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Remember When It Rained: The Elusiveness of Gender Discrimination in Indian School Enrollment
rainfall gender discrimination school enrollment education India
2012/10/22
Indian girls have significantly lower school enrollment rates than boys. Anecdotal evidence suggests that gender-differential treatment is the main explanation, but empirical support is often weak. I ...
What Determines Religious School Choice? Theory and Evidence from Rural Bangladesh
school choice madrasah education Bangladesh
2012/10/22
This paper looks at the determinants of school selection in rural Bangladesh, focusing on the choice between registered Islamic and non-religious schools. We consider a two period framework where chil...
Anti-Lemons: School Reputation, Relative Diversity, and Educational Quality
education reputation competition labor markets
2012/10/22
Friedman (1962) observed that the ability of firms to acquire and maintain reputations for quality is a key ingredient for the efficient provision of goods and services in a market economy. This paper...
The Impact of Physical Education on Obesity among Elementary School Children
obesity physical activity physical education children health
2012/10/22
In response to the dramatic rise in childhood obesity, the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) and other organizations have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physica...
The Effects of Bullying in Elementary School
victimization perpetrator crime education health mental health
2012/10/23
Bullying is a widespread social phenomenon. We show that both children who are being bullied and children who bully suffer in terms of long-term outcomes. We rely on rich survey and register-based dat...
A Second Chance at Education for Early School Leavers
educational economics demand for schooling human capital
2012/10/23
Despite efforts to engage youth in education, there have been only modest improvements in the rates of school completion across OECD countries since the mid-1990s. These modest improvements underline ...
School and Drugs: Closing the Gap – Evidence from a Randomized Trial in the US
mentoring programs peer effects risky behaviors educational programs randomized trials
2012/10/23
We present evidence on how The Quantum Opportunity Program (QOP hereafter) worked in the US. While the program was regarded as successful in the short-term, in the long-run its educational results wer...
Non-cognitive Skills and the Gender Disparities in Test Scores and Teacher Assessments: Evidence from Primary School
gender differences test scores grades educational attainment
2012/10/23
We extend the analysis of early-emerging gender differences in academic achievement to include both (objective) test scores and (subjective) teacher assessments. Using data from the 1998-99 ECLS-K coh...
Does Cash for School Influence Young Women's Behavior in the Longer Term? Evidence from Pakistan
conditional cash transfers female education female labor participation fertility Pakistan
2012/10/30
The Punjab Female School Stipend Program, a female-targeted conditional cash transfer program in Pakistan, was implemented in response to gender gaps in education. An early evaluation of the program s...
School Access, Resources, and Learning Outcomes: Evidence from a Non-formal School Program in Bangladesh
non-formal school impact evaluation multiple treatments learning outcomes
2012/10/30
This study reports evidence from an unusual policy intervention – The Reaching Out of School Children (ROSC) project – in Bangladesh where school grants and education allowances are offered to attract...
The Consequences of Being Different: Statistical Discrimination and the School-to-Work Transition
statistical discrimination school-to-work transition PISA
2012/11/1
When information about the true abilities of job-seekers and applicants are hard to get, statistical discrimination by employers can be an efficient strategy in the hiring and wage setting process. Bu...
The Effect of Immigration on the School Performance of Natives: Cross Country Evidence Using PISA Test Scores
immigrants school performance natives
2012/11/1
We study whether a higher share of immigrant pupils affects the school performance of natives using aggregate multi-country data from PISA. We find evidence of a negative and statistically significant...
Exit Exams and High School Dropout
high school dropout exit ex ams accountability attainment
2012/11/1
In this paper, I consider the impact of the expansion of exams students must pass in order to graduate high school on dropout rates. "Exit exams," as these tests are known, have become more common, an...
Scale Economies Can Offset the Benefits of Competition: Evidence from a School Consolidation Reform in a Universal Voucher System
school choice competition school consolidation achievement economies of scale
2012/11/1
A large school consolidation reform in the Netherlands changed minimum school size rules underlying public funding. The supply of schools decreased by 15 percent, but this varied considerably across m...
Whose Children Gain from Starting School Later? Evidence from Hungary
education student test scores enrolment age identification
2012/11/1
We look at the effect of school starting age on standardized test scores using data covering all grade four and grade eight students in Hungary. Instrumental variables estimates of the local average t...