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Chapter 1. Econometric Methods for Research in Education

Meghir, Costas; Rivkin, Steven - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 3, (pp. 1-87). 2011

of assessing the impact of education quality, the teacher contribution to pupils' achievement, and the effect of school …

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Out of the shadows and into the classroom : immigrant legalization, hispanic schooling and hispanic representation on school boards

Sabet, Navid - 2023

sort out of public education and into private schooling. The IRCA differentially increases Hispanic school board members … and school expenditure, highlighting legal status as a driver of Hispanic human capital accumulation and representation. …

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Schooling supply and the structure of production : evidence from US states 1950―1990

Ciccone, Antonio; Peri, Giovanni - 2013

We find that over the period 1950–1990, states in United States absorbed increases in the supply of schooling due to tighter compulsory schooling and child labor laws mostly through within-industry increases in the schooling intensity of production. Shifts in the industry composition towards...

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The earnings of immigrants and the quality adjustment of immigrant human capital

Sharaf, Mesbah - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 2 (2013), pp. 1-18

The quality dimension of immigrant human capital has received little attention in the economic assimilation literature. The objective of this paper is to demonstrate how human capital acquired in different source countries may be adjusted according to its quality in the Canadian labor market....

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Private education provision and public finance : the Netherlands

Patrinos, Harry Anthony - In: Education economics 21 (2013) 4, pp. 392-414

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Late start with extra schooling : the effect of school entry-age increase and the introduction of preparatory year

Jha, Nikhil - 2014

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Does high school homework increase academic achievement?

Kalenkoski, Charlene; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2014

high school graduates, we explore the effects of time spent on homework on two measures of academic achievement: high … school GPA and college attendance by age 20. We find that homework time increases the probability of college attendance for … boys. In addition, when we look at homework performed as a sole activity, we find that homework increases high school GPA …

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Estimating the returns to schooling using cohort-level maternal education as an instrument

Winters, John V. - 2014

Formal education is widely thought to be a major determinant of individual earnings. This paper uses the American Community Survey to examine the effect of formal schooling on worker wages. Given the potential endogeneity of education decisions, I instrument for individual schooling using...

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Does public sector control reduce variance in school quality?

Pritchett, Lant; Viarengo, Martina - In: Education economics 23 (2015) 5/6, pp. 557-576

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How do hurricanes impact achievement in school? : a Caribbean perspective

Spencer, Nekeisha; Polachek, Solomon W.; Strobl, Eric - 2016

relationship at the school, parish, year and country level. The results show a negative and significant effect on performance in … the sciences if hurricanes strike when school is in session and a positive or no effect when school is not in session. In …

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