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This paper analyzes educational choices and political support for subsidies to higher education in the presence of a … motivates the median voter to obtain higher education. As a result of increasing own income, the median voter prefers in the … future lower taxes than without higher education. Therefore, the expansion of participation in higher education during the …
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outcomes in the period 1889 to 1930. In fact, trade shocks ended up altering the inequality in education levels across states …Recent research links the inequality across countries and regions to colonial institutions. This paper argues that … positive trade shocks, or improvements in export tax revenues, increased expenditures on education per capita and education …
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This paper examines how banning affirmative action in university admissions affects both overall academic achievement and the racial gap in academic achievement prior to college entry. Focusing on college-bound high school students, we use a difference-in-difference methodology to analyze the...
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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 …
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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 …
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initial inequality in education. At the regional level, educational progress was generally more pro-poor in Asia and Latin … education and associated years of schooling have expanded substantially in developing countries in recent years. But has this … improvements in the access to the education system and in educational outcomes across the welfare distribution between and within …
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The next wave of Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) data will be published in December 2023. This will relate to PISA tests taken in 2022, the first wave of data after the COVID-19 pandemic. In advance of these new data, this report seeks to take stock of performance to date...
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