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Kaganovich, Michael; Su, Xuejuan - CESifo - 2015

This paper analyzes the impact of college enrollment expansion on student academic achievements and labor market outcomes in the context of competition among colleges. When public policies promote “access” to college education, colleges adjust their curricula: Less selective public colleges...

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The Native-Migrant Gap in the Progression into and Through Upper-Secondary Education

Wolter, Stefan C. - 2018

In this paper we follow the students that took the PISA 2012 test in Switzerland and analyze their transition into and progress in upper-secondary education. We observe a substantive difference in the rate of progress between natives and students with a migration background. One year after...

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Socio-Economic Gaps in University Enrollment : The Role of Perceived Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Returns

Boneva, Teodora - 2018

To understand the socio-economic enrollment gap in university attendance, we elicit students' beliefs about the benefits of university education in a sample of 2,540 secondary school students. Our choice model estimates reveal that perceived non-pecuniary benefits explain a large share of the...

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College Curriculum, Diverging Selectivity, and Enrollment Expansion

Kaganovich, Michael - 2016

We analyze the impact of expansion of higher education on student outcomes in the context of competition among colleges which differentiate themselves horizontally by setting curricular standards. When public or economic pressures compel less selective colleges to lower their curricular demands,...

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Elite Education, Mass Education, and the Transition to Modern Growth

Strulik, Holger - 2015

We propose an innovation-driven growth model in which education is determined by family background and cognitive …

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College Expansion and Curriculum Choice

Kaganovich, Michael - 2015

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Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

Lergetporer, Philipp; Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2021

The gap in university enrollment by parental education is large and persistent in many countries. In our representative survey, 74 percent of German university graduates, but only 36 percent of those without a university degree favor a university education for their children. The latter are more...

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Africa's Skill Tragedy : Does Teachers' Lack of Knowledge Lead to Low Student Performance?

Bietenbeck, Jan - 2015

Student performance in Sub-Saharan Africa is tragically low. We study the importance of teacher subject knowledge for …. After measurement-error correction, a one-standard-deviation increase in teacher subject knowledge raises student … teacher sorting. Furthermore, teacher knowledge and school resources appear to be complements in student learning …

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Productivity and Organization in Portuguese Firms

Caliendo, Lorenzo - 2016

The productivity of firms is, at least partly, determined by a firm's actions and decisions. One of these decisions involves the organization of production in terms of the number of layers of management the firm decides to employ. Using detailed employer-employee matched data and firm production...

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Incentives and Creativity in Groups

Ramm, Joachim; Tjøtta, Sigve; Torsvik, Gaute - CESifo - 2013

It has been argued that monetary incentives restrain individual creativity and hamper performance in jobs requiring out of the box thinking. This paper reports from an experiment designed to test if the negative incentive effect is present also when individuals work together to solve such...

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