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, education, and earnings life histories merged from the SIPP survey and federal administrative sources. Using ordinary logit …
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Development education policy has recently focused on school-based recognition and conditional cash transfer programs to … that focus on levels (rather than changes) of achievement can exacerbate inequality in education. In addition, our findings …
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There is no clear theoretical prediction regarding whether home computers are an important input in the educational production function. To investigate the hypothesis that access to a home computer affects educational outcomes, we conduct the first-ever field experiment involving the provision...
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achieved, they look at the future of their children, a process that births diverse educational programs. Education then … organizations in emergency contexts is “should an emergency education focus on short-term and immediate relief, or be conceived as a … long-term objective”? (Kagawa cited in Wright, 2011, p. 29) Should education mitigate or exacerbate the conflict? What is …
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Using a recently released confidential dataset from the National Center for Educational Statistics (NCES), we find some evidence of "white flight" from public schools into private schools partly in response to minority schoolchildren. We also examine whether "white flight" is from all minorities...
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In areas torn by war and violence, effective education can prepare the next generation for a productive life, heal … psychological wounds, prevent cyclical violence, and achieve peace. "From Bullets to Blackboards" profiles ten exemplary education …, primary and bilingual education, vocational skills for ex-combatants and displaced families, and training for human rights and …
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computers are enrolled in school. Controlling for family income, parental education, parental occupation and other observable …
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A growing literature examines the relationship between personality traits and entrepreneurship, but no previous studies explore whether personality or psychological traits predispose individuals to benefit more from entrepreneurship training. To address selection issues, we use novel data from...
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