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1“...This paper provides field evidence on the effects of diet on educational outcomes, exploiting a campaign lead in the UK in 2004, which introduced drastic...”
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2“...This paper examines curricular acceleration in mathematics during elementary school using administrative data from a large, diverse school district that...”
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3by Jackson, Clement Johnson, Rucker C Persico, Claudia Published in The Quarterly journal of economics (2016)“...Abstract Since the Coleman Report, many have questioned whether public school spending affects student outcomes. The school finance reforms that began in the...”
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4by Bettinger, Eric Terry, Bridget Oreopoulos, Philip Sanbonmatsu, Lisa Published in The Quarterly journal of economics (2012)“...Growing concerns about low awareness and take-up rates for government support programs like college financial aid have spurred calls to simplify the...”
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5by Burgess, Simon M Greaves, Ellen Vignoles, Anna Wilson, Deborah Published in The Economic journal (London) (2015)“...We investigate parents' preferences for school attributes in a unique data set of survey, administrative, census and spatial data. Using a conditional logit,...”
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6by Engberg, John Gill, Brian Zamarro, Gema Zimmer, Ron Published in Journal of urban economics (2012)“...In the last decade, many cities around the country have needed to close schools due to declining enrollments and low achievement. School closings raise...”
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7“...The urban education reform landscape is being transformed by the rapid spread of charter schools. Leading the way is a group of high-performing, no-excuses...”
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8“...The debate regarding the relative effects of automatic grade promotion versus grade retention has long concerned education policymakers and researchers. This...”
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9“...We summarize the available evidence on the extent to which expenditures on early childhood education programs constitute worthy social investments in the human...”
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10by Grenet, Julien Published in The Scandinavian journal of economics (2013)“...In this paper, I compare two reforms that raised the minimum school-leaving age to 16 in France (1967) and in England and Wales (1972). Using a regression...”
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11“...Increasing wealth provides key motivation for students to forgo earnings and struggle through exams. But, as we argue in this paper, schooling generates many...”
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12What accounts for international differences in student performance? A re-examination using PISA databy Fuchs, Thomas Fuchs, Thomas Wößmann, Ludger Wößmann, Ludger Published in Empirical economics (01.05.2007)“...We use the PISA student-level achievement database to estimate international education production functions. Student characteristics, family backgrounds, home...”
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13by James Heckman Rodrigo Pinto Peter Savelyev Published in The American economic review (01.10.2013)“...A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life...”
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14“...This paper examines the sources of differences in social mobility between the US and Denmark. Measured by income mobility, Denmark is a more mobile society,...”
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15by Kennedy, Kendall J Published in Journal of policy analysis and management (Winter 2020)“...Since 1988, 27 states have introduced No Pass, No Drive laws, which tie a teenager's ability to receive and maintain a driver's license to various...”
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16by Weisburst, Emily K Published in Journal of policy analysis and management (Spring 2019)“...As police officers have become increasingly common in U.S. public schools, their role in school discipline has often expanded. While there is growing public...”
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17by Roland G. Fryer Published in The Quarterly journal of economics (01.08.2014)“...This study examines the impact on student achievement of implementing a bundle of best practices from high-performing charter schools into lowperforming,...”
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18by Atila Abdulkadiroğlu Joshua D. Angrist Susan M. Dynarski Thomas J. Kane Parag A. Pathak Published in The Quarterly journal of economics (01.05.2011)“...We use student assignment lotteries to estimate the effect of charter school attendance on student achievement in Boston. We also evaluate a related...”
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19by Adda, Jerome Published in The Quarterly journal of economics (01.05.2016)“...Abstract Viruses are a major threat to human health, and—given that they spread through social interactions—represent a costly externality. This article...”
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20by Maietta, Ornella Wanda Published in Research policy (01.09.2015)“...•The paper examines how local university activities affect firm innovation inputs and outputs.•Geographical proximity from a firm to a local university only...”