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This study builds on the findings of Carrell and Hoekstra (2010, 2018) by exploring the peer effects of domestic violence exposure over the academic attainment of secondary school students in Peru. However, we also study these peer effects over a novel set of outcomes: internalizing behaviors...
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), published in AEJ–Applied Economics, find that women's education increases the psychological violence and financial control …
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This paper uses an extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey to estimate the causal effects of education on women … regression discontinuity design, we find that the reform-induced increase in female education improved legal awareness. Women …
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Providing income support to unemployed education-leavers reduces the returns to investments in education because it … conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits for education-leavers on age or schooling attainment can affect … degree completion and reduce dropout in higher education, but not in high school. We argue that the higher prevalence of …
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resources received by schools from a targeted voucher program implemented in Chile. We merge this dataset with education and … labor market administrative records for the universe of students enrolled in the Chilean education system. We find that an … that the positive effect of voucher spending only holds for private voucher schools that operate in local education markets …
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We study the effect of exposure to older, more experienced classroom peers resulting from the widespread use of multi-grade classes in Scottish primary schools. For identification, we exploit that a class-planning algorithm quasi-randomly assigns groups of pupils to multi-grade classes. We find...
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-enhancing Coasian scenario exists. Focusing on education, we model how the preferences of a teacher (agent) and head-teacher (local …
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We estimate effects of the Pell Grant - the largest U.S. federal grant for college students - using administrative data from Texas public colleges and a discontinuity in grant generosity for low-income students. Within four-year institutions, eligibility for additional grant aid significantly...
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(ECD), and estimate the impact of mothers' exposure to education reform using RDD. Our analysis reveals a significant …
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, still graduate from college but with much lower returns to education. High-income applicants who just miss the cutoff … affordable higher education in promoting social mobility. …
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