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resources received by schools from a targeted voucher program implemented in Chile. We merge this dataset with education and … labor market administrative records for the universe of students enrolled in the Chilean education system. We find that an … that the positive effect of voucher spending only holds for private voucher schools that operate in local education markets …
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We study the effect of exposure to older, more experienced classroom peers resulting from the widespread use of multi-grade classes in Scottish primary schools. For identification, we exploit that a class-planning algorithm quasi-randomly assigns groups of pupils to multi-grade classes. We find...
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Providing income support to unemployed education-leavers reduces the returns to investments in education because it … reform in Belgium to study whether conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits for education-leavers on … experience one year after leaving education. The second part conditioned the eligibility for this unemployment benefit for youth …
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, still graduate from college but with much lower returns to education. High-income applicants who just miss the cutoff … affordable higher education in promoting social mobility. …
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Covering the full population of applicants to the Jamaican Conditional Cash Transfer Program (PATH), we explore whether receiving PATH benefits alters the academic returns to subsequently attending a more preferred public secondary school. To uncover causal associations, we exploit exogenous...
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-enhancing Coasian scenario exists. Focusing on education, we model how the preferences of a teacher (agent) and head-teacher (local …
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investments in public education can generate long-term improvements in economic well-being. …
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-enhancing Coasian scenario exists. Focusing on education, we model how the preferences of a teacher (agent) and head-teacher (local …
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As student numbers in the Irish higher education system continue to grow, the escalating funding crisis within the … income contingent loan (ICL) system for the Irish higher education system. Our results suggest that an ICL providing for … every student within the Irish education system will generate system-wide burdens in excess of €10 billion within the most …
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