Report NEP-EDU-2017-09-03

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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• Afridi, Farzana & Barooah, Bidisha & Somanathan, Rohini, 2017. "Improving Learning Outcomes through Information Provision: Evidence from Indian Villages," IZA Discussion Papers 10971, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Catherine J. Weinberger, 2017. "Engineering Educational Opportunity: Impacts of 1970s and 1980s Policies to Increase the Share of Black College Graduates with Major in Engineering or Computer Science," NBER Working Papers 23703, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Oecd, 2017. "Transition from school to work: How hard is it across different age groups?," Education Indicators in Focus 54, OECD Publishing.
• Estelle Bellity & Fabrice Gilles & Yannick L'Horty, 2017. "Does Practicing Literacy Skills Improve Academic Performance In First-Year University Students? Results From A Randomized Experiment," Working Papers halshs-01522002, HAL.
• Hart, Robert A. & Moro, Mirko, 2017. "Date of Birth and Selective Schooling," IZA Discussion Papers 10949, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Buser, Thomas & Peter, Noemi & Wolter, Stefan C., 2017. "Gender, Willingness to Compete and Career Choices along the Whole Ability Distribution," IZA Discussion Papers 10976, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Francesco Avvisati, 2017. "Does the quality of learning outcomes fall when education expands to include more disadvantaged students?," PISA in Focus 75, OECD Publishing.
• Michel Beine & Marco Delogu & Lionel Ragot, 2017. "Understanding the Impact of Tuition Fees in Foreign Education: the Case of the UK," DEM Discussion Paper Series 17-15, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg.
• Ana Figueiredo, 2017. "Uncertainty in education: The role of communities and social learning," 2017 Meeting Papers 529, Society for Economic Dynamics.
• Kugler, Adriana & Tinsley, Catherine H. & Ukhaneva, Olga, 2017. "Choice of Majors: Are Women Really Different from Men?," IZA Discussion Papers 10947, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Tomas Havranek & Zuzana Irsova & Olesia Zeynalova, 2017. "Tuition Fees and University Enrollment: A Meta-Analysis," Working Papers IES 2017/16, Charles University Prague, Faculty of Social Sciences, Institute of Economic Studies, revised Aug 2017.
• Martins, Pedro S., 2017. "(How) Do Non-Cognitive Skills Programs Improve Adolescent School Achievement? Experimental Evidence," IZA Discussion Papers 10950, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Hou, Feng & Lu, Yuqian, 2017. "International Students, Immigration and Earnings Growth: The Effect of a Pre-immigration Canadian University Education," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2017395e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
• Matthieu Delpierre & Arnaud Dupuy & Michel Tenikue & Bertrand Verheyden, 2017. "The education motive for migrant remittances - Theory and evidence from India," DEM Discussion Paper Series 17-13, Department of Economics at the University of Luxembourg.
• Cham, Tamsir, 2017. "Determinants of Islamic Banking Growth: An Empirical Analysis," Working Papers 2017-7, The Islamic Research and Teaching Institute (IRTI).
• Lergetporer, Philipp & Werner, Katharina & Woessmann, Ludger, 2017. "Public Opinion on Education Policy in Germany," IZA Discussion Papers 10948, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Akresh, Richard & Bhalotra, Sonia R. & Leone, Marinella & Osili, Una O., 2017. "First and Second Generation Impacts of the Biafran War," IZA Discussion Papers 10938, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Assaad, Ragui & Krafft, Caroline, 2017. "Excluded Generation: The Growing Challenges of Labor Market Insertion for Egyptian Youth," IZA Discussion Papers 10970, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Mehtabul Azam & Chan Hang Saing, 2017. "Is there really a trade-off? Family Size and Investment in Child Quality in India," Economics Working Paper Series 1712, Oklahoma State University, Department of Economics and Legal Studies in Business.
• Duddy, Conal, 2017. "The structure of priority in the school choice problem," MPRA Paper 81057, University Library of Munich, Germany.
• Kim Leonie Kellermann, 2017. "Minimum Wages and Vocational Training Incentives in Germany," IAAEU Discussion Papers 201708, Institute of Labour Law and Industrial Relations in the European Union (IAAEU).
• Christopher R. Dobronyi & Philip Oreopoulos & Uros Petronijevic, 2017. "Goal Setting, Academic Reminders, and College Success: A Large-Scale Field Experiment," NBER Working Papers 23738, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Yusuki Narita, 2016. "(Non)Randomization: A Theory of Quasi-Experimental Evaluation of School Quality," Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers 2056R, Cowles Foundation for Research in Economics, Yale University, revised Aug 2017.
• Stephen Yeaple & Chong Xiang, 2017. "Educational Quality along Multiple Dimensions: A Cross-Country Analysis," 2017 Meeting Papers 510, Society for Economic Dynamics.
• Steven Bradley & Robert Crouchley, 2017. "The effects of test scores and truancy on youth unemployment and inactivity: A simultaneous equations approach," Working Papers 189398493, Lancaster University Management School, Economics Department.
• Hanzhe Zhang, 2017. "Higher Career Cost Can Actually Explain Why More Women Than Men Go to College," Working Papers 2017-064, Human Capital and Economic Opportunity Working Group.
• Stratton, Leslie S., 2017. "Housing Prices, Unemployment Rates, Disadvantage, and Progress toward a Degree," IZA Discussion Papers 10941, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Virginia Knechtel & Thomas Coen & Pia Caronongan & Nickie Fung & Lisbeth Goble, "undated". "Pre-Kindergarten Impacts Over Time: An Analysis of KIPP Charter Schools," Mathematica Policy Research Reports 252c4c955f4c48d699d7acc89, Mathematica Policy Research.
• Brigitte Dormont & Anne-Laure Samson, 2017. "Does it pay to be a doctor in France?," Working Papers hal-01518428, HAL.
• Vincent Vandenberghe, 2017. "The Contribution of Educated Workers to Firms' Efficiency Gains The Key Role of the Proximity to Frontier," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES 2017012, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES).