Search Results - subject_exact:"Economics of education"

Middlesex University economic and civic impact report

Stargardt, Sam; Booth, Jack; Halterbeck, Maike; Conlon, … - 2026

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Advancing the measurement of violence in and around schools : evidence from Malawi

Smarrelli, Gabriela; Kadzamira, Esme; Thi Le; Saka, Tionge - 2026

Approximately one billion children worldwide report having experienced physical, emotional, or sexual violence, yet existing evidence suggests this figure substantially underestimates true prevalence, as individuals often avoid disclosing their experiences of violence. We study which survey...

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The carrot or the stick? : an economic model of optimal course difficulty, student effort and cheating using AI

Adilov, Nodir; Cline, Jeffrey W. - 2026

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The economic and social impact of The University of Manchester : final report for The University of Manchester

Cannings, James; Halterbeck, Maike; Conlon, Gavan; … - 2025

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Assessing the benefits of education in early childhood : evidence from a Pre-K lottery in Georgia

Woodyard, Henry; Sass, Tim Roger; Fazlul, Ishtiaque - 2025

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Does public expenditure on education improve well-being? : international evidence

Rubio-Ortiz, Rubén; Patiño, David; Gómez-García, … - 2025

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The economic and social impact of United Colleges Group : a report for United Colleges Group

Symington, Marina; Hartshorn, Sam; Halterbeck, Maike; … - 2025

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Human capital in New Zealand

Schaer, Bettina - 2025

The purpose of the paper is to help inform priorities for improving human capital. Governments, communities, and individuals invest a lot of resources in human capital. These investments include those in education, immigration systems, health, active labour market policies, and tax incentives....

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Human capital in New Zealand

Schaer, Bettina - 2025

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The economic and social impact of the University of Sheffield : final report for the University of Sheffield

Hagelberg, Philip; Symington, Marina; Halterbeck, Maike; … - 2025

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The economic impact of the University of York's activities : report for the University of York

Cannings, James; Halterbeck, Maike; Conlon, Gavan - 2025

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Assessing the costs of removing undergraduate tuition fees across the UK : summary of findings for the University and College Union

2024

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Searching for the Queen's gambit : an exploratory analysis of male-female ratings gaps in U.S. chess

Kisida, Brian; Pepper, Matthew; Podgursky, Michael; … - 2025

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The economic impact of higher education teaching, research, and innovation : report for Universities UK

Booth, Jack; Symington, Marina; Cannings, James; … - 2024

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College and career ready : how well does state assessment performance predict?

DeChane, Darrin; Nomi, Takako; Podgursky, Michael - 2025

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The economic, social, and cultural impact of the University of Birmingham

Cannings, James; Knuth, Katharina; Booth, Jack; … - 2024

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Robustness report: "Going to a better school: effects and behavioral responses", by Cristian Pop-Eleches and Miguel Urquiola (2013)

Campbell, Douglas L.; Brodeur, Abel; Johannesson, Magnus; … - 2024

Pop-Eleches and Urquiola (2013) apply a regression discontinuity to the Romanian secondary school system, and notably find that (a) students who go to a better school get higher scores on an exam used for university admission, (b) parents of students who get into a better school help their kids...

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Rethinking principal effects on student outcomes

Bartanen, Brendan; Husain, Aliza N.; Liebowitz, David D. - 2024

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Getting in and getting through : ex ante beliefs and counterfactual outcomes in centralized college admissions

Giustinelli, Pamela; Leuven, Edwin - 2026

We study belief accuracy in a centralized higher-education admissions system using Norwegian data that combine a large pre-admission expectations survey with administrative records on offers, enrollment, and completion. Program-specific cutoffs provide a fuzzy regression discontinuity design...

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Getting in and getting through : ex ante beliefs and counterfactual outcomes in centralized college admissions

Giustinelli, Pamela; Leuven, Edwin - 2026

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College applications and enrollment after operation varsity blues

Reddy, Anushka; Chan, Eric - 2024

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Levelling up? : the role of need and merit based university grants in non-selective higher education

Sonedda, Daniela; Matranga, Marcello; Vernasca, Gianluigi; … - 2026

We study the interaction between need- and merit-based university grants in a non-selective higher education system. Using administrative data from a northern Italian university, we analyse how eligibility criteria affect enrolment, academic performance, and labour market outcomes. We document a...

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Levelling up? : the role of need and merit based university grants in non-selective higher education

Sonedda, Daniela; Matranga, Marcello; Vernasca, Gianluigi; … - 2026

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Overeducation and its impact on unemployment duration : a glance at the Israeli labour market

More, Sharon - 2024

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More channels, lower scores : entertainment television and student achievement

Caria, Andrea; Checchi, Daniele; Paolini, Dimitri; … - 2026

We study the effects of expanded entertainment television on children's academic performance leveraging the staggered transition from analog to digital TV across Italian provinces between 2008 and 2012, which greatly increased children's entertainment content, and administrative data on...

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More channels, lower scores : entertainment television and student achievement

Caria, Andrea; Checchi, Daniele; Paolini, Dimitri; … - 2026

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Options for changing Plan 2 student loans : costs, benefits and distributional effects

Ogden, Kate - 2026

There has been considerable recent debate about the terms of 'Plan 2' student loans, which were issued to 11 cohorts of English undergraduate university students: those who started their courses between academic years 2012/13 and 2022/23.1 We have written before about how these student loans...

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Getting in and getting through : ex ante beliefs and counterfactual outcomes in centralized college admissions

Giustinelli, Pamela; Leuven, Edwin - 2026

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10015640944

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Getting in and getting through : ex ante beliefs and counterfactual outcomes in centralized college admissions

Giustinelli, Pamela; Leuven, Edwin - 2026

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Levelling up? : the role of need and merit based university grants in non-selective higher education

Sonedda, Daniela; Matranga, Marcello; Vernasca, Gianluigi; … - 2026

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Levelling up? : the role of need and merit based university grants in non-selective higher education

Sonedda, Daniela; Matranga, Marcello; Vernasca, Gianluigi; … - 2026

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College access and notability in the United States

Stemper, Samuel - 2026

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Burnout and digital storytelling in business and economics education in the age of artificial intelligence : a literature review

Žunac, Ana Globočnik; Ercegovac, Petra; Vuletić, Ante - 2026

In business and economics education, digital storytelling has emerged as a multimodal pedagogical approach, while the growing presence of artificial intelligence has introduced new opportunities and risks related to overload, authorship, and responsible tool use. Objectives: This paper examines...

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University at your doorstep : local human capital effects of higher education expansion

Brilli, Ylenia; Cottini, Elena; Ghinetti, Paolo; … - 2026

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Public versus private education in leveraging long-run growth

Insa-Sanchez, Pau; Ruiz-Buforn, Alba; Ruiz Tamarit, … - 2026

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Kumon up : private tutoring centers and student achievement

Goodman, Joshua S.; Nitkin, Samuel - 2026

Private tutoring chains like Kumon and Sylvan have expanded rapidly in recent decades. Combining data on business locations, household spending, and district test scores, we study who uses these centers and how they affect academic skills. Nearly half of tutoring users are from the top income...

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Financing institutions of higher education

2026

"The US higher education sector faces numerous economic challenges, including the stagnating number of college-age domestic students, geographic mismatch between population growth and the location of colleges and universities, financial pressures including cutbacks in government support, growing...

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The benefits and costs of international Arts and Design students to the UK economy : report for the University of the Arts London

Cannings, James; Halterbeck, Maike; Conlon, Gavan - 2023

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The economic impact of the University of Edinburgh : final report for the University of Edinburgh

Forrester, James; Pritchard, Andrew; Williams, Rhys; … - 2023

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The Economics of Algorithmic Personalization : Evidence from an Educational Technology Platform

Agrawal, Keshav; Athey, Susan; Kanodia, Ayush; Nath, … - 2026

Can personalized recommendations improve engagement in educational technology? We design, test, and scale a collaborative filtering system for Freadom, an English-learning app for Indian children. A randomized controlled trial (RCT) with 7,750 students shows that personalization, deployed in a...

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The benefits and costs of international higher education students to the UK economy : summary report for the higher education policy institute, Universities UK International, and Kaplan International Pathways

2023

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The optimal government expenditure on education : an analysis of the Tropics

Jang, Haejin; Wood, Jacob - 2026

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The economic impact of the University of Cambridge : final report

Miller, Joscelyn; Forrester, James; Mohammed, Sabah; … - 2023

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Persistent Effects of Early Academic Rank on Cognitive and Noncognitive Outcomes

Chang, Eunsik; Padilla-Romo, María; Peluffo, Cecilia - 2026

This paper estimates the effects of early academic rank in elementary school on later cognitive and noncognitive outcomes in the context of Mexico. We use linked administrative records to compare students with similar third-grade achievement but different ordinal positions. These rank...

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The decision-makers we become : early education and the decision-making of boys and girls

Carvalho, Leandro; Cardim, Joana; Carneiro, Pedro; De … - 2026

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Skills and UK productivity : estimating the contribution of educational attainment to productivity growth

Conlon, Gavan; Dohler, Greta; Lee, Su-Min; Patrignani, … - 2023

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Improving school management of violence : evidence from a nationwide policy in Peru

Smarrelli, Gabriela - 2023

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Edumetrics : measuring human capital for the 21st century

Altinok, Nadir; Diebolt, Claude; Diebolt, Romain - 2026

Chapter 1. From Standard Human Capital Theory to Edumetrics: An Introduction -- Chapter 2. A Review of International and Regional Achievement Tests in the Long-Run -- Chapter 3. Learning-Adjusted Years of Schooling Worldwide -- Chapter 4. Mapping Educational Inequality Worldwide -- Chapter 5....

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Education and social mobility

Holmlund, Helena; Nybom, Martin - 2023

Education policy holds the promise of breaking the strong ties between family background and socio-economic position by providing publicly accessible education for children of all backgrounds. However, the education system may also perpetuate social inequalities if well-off families are able to...

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20. Learning to SOAR in higher education

Ethier, Zephyr L.; Stavros, Jacqueline M. - 2026

Major Focus of the Case: This case study examines the use of the SOAR framework within Antioch University's Enrollment Management (AUEM) team. SOAR, an appreciative inquiry-based approach to strategic thinking, planning, and leading, fosters positive, strengths-based conversations that unite...

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Using RCTs in economic education research

Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth - 2026

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Using RCTs in Economic Education Research

Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth - 2025

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Using RCTs in Economic Education Research

Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth - 2025

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Paying disadvantaged teenagers to stay in school

Britton, Jack; Ridpath, Nick; Villa, Carmen; Waltmann, Ben - 2025

We evaluate the Education Maintenance Allowance, a large conditional cash transfer scheme that paid low-income teenagers in England to remain in education beyond age 16. Using the staggered national roll-out of the program and linked administrative data tracking education, earnings, welfare...

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Educational efficiency across Spanish regions : a comparative analysis over time

Cordero, José Manuel; Sicilia, Gabriela; Simancas, Rosa - 2025

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Academics as entrepreneurs

Lawson, Robert - 2026

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Characterizing the File Drawer : Evidence from a Meta-Analysis of Parent-Interventions Around the World

Bergman, Peter; Chowanajin, Nat - 2026

We conduct a meta-analysis of 82 randomized controlled trials across more than 20 countries to estimate the effects of low-cost, remote parental engagement interventions delivered through text messages, phone calls, and apps. We estimate a joint likelihood function that incorporates both written...

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Global challenges in the economics of education : basic skills, natural disasters, and civic engagement

Gust, Sarah - 2025

Sarah Gust führte diese Studie während ihrer Tätigkeit am ifo Institut durch. Die Studie wurde im September 2024 abgeschlossen und als Dissertation an der Volkswirtschaftlichen Fakultät der LMU München angenommen. Sie besteht aus drei eigenständigen empirischen Essays, die...

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