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The effectiveness of foreign aid to education : what can be learned?
Riddell, Abby Rubin - 2012
This paper reviews what has been learned over many decades of foreign aid to education. It discusses what works and … a uniform check-list of inputs. It shows the positive contribution that aid has made to education in aid … education. But the paper also indicates that there is a considerable gap between what aid does and what it could potentially …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009611809
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Teacher pay, class size and local governments : evidence from the Latvian reform
Hazans, Mihails - 2010
This paper employs a rich collection of survey and administrative datasets, including linked school-teacher payroll data, to document the reform of teacher compensation and school network implemented in Latvia amidst the economic crisis of 2008-2010, immediately after territorial reform. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009156106
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The role of ICT in modulating the effect of education and lifelong learning on income inequality and economic growth in Africa
Tchamyou, Vanessa; Asongu, Simplice; Odhiambo, Nicholas M. - 2019
This study assesses the role of ICT in modulating the impact of education and lifelong learning on income inequality … interact with primary school education to decrease income inequality. Second, all ICT indicators interact with secondary school … influence inequality and economic growth through tertiary school education and lifelong learning. These main findings are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012060740
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Financial education for the disadvantaged? : a review
Entorf, Horst; Hou, Jia - 2018 - This version: 20 April 2018
In contrast to the popularity of financial education interventions worldwide, studies on the economic effects of those … between the concepts of, and the relationships between, financial education, financial literacy and financial behavior to … identify the true effects of financial education. The review addresses possible biases caused by third factors such as numeracy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011823319
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The risks and benefits of school integration for participating students : evidence from a randomized desegregation program
Bergman, Peter - 2018
receive an offer to transfer are more likely to be classified as requiring special education and their test scores increase in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874417
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Financial education for the disadvantaged? : a review
Entorf, Horst; Hou, Jia - 2018
In contrast to the popularity of financial education interventions worldwide, studies on the economic effects of those … between the concepts of, and the relationships between, financial education, financial literacy and financial behavior to … identify the true effects of financial education. The review addresses possible biases caused by third factors such as numeracy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011859150
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Did the "Bologna Process" achieve its goals? : 20 years of empirical evidence on student enrolment, study success and labour market outcomes
Kroher, Martina; Leuze, Kathrin; Thomsen, Stephan L.; … - 2021
In 1999, the "Bologna Process" was initiated to improve higher education enrolment, study success and students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012648244
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Do marriage markets influence the divorce hazard?
Hyee, Raphaela - 2011
male wage inequality on her local marriage market - the more heterogeneous potential future mates are in terms of earnings … education but the other one does not. Because of the high degree of assortative matching according to education on the marriage …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009385407
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Intergenerational mobility in education in Greece : an exploration into socioeconomic determinants of students' performance
Danchev, Svetoslav; Gatopoulos, Georgios; Kalavrezou, Niki - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014329910
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Putting dollars before scholars? : evidence from for-profit charter schools in Florida
Singleton, John D. - 2016
network for-profit operated charter schools are able to economize without compromising student education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524205