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You've Earned It: Combining Field and Lab Experiments to Estimate the Impact of Human Capital on Social Preferences

Miguel, Edward Andrew; Jakiela, Pamela; Velde, Vera L. te - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

We combine data from a field experiment and a laboratory experiment to measure the causal impact of human capital on respect for earned property rights, a component of social preferences with important implications for economic growth and development. We find that higher academic achievement...

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Catching up with the Swedes: Probing the Canada-Sweden Literacy Gap

Kapsalis, Constantine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000

that much can be achieved in the literacy front by promoting volunteer activities, primarily among youth, as well as …

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The Choice Between Fixed and Random Effects Models: Some Considerations for Educational Research

Clarke, Paul; Crawford, Claire; Steele, Fiona; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We discuss fixed and random effects models in the context of educational research and set out the assumptions behind the two approaches. To illustrate the issues, we analyse the determinants of pupil achievement in primary school, using data from the Avon Longitudinal Study of Parents and...

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Can Private School Growth Foster Universal Literacy? Panel Evidence from Indian Districts

Pal, Sarmistha; Kingdon, Geeta - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) set the agenda for the attainment of universal literacy by 2015 primarily to be delivered by the state sector. This agenda tends to ignore the significant private school growth around the world since early 1990s, thus initiating the policy debate as to whether...

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Mentoring, Educational Services, and Incentives to Learn: What Do We Know About Them?

Rodriguez-Planas, Nuria - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

This paper reviews recent studies on the effectiveness of services and incentives offered to disadvantaged youth. We …

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Determinants of Employer-Provided Further Training: A Multi-Level Approach

Bellmann, Lutz; Hohendanner, Christian; Hujer, Reinhard - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010

We analyse the influence of regional determinants on the decision of employers to provide within-firm further training. We estimate the effects of the regional population density, the unemployment rate and the regional concentration of an industry against the background of several determinants...

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Measuring the Effects of Segregation in the Presence of Social Spillovers: A Nonparametric Approach

Graham, Bryan S.; Imbens, Guido; Ridder, Geert - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2010

In this paper we nonparametrically analyze the effects of reallocating individuals across social groups in the presence of social spillovers. Individuals are either 'high' or 'low' types. Own outcomes may vary with the fraction of high types in one's social group. We characterize the average...

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Orphanhood and Critical Periods in Children’s Human Capital Formation: Long-Run Evidence from North-Western Tanzania

Hagen, Jens; Mahmoud, Toman Omar; Trofimenko, Natalia - Institut für Weltwirtschaft (IfW) - 2010

Losing a parent is a trauma that has consequences for human capital formation. Does it matter at what age this trauma occurs? Using longitudinal data from the Kagera region in Tanzania that span thirteen years from 1991-2004, we find considerable impact heterogeneity across age at bereavement,...

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Short-Run Impacts of Accountability on School Quality

Rockoff, Jonah; Turner, Lesley J. - In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2 (2010) 4, pp. 119-47

In the fall of 2007, New York City began using student tests and other measures to assign each school a grade (A to F), and linked grades to rewards and consequences, including possible school closure. These grades were released in late September, arguably too late for schools to make major...

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Rural Versus Urban Students – Differences in Accessing and Financing PSE, Their PSE Outcomes and Their Use of Distance Education Research Projects

Lavallée, Laval; Kapsalis, Constantine; Usher, Alexander - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005

highly correlated) have important effects on the PSE decisions and outcomes of youth. These impacts vary inversely with … income, that is to say, the lower the level of parental income, the greater the impact. Youth from rural communities beyond … commuting distance to a PSE institution are less likely than youth from urban communities of comparable income levels to enrol …

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