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This paper estimates the impact of elite school attendance on long- run outcomes including completed education, income … formula, we find that elite school attendance had large impacts on completed education. For women, we find that elite school …
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This paper exploits an unusual policy reform that had the effect of reducing the direct cost of schooling in Ireland in the late 1960’s. This gave rise to an increased level of schooling but with effects that vary substantially across family background. This interaction of educational reform...
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The growing gender gap in educational attainment between men and women has raised concerns that the skill development of boys may be more sensitive to family disadvantage than that of girls. Using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health (Add Health) data we find, as do...
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Using a panel of international student test scores 1980 2000 (PISA and TIMSS), panel fixed effects estimates suggest that government spending decentralization is conducive to student performance. The effect does not appear to be mediated through levels of educational spending.
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, responds to a wide range of variables, including parental education and motivation, social background, dependency ratios, work …
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Using a panel of international student test scores 1980–2000 (PISA and TIMSS), panel fixed effects estimates suggest that government spending decentralization is conducive to student performance. The effect does not appear to be mediated through levels of educational spending.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010576406
(english) Reforms of primary education undertaken in Madhya Pradesh since the mid-1990’s have been said to be bringing … 2002. Substantial progress has been made in enrolling underprivileged children, but the quality of education now deserves … more emphasis. Indeed, the ‘education guarantee’ offered is incomplete, as the schools under study are affected by low …
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Using a panel of international student test scores 1980 – 2000 (PISA and TIMSS), panel fixed effects estimates suggest that government spending decentralization is conducive to student performance. The effect does not appear to be mediated through levels of educational spending.
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008626052
Reforms of primary education undertaken in Madhya Pradesh since the mid-1990’s have been said to be bringing the state …. Substantial progress has been made in enrolling underprivileged children, but the quality of education now deserves more emphasis …. Indeed, the ‘education guarantee’ offered is incomplete, as the schools under study are affected by low quantity and poor …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010708960
Many nations have experienced both rising education levels and declining marriage rates. However, cross … suggests ambiguous causal effects of education on marriage. This study uses a novel instrumental variable approach and finds … that education decreases the probability of being married for younger persons but not for older persons. However, education …
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