Report NEP-EDU-2015-09-05

This is the archive for NEP-EDU, a report on new working papers in the area of Education. João Carlos Correia Leitão issued this report. It is usually issued weekly.

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• Pritchett, Lant & Aiyar, Yamini, 2015. "Value Subtraction in Public Sector Production: Accounting versus Economic Cost of Primary Schooling in India," Working Paper Series rwp15-027, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• Dougherty, Shaun & Goodman, Joshua & Hill, Darryl & Litke, Erica & Page, Lindsay, 2014. "Middle School Math Acceleration and Equitable Access to 8th Grade Algebra: Evidence from the Wake County Public School System," Working Paper Series rwp14-029, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• Andrew Eyles & Stephen Machin, 2015. "The Introduction of Academy Schools to England's Education," CEP Discussion Papers dp1368, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
• Todd Elder & Christopher Jepsen, 2014. "Are catholic primary schools more effective than public primary schools?," Open Access publications 10197/5553, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
• Dougherty, Shaun & Goodman, Joshua & Hill, Darryl & Litke, Erica & Page, Lindsay C., 2015. "Early Math Coursework and College Readiness: Evidence from Targeted Middle School Math Acceleration," Working Paper Series rwp15-044, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• Kraft, Matthew A. & Rogers, Todd, 2015. "The Underutilized Potential of Teacher-to-Parent Communication: Evidence from a Field Experiment," Working Paper Series rwp14-049, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• Guido Schwerdt & Martin R. West & Marcus A. Winters, 2015. "The Effects of Test-based Retention on Student Outcomes over Time: Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Florida," NBER Working Papers 21509, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Loyalka,Prashant Kumar & Huang,Xiaoting & Zhang,Linxiu & Wei,Jianguo & Yi,Hongmei & Song,Yingquan & Shi,Yaojiang & Chu,James, 2015. "The impact of vocational schooling on human capital development in developing countries : evidence from China," Policy Research Working Paper Series 7396, The World Bank.
• Pritchett, Lant, 2014. "The Risks to Education Systems from Design Mismatch and Global Isomorphism," Working Paper Series rwp14-017, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• Avery, Christopher, 2014. "The Amherst Telementoring Program for High-Achieving, Low-Income Students: Results of a Pilot Study with a Randomized Controlled Trial," Working Paper Series rwp14-055, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• Castleman, Benjamin & Goodman, Joshua, 2014. "Intensive College Counseling and the College Enrollment Choices of Low Income Students," Working Paper Series rwp14-031, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• Andrén, Daniela & Levin, Jörgen & Vimefall, Elin, 2015. "Ethnolinguistic Background and Enrollment in Primary Education: Evidence from Kenya," Working Papers 2015:7, Örebro University, School of Business.
• Goodman, Joshua & Hurwitz, Michael & Smith, Jonathan, 2014. "Sibling (Non) Rivalry: The Relationship between Siblings' College Choices," Working Paper Series rwp14-028, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• Goodman, Joshua & Hurwitz, Michael & Smith, Jonathan, 2015. "College Access, Initial College Choice and Degree Completion," Working Paper Series rwp14-030, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• Gehlbach, Hunter & Brinkworth, Maureen E. & King, Aaron M. & Hsu, Laura M. & McIntyre, Joe & Rogers, Todd, 2015. "Creating Birds of Similar Feathers," Working Paper Series rwp15-017, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• Andrabi, Tahir & Das, Jishnu & Khwaja, Asim Ijaz, 2014. "Report Cards: The Impact of Providing School and Child Test Scores on Educational Markets," Working Paper Series rwp14-052, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• Smith, Jonathan & Hurwitz, Michael & Avery, Christopher, 2015. "Giving College Credit Where It Is Due: Advanced Placement Exam Scores and College Outcomes," Working Paper Series rwp15-021, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• Lin, Shin-Huei & Wu, Chia-Huei & Chen, Lung Hung, 2015. "Unpacking the role of self-esteem in career uncertainty: a self-determination perspective," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 59056, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
• Goodman, Joshua & Hurwitz, Michael & Smith, Jonathan & Fox, Julia, 2014. "The Relationship between Siblings' College Choices: Evidence from One Million SAT-Taking Families," Working Paper Series rwp14-043, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• Cassimon, Danny & De Herdt, Tom & Verbeke, Karel, 2015. "On the creation of Adam: what debt relief means for education in the DRC," IOB Working Papers 2015.06, Universiteit Antwerpen, Institute of Development Policy (IOB).
• Aydemir, Abdurrahman B. & Kirdar, Murat Güray, 2015. "Low Wage Returns to Schooling in a Developing Country: Evidence from a Major Policy Reform in Turkey," IZA Discussion Papers 9274, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Louis-Philippe Beland & Richard Murphy, 2015. "In brief... Phone home: should mobiles be banned in schools?," CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance 448, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
• Ferreira, Pedro Cavalcanti & Peruffo, Marcel Cortes, 2015. "The long-term effects of conditional cash transfers on child labor and school enrollment," FGV EPGE Economics Working Papers (Ensaios Economicos da EPGE) 769, EPGE Brazilian School of Economics and Finance - FGV EPGE (Brazil).
• Terra, Rafael & Mattos, Enlinson, 2015. "Accountability and yardstick competition in the public provision of education," Textos para discussão 387, FGV EESP - Escola de Economia de São Paulo, Fundação Getulio Vargas (Brazil).
• Dev, Pritha & Mberu, Blessing & Pongou, Roland, 2015. "Ethnic Inequality: Theory and Evidence from Formal Education in Nigeria," MPRA Paper 66358, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• DUCRAY François, 2015. "Should we change national assistance for students and their families?," Cahiers du GREThA (2007-2019) 2015-23, Groupe de Recherche en Economie Théorique et Appliquée (GREThA).
• Borjas, George J. & Doran, Kirk B. & Shen, Ying, 2015. "Ethnic Complementarities after the Opening of China: How Chinese Graduate Students Affected the Productivity of Their Advisors," Working Paper Series rwp15-020, Harvard University, John F. Kennedy School of Government.
• S. T. Ly & A. Riegert, 2015. "Measuring Social Environment Mobility," Documents de Travail de la DESE - Working Papers of the DESE g2015-04, Institut National de la Statistique et des Etudes Economiques, DESE.
• Christopher Jepsen & Kenneth Troske & Paul Coomes, 2014. "The labor-market returns to community college degrees, diplomas, and certificates," Open Access publications 10197/5554, School of Economics, University College Dublin.
• Korpi, Martin & Clark, William A.V., 2015. "Migration, Careers and the Urban Wage Premium: Does Human Capital Matter?," Ratio Working Papers 256, The Ratio Institute.