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Are Some Degrees Worth More than Others? Evidence from college admission cutoffs in Chile
Hastings, Justine S.; Neilson, Christopher A.; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Understanding how returns to higher education vary across degree programs is critical for effective higher education policy. Yet there is little evidence as to whether all degrees improve labor market outcomes, and whether they do so for students from different types of backgrounds. We combine...
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Does Secular Education Impact Religiosity, Electoral Participation and the Propensity to Vote for Islamic Parties? Evidence from an Education Reform in a Muslim Country
Mocan, Naci H.; Cesur, Resul - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
schooling. The data set includes information about the extent of religiosity, lifestyle choices (e.g. modern, conservative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951403
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Consumer Inertia and Firm Pricing in the Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Insurance Exchange
Ericson, Keith M. Marzilli - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
I use the Medicare Part D prescription drug insurance market to examine the dynamics of firm interaction with consumers on an insurance exchange. Enrollment data show that consumers face switching frictions leading to inertia in plan choice, and a regression discontinuity design indicates...
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Decentralizing Education Resources: School Grants in Senegal
Carneiro, Pedro; Meghir, Costas; Koussihouèdé, Oswald; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
The impact of school resources on the quality of education in developing countries may depend crucially on whether resources are targeted efficiently. In this paper we use a randomized experiment to analyze the impact of a school grants program in Senegal, which decentralized a portion of the...
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School, what is it good for? Useful Human Capital and the History of Public Education in Central Europe
Cvrcek, Tomas; Zajicek, Miroslav - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
argue that such an explanation for the spread of schooling is probably a poor fit for many nations' schooling histories and … provide an example, using detailed data on schooling supply from the Habsburg Empire. We show that while economic development … made schooling more affordable and widespread, the politics of demand for schools was not motivated by expectations of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951215
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Empowering Women Through Education: Evidence from Sierra Leone
Mocan, Naci H.; Cannonier, Colin - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
increased educational attainment and that an increase in education has changed women's preferences. An increase in schooling …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011227910
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Estimating the Production Function for Human Capital: Results from a Randomized Control Trial in Colombia
Attanasio, Orazio; Meghir, Costas; Cattan, Sarah; … - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2015
We examine the channels through which a randomized early childhood intervention in Colombia led to significant gains in cognitive and socio-emotional skills among a sample of disadvantaged children. We estimate production functions for cognitive and socio-emotional skills as a function of...
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Estimating Benefits from University-Level Diversity
Wolfe, Barbara L.; Fletcher, Jason - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
years of schooling completed, earnings, family income, composition of friends, and probability of voting. Our results …, but not with more schooling or the probability of voting. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010951395
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Instruction Time, Classroom Quality, and Academic Achievement
Rivkin, Steven G.; Schiman, Jeffrey C. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2013
Many countries, American jurisdictions and charter schools have recently embraced longer school days or more time devoted to core academic classes. Recent research generally supports the notion that additional time raises achievement, though difficulties isolating an exogenous source of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010821828
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The Effect of Village-Based Schools: Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial in Afghanistan
Burde, Dana; Linden, Leigh L. - National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) - 2012
We conduct a randomized evaluation of the effect of village-based schools on children's academic performance using a sample of 31 villages and 1,490 children in rural northwestern Afghanistan. The program significantly increases enrollment and test scores among all children, eliminates the 21...
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