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No.
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Author(s)
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Title
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JEL Class.
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9560
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Leanne
Giordono
Todd
Pugatch
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Informal Fee Elimination and Student Performance: Evidence from The Gambia
Informal school fees – for uniforms, books, and other supplies – are substantial in developing countries, often several times formal tuition. We evaluate a scholarship program that alleviated ...
(published as 'Non-tuition Costs, School Access and Student Performance: Evidence from the Gambia' in: Journal of African Economies, 2017, 26 (2), 140-168. )
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O15, I21, I25
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9559
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Pau
Balart
Matthijs
Oosterveen
Dinand
Webbink
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Test Scores, Noncognitive Skills and Economic Growth
Many studies have found a strong association between economic outcomes of nations and their performance on international cognitive tests. This association is often interpreted as evidence for the ...
(published in: Economics of Education Review, 2018, 63, 134-153)
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J24
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9558
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Seth
Gershenson
Alison
Jacknowitz
Andrew
Brannegan
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Are Student Absences Worth the Worry in U.S. Primary Schools?
Student absences are a potentially important, yet understudied, input in the educational process. Using longitudinal data from a nationally-representative survey and rich administrative records from ...
(published in: Education Finance and Policy, 2017, 12(2): 137-165.)
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I21
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9556
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Stijn
Baert
Bart
Cockx
Matteo
Picchio
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Modeling the Effects of Grade Retention in High School
A dynamic discrete choice model is set up to estimate the effects of grade retention in high school, both in the short- (end-of-year evaluation) and long-run (drop-out and delay). In contrast to ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Applied Econometrics, 2019, 34 (3), 403 - 424)
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C33, C35, I21
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9555
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Eric
A.
Hanushek
Jens
Ruhose
Ludger
Woessmann
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Economic Gains for U.S. States from Educational Reform
There is limited existing evidence justifying the economic case for state education policy. Using newly-developed measures of the human capital of each state that allow for internal migration and ...
(published in: Journal of Human Capital, 2017, 11 (4), 447-486)
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I21, J24, O47
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9554
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Stephen
B.
Holt
Seth
Gershenson
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The Impact of Teacher Demographic Representation on Student Attendance and Suspensions
Representative bureaucracy theory is central to public administration scholarship due to the likely relationship between the demographic composition of the public workforce and both the actual and ...
(published in: Policy Studies Journal, 2019, 47(4), 1063-1093.)
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I2
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9553
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Andrew
C.
Eggers
Ronny
Freier
Veronica
Grembi
Tommaso
Nannicini
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Regression Discontinuity Designs Based on Population Thresholds: Pitfalls and Solutions
In many countries, important features of municipal government (such as the electoral system, mayors' salaries, and the number of councillors) depend on whether the municipality is above or below ...
(published in: American Journal of Political Science, 2018, 62 (1), 210-229)
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C21, D72
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9552
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Juan
Chaparro
Aaron
Sojourner
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Same Program, Different Outcomes: Understanding Differential Effects from Access to Free, High-Quality Early Care
The Infant Health and Development Program (IHDP) was designed to promote the development of low-birth weight (up to 2,500 grams) and premature (up to 37 weeks gestational age) infants. There is ...
(published as 'Differential effects from access to high-quality early care' in: In A.J. Reynolds, J.A. Temple (eds.): Sustaining Early Childhood Learning Gains, Cambridge, 2019)
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J13, J24, O15
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9551
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Sinem
H.
Ayhan
Selin
Pelek
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State Dependence in Welfare Benefits in a Non-Welfare Context
This study contributes to the ongoing debate about welfare dependency centered on the western societies through an empirical analysis, within the context of a developing country. It examines state ...
(published in: Review of Income and Wealth, 2020, 66 (3), 711-735)
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I30, I38, J18, C23
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9549
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Kathleen
Mullen
Stefan
Staubli
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Disability Benefit Generosity and Labor Force Withdrawal
A key component for estimating the optimal size and structure of disability insurance (DI) programs is the elasticity of DI claiming with respect to benefit generosity. Yet, in many countries, ...
(revised version published in: Journal of Public Economics, 2016, 143, 49-63)
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H55, J14, J22
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