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schooling in Israeli kibbutzim. This pay reform, which induced kibbutz students to improve their academic achievements during … high school, spilled over to non-kibbutz members who attended schools with these kibbutz students. In the short run, peers … of kibbutz students improved their high school outcomes and shifted to courses with higher financial returns. In the …
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,000 students in 86 schools across 9 states. Unlike several of the other large for-profit companies that operate virtual charters … low-income, underrepresented minorities in urban areas, the benefits of attending an NHA charter network are concentrated … among non-poor students attending charter schools outside urban areas. Using data from a survey of school administrators in …
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lower college-going rates. The test score impacts were larger for children in poor neighborhoods. Evidence suggests that … both test scores and college-going were more adversely affected for Black and White students than Latinx students …
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Recent advances have led to the discovery of specific genetic variants that predict educational attainment. We study how these variants, summarized as a linear index — known as a polygenic score — are associated with human capital accumulation and labor market outcomes in the Health and...
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-school-educated youth. We use a sample of young adults that migrated to the U.S. as children to implement a difference-in-differences design …
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records to students' performance on a national college graduation exam. In each case we can control for individuals' college …
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In a widely cited study, Chetty, Friedman, and Rockoff (2014a; hereafter CFR) evaluate the degree of bias in teacher value-added estimates using a novel "teacher switching" research design with data from New York City. They conclude that there is little to no bias in their estimates. Using the same...
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Despite strong demand for attending high schools with better peers, there is mixed evidence on whether doing so improves academic outcomes. We estimate the cognitive returns to high school quality using administrative data on a high-stakes college entrance exam in China. To overcome selection...
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teachers affect a variety of student outcomes through their effects on both students' cognitive and noncognitive skill. Results …
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adulthood. The program led to a gradual increase in university education of the high school treated students, reaching a gain of …
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