalization of local amenities is effectively priced into land via a two-part pricing …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058914
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Ethnic heterogeneity and public goods provision in Zambia : further evidence of a subnational 'diversity dividend'
Gisselquist, Rachel M.; Leiderer, Stefan; … - 2014
The hypothesis that ethnic diversity has a negative impact on public goods provision is widely accepted. Notably, most work on this issue fails to distinguish adequately between national versus subnational governance. We find that subnational empirical evidence in particular is inconclusive, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010443089
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Eudcation Finance Reform and Investment in Human Capital : Lessons from California.
Fernandez, Raquel; Rogerson, Richard - C.V. Starr Center for Applied Economics, Department of … - 1997
This paper examines the effect of different education financing systems on the level and distribution of resources … devoted to public education. We focus on California, which in the 1970's was transformed from a system of mixed local and … state financing to one of effectively pure state finance and subsequently saw its funding of public education fall between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005264497
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Basic education as a human right redux
Willmore, Larry - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights promises free elementary education and free choice of schools to children and … allows parents almost no choice at all in basic education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108960
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The Robustness of Hedonic Price Estimation : Urban Air Quality
Graves, Philip E.; Murdoch, James; Thayer, Mark; … - 2014
The paper did not originally have an abstract. It explores the robustness of hedonic pricing estimation, focusing on four areas: 1) variable selection and treatment, 2) measurement error, 3) functional form, and 4) error distribution. The paper offers insights to guide the future conduct of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014184823
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Drittmittelorientierung als Risiko für Hochschulen
Dilger, Alexander - 2015
higher education policy. A better recommendation is the objective of best possible science, while third-party funds are only …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011419820
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Vor- und Nachteile verschiedener Arten von Drittmitteln
Dilger, Alexander - 2017
Es gibt verschiedene Arten von Drittmitteln für wissenschaftliche Forschung. Insbesondere lassen sich Drittmittel für freie Forschung, zur ergebnisoffenen Themenbearbeitung und für spezifizierte Auftragsforschung unterscheiden. Deren jeweilige Vor- und Nachteile werden diskutiert, auch im...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011660069
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Location choices of Swedish independent schools: How does allowing for private provision affect the geography of the education market?
Edmark, Karin - 2018
This paper studies the location decisions of Swedish start-up independent schools. It makes use of the great expansion of independent schools following a reform implemented in 1992 to test what local market characteristics are correlated with independent school entry. The results suggest that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039297
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Effects of school closures on displaced students and future cohorts in Sweden 2000-2016
Larsson Taghizadeh, Jonas - 2019
The aim of this paper is to investigate the effects of school closures on student achievement among displaced students and future cohorts in Sweden. In contrast to previous studies that only analyze the effects of school closures on displaced students, this study also takes account of the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039311