Search Results - "Educational production function"

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Do expenditures other than instructional expenditures affect graduation and persistence rates in American higher education?

by Webber, Douglas A Ehrenberg, Ronald G Published in Economics of education review (2010)

“...During the last two decades, median instructional spending per full-time equivalent (FTE) student at American 4-year colleges and universities has grown at a...”

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The short-term effects of school consolidation on student achievement: Evidence of disruption?

by Beuchert, Louise Humlum, Maria Knoth Nielsen, Helena Skyt Smith, Nina Published in Economics of education review (01.08.2018)

“...We exploit variation stemming from school consolidations in Denmark from 2010 to 2011 to analyze the impact on student achievement as measured by test scores...”

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School Staff Autonomy and Educational Performance: Within School type Evidence

by Verschelde, Marijn Hindriks, Jean Rayp, Glenn Schoors, Koen
01.06.2015

“...This paper shows the effect of school staff autonomy on educational performance. The value-added compared to the existing literature is that we employ...”

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The Three Is of Public Schools: Irrelevant Inputs, Insufficient Resources and Inefficiency

by Henderson, Daniel Simar, Léopold Wang, Le Published in Applied Economics (2017)

“...We examine the educational production function and efficiency of public school districts in Illinois. Using non-parametric kernel methods, we find that most...”

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School Staff Autonomy and Educational Performance: Within-School-Type Evidence

by Verschelde, Marijn Hindriks, Jean Rayp, Glenn Schoors, Koen Published in Fiscal Studies (2015)

“...In this paper, we show the effect of school staff autonomy on educational performance. The value-added compared to the existing body of literature is that we...”

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The effect of student time allocation on academic achievement

by Grave, Barbara S Published in Education economics (01.07.2011)

“...There is a large literature on the influence of institutional characteristics on student academic achievement. In contrast, relatively little research focusses...”

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School accountability: can we reward schools and avoid pupil selection?

by Erwin Ooghe Erik Schokkaert Published in Social choice and welfare (01.02.2016)

“...School accountability schemes require measures of school performance, and these measures are in practice often based on pupil test scores. It is well-known...”

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Does bullying reduce educational achievement? An evaluation using matching estimators

by Ponzo, Michela Published in Journal of policy modeling (01.11.2013)

“...Using data from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (2006-PIRLS) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (2007-TIMSS),...”

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Estimating an educational production function for five countries of Latin America on the basis of the PISA data

by Deutsch, Joseph Dumas, Audrey Silber, Jacques Published in Economics of education review (01.10.2013)

“...•Data of the 2006 PISA survey are summarized via correspondence analysis.•Efficiency is measured at individual level via Corrected Ordinary Least...”

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School externalities and scholastic performance: an efficiency analysis

by Deutsch, Joseph Dumas, Audrey Silber, Jacques Published in International journal of manpower (01.04.2019)

“...Purpose The purpose of this paper is to analyze the determinants of scholastic performance using an efficiency analysis perspective...”

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The long-lasting effects of school entry age: Evidence from Italian students

by Ponzo, Michela Scoppa, Vincenzo Published in Journal of policy modeling (01.05.2014)

“...Using data for 9, 13 and 15-year-old students from three different datasets (PIRLS-2006, TIMSS-2007 and PISA-2009), we investigate whether the age at school...”

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Peer heterogeneity, school tracking and students' performances: evidence from PISA 2006

by Raitano, Michele Vona, Francesco Published in Applied economics (01.11.2013)

“...This paper analyses the interaction between school-tracking policies and peer effects in OECD countries. Using the Programme for International Student...”

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The three Is of public schools: irrelevant inputs, insufficient resources and inefficiency

by Henderson, Daniel J Simar, Léopold Wang, Le Published in Applied economics (09.03.2017)

“...We examine the educational production function and efficiency of public school districts in Illinois. Using non-parametric kernel methods, we find that most...”

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Does English proficiency affect academic performance?

by Geide-Stevenson, Doris Published in International review of economics education (01.05.2018)

“...Based on data from international transfer students in a dual degree undergraduate economics program in the U.S., this research asks whether English proficiency...”

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School staff autonomy and educational performance: within school type evidence

by Verschelde, Marijn Hindriks, Jean Rayp, Glenn Schoors, Koen
2015

“...In this paper, we show the effect of school staff autonomy on educational performance. The value-added compared to the existing body of literature is that we...”

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Towards the equality of educational opportunity in the province of Buenos Aires

by Mongan, Juan Carlos Santin, Daniel Valiño, Aurelia Published in Journal of policy modeling (2011)

“...The aim of this paper is to simulate some education policies which would be consistent with different definitions of equality of opportunity (EO). In concrete,...”

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School Staff Autonomy and Educational Performance: Within-School-Type Evidence

by Marijn Verschelde Jean Hindriks Glenn Rayp Koen Schoors Published in Fiscal studies (01.01.2015)

“...In this paper, we show the effect of school staff autonomy on educational performance. The value-added compared to the existing body of literature is that we...”

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Determinants of Student Success at a South African University: An Econometric Analysis

by Bokana, K. G Tewari, D. D Published in Anthropologist (New Delhi, India : 1999) (01.01.2014)

“...South Africa needs more higher education graduates with the capability to adapt to and function in a knowledge-driven and knowledge-dependent economy and...”

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Class size effects on student achievement: Heterogeneity across abilities and fields

by De Paola, Maria Ponzo, Michela Scoppa, Vincenzo Published in Education economics (2013)

“...In this paper, we analyze class size effects on college students exploiting data from a project offering special remedial courses in mathematics and language...”

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