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improvement in outcomes of students from below median income families. Therefore, we conclude that remedial education program that … students were in their early 30s. Our evidence suggest that treated students experienced a 10 percentage points increase in … points in months employed, and a significant increase in intergenerational income mobility. These gains are reflecting mainly …
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students' performance on high-school matriculation exams. Since the schools in the program were not selected at random, the … performance incentives have a significant effect on students' achievements in English and math. No spillover effect on untreated …-effective than alternative forms of intervention such as extra instruction time and is as effective as cash bonuses for students …
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experiment whereby the initial schooling environment of Ethiopian children can be considered exogenous to their family background … outcomes of Ethiopian children, using administrative panel data on the educational career of each child in Israel through much …
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invested more in education. This effect is stronger for males and is mainly driven by students whose parents have lower levels … from equal sharing to productivity-based wages in different years and find that students in kibbutzim that reformed earlier … policy, especially for students from weaker backgrounds …
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The time that children spend in school varies across countries. Do these differences explain international gaps in … pupils' academic achievements? In this paper, I estimate the effects of instructional time on students' achievement using …
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We study the impact of financial incentives on higher education decisions and the choice of major. We rely on a reform whereby Israeli kibbutzim shifted from their traditional policy of equal sharing to productivity-based wages. We use for identification the staggered implementation of this...
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primary and middle school students' test scores in math, Hebrew, and English. One standard deviation improvement in … doesn't vary with students' socio-economic background, is highly non-linear, increases sharply for superintendents in the …
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