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Reforming social welfare in Germany : an applied general equilibrium analysis

Boeters, Stefan - 2003

This paper analyses the effects of a social assistance reform in Germany. In contrast to studies which are based on microsimulation methods we use a computable general equilibrium model which incorporates a discrete choice model of labour supply to simulate a variety of reform scenarios. The...

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Access, achievements, and aspirations : the impacts of school tracking on student outcomes

Bach, Maximilian; Klein, Thilo; McNamara, Sarah - 2024

Though the use of tracking policies to stratify students is commonplace, evi- dence concerning the effects of ability-based tracking on student performance is mixed. Using rich data from the Hungarian secondary school centralized assignment mechanism and a quasi-experimental framework, we find...

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The ifo Education Survey 2014-2021

Freundl, Vera; Grewenig, Elisabeth; Pfaehler, Franziska; … - 2023

The ifo Education Survey is a representative opinion survey of the German voting-age population on education topics … that has been conducted annually since 2014. It covers public preferences on a wide range of education policy issues … ranging from early childhood education, schools, and apprenticeships to university education and life-long learning. The …

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Who teaches the teachers? : a RCT of peer-to-peer observation and feedback in 181 schools

Wyness, Gill; Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix - 2018

It is well established that teachers are the most important in-school factor in determining student outcomes. However, to date there is scant robust quantitative research demonstrating that teacher training programs can have lasting impacts on student test scores. To address this gap, we conduct...

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Class rank and long-run outcomes

Denning, Jeffrey T.; Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix - 2018

This paper considers a fundamental question about the school environment - what are the long run effects of a student's ordinal rank in elementary school? Using administrative data from all public school students in Texas, we show that students with a higher third grade academic rank,...

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Heterogeneous responses to school track choice : evidence from the repeal of binding track recommendations

Bach, Maximilian - 2021

This paper studies heterogeneity in schooling decisions by socio-economic status (SES) in response to a repeal of achievement-based admissions requirements (i.e. binding track recommendations) in Germany's between-school tracking system. The main contribution is to show that while previously...

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Complex approaches for education in Brazil

Sakowski, Patrícia Alessandra Morita; Tóvolli, Marina H. - 2016

Education systems can be viewed as complex systems, by considering that learning, teaching, cognition and education are … education systems, new approaches seem relevant, and even necessary, if we consider that traditional methods are often not … complex system approach in education, and to bring to discussion the potential benefits of this perspective to education in …

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The E-word on the public acceptance of experiments

Fischer, Mira; Grewenig, Elisabeth; Lergetporer, Philipp; … - 2019

Randomized experiments are often viewed as the "gold standard" of scientific evidence but people's scepticism towards experiments has compromised their viability in the past. We study preferences for experimental policy evaluations in a representative survey in Germany (N1,900). We find that a...

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Sorting, status, and shadow education : how track placement shapes parental investment

Klein, Thilo; McNamara, Sarah - 2025

for top programs often depend on socioeconomic status (SES), reinforcing inequality. We study shadow education in the …

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Economic implications of a phased-in EV mandate in Canada

McKitrick, Ross - 2023

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