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Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system

Albornoz, Facundo; Berlinski, Samuel G.; Cabrales, Antonio - 2016

also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education …

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Peer effects and academic achievement : a regression discontinuity approach

Vardardottir, Arna - In: Economics of education review 36 (2013), pp. 108-121

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Chapter 15 Drinking from the Fountain of Knowledge: Student Incentive to Study and Learn – Externalities, Information Problems and Peer Pressure

Bishop, John - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 2, (pp. 909-944). 2006

Students face four decision margins: (a) How many years to spend in school, (b) What to study, (c) How much effort to devote to learning per year and (d) Whether to disrupt or assist the learning of classmates. The thousands of studies that have applied human capital theory to the first two...

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Rank effects in education: what do we know so far?

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2022

In recent years there has been a plethora of empirical papers by economists concerning the effects of academic rank in school or college on subsequent outcomes of students. We review this recent literature, describing the difficult identification and measurement issues, the assumptions and...

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Rank effects in education : what do we know so far?

Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2022

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Firm-Level Social Returns to Education

Martins, Pedro Silva - 2004

Do workers benefit from the education of their co-workers? This question is examined first by introducing a model of on …

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The wage effects of schooling under socialism and in transition: Evidence from Romania, 1950 - 2000

Andren, Daniela; Earle, John S.; Sapatoru, Dana - 2004

sometimes offered (wage liberalization, border opening, increased quality of education). But we find some support for … institutional and organizational explanations, particularly the high productivity of education in restructuring and entrepreneurial …

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A cohort analysis of the income distribution in Chile

Sapelli, Claudio - In: Estudios de Economía 38 (2011) 1, pp. 223-242

attempt to explain this evolution. The rise can be explained by variables associated with education, while the fall appears to …

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Chapter 11 Does Learning to Add up Add up? The Returns to Schooling in Aggregate Data

Pritchett, Lant - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 1, (pp. 635-695). 2006

The theoretical, conceptual, and practical difficulties with the use of cross-national data on schooling are so severe using aggregate data for any purpose for which individual level data would do should be avoided. There are, however, three questions for which the use of cross-national data on...

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Chapter 6 Educational Wage Premiums and the U.S. Income Distribution: A Survey

Deere, Donald R.; Vesovic, Jelena - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 1, (pp. 255-306). 2006

This chapter discusses the large literature and numerous issues regarding education-related differences in income in …, empirical analyses concentrated directly on education-related differences in earnings. The human capital revolution of the late … 1950s/early 1960s greatly expanded the research on education and income and shifted the focus to wages. The human capital …

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