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Stratified or Comprehensive? Some Economic Considerations on the design of secondary education

Brunello, Giorgio - In: CESifo DICE Report 02 (2004) 4, pp. 7-10

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Stratified or Comprehensive? Some Economic Considerations on the design of secondary education

Brunello, Giorgio - In: CESifo DICE Report 2 (2004) 4, pp. 07-10

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005056433

Chapter 55 Schooling in Developing Countries: The Roles of Supply, Demand and Government Policy

Orazem, Peter F.; King, Elizabeth M. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 4, (pp. 3475-3559). 2007

considerable resources on building and equipping schools and paying teachers have contributed to global convergence in enrollment … rates and completed years of schooling. Nevertheless, in many countries substantial education gaps persist between rich and …

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Allergy test : seasonal allergens and performance in school

Marcotte, Dave E. - 2014

Seasonal pollen allergies affect approximately 1 in 5 school age children. Clinical research has established that these allergies result in large and consistent decrements in cognitive functioning, problem solving ability and speed, focus and energy. However, the impact of seasonal allergies on...

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The value of private schools : evidence from Pakistan

Carneiro, Pedro; Das, Jishnu; Reis, Hugo - 2016

Using unique data from Pakistan we estimate a model of demand for differentiated products in 112 rural education …

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Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system

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

with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. It can show, for … compensated through school resources. In this way, by incorporating the behavioral responses of parents, teachers and policymakers …, the paper provides a rationale for the existing ambiguous empirical evidence on the effect of school resources. The paper …

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Private beats public : a flexible value-added model with Tanzanian school switchers

Brandt, Kasper - 2018

This paper estimates a private school learning premium in Tanzania by implementing a flexible value-added model with unique administrative data on exam scores. The dataset covers 635,000 secondary school students with information on both their primary and lower secondary school exam records,...

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Strengthening teachers in disadvantaged schools : evidence from an intervention in Sweden's poorest city districts

Hall, Caroline King Barnard; Lundin, Martin; Sibbmark, … - 2018

Children growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods tend to perform significantly worse in school compared to children growing up under more favorable circumstances. We examine the impact of a three-year program ("Coaching for Teaching") targeted at ten poorly performing lower secondary schools...

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The value of private schools : evidence from Pakistan

Carneiro, Pedro; Das, Jishnu; Reis, Hugo - 2016

Using unique data from Pakistan we estimate a model of demand for differentiated products in 112 rural education …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011471904

Value-Added Measures in Italian High Schools : Problems and Findings

Cipollone, Piero - 2010

Students' competencies are influenced by a host of factors, including the individual school's effectiveness. Measuring this contribution is extremely difficult. One way of circumventing the problem is by focusing on changes in competencies over time, i.e. value-added measures. Using the results...

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