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We study whether early tracking of students based on ability increases migrant-native achievement gaps. To eliminate confounding impacts of unobserved country traits, we employ a differences-in-differences strategy that exploits international variation in the age of tracking as well as student...
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Most studies find little to no effect of classroom computers on student achievement. We suggest that this null effect may combine positive effects of computer uses without equivalently effective alternative traditional teaching practices and negative effects of uses that substitute more...
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-lock” in the private sector. I use the introduction of retiree health insurance for public school employees in combination with …
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Early retirement incentives (ERIs) are increasingly prevalent in education as districts seek to close budget gaps by replacing expensive experienced teachers with lower-cost newer teachers. Combined with the aging of the teacher workforce, these ERIs are likely to change the composition of...
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A growing number of American states require that students who do not demonstrate basic reading proficiency at the end of third grade be retained and provided with remedial services. We exploit a discontinuity in the probability of third grade retention under Florida’s test-based promotion...
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We study the causal effect of school curricula on students’ stated beliefs and attitudes. We exploit a major textbook … participation and democracy in China, increased trust in government officials, and a more skeptical view of free markets. …
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Maths in high school and this may deter them from applying to study Economics at the university level. However, even among …
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This paper analyzes housing market reactions to the release of previously unpublished information on school quality …. Using the sharp discontinuity in the information environment allows us to study price changes within school catchment areas …, thus controlling for neighborhood unobservables. We find a substantial housing market reaction to publication of school …
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school attendance among a sub-group of eligible children within small rural villages in Mexico. Results indicate that (i) the … eligible children tend to attend school more frequently, (ii) but also the ineligible children acquire more schooling when the …
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Education yields substantial non-monetary benefits, but the size of these gains is still debated. Previous studies, for example, report contradictory effects of education and compulsory schooling on mortality - ranging from zero to large mortality reductions. Using data from 19 compulsory...
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