Report NEP-EDU-2015-08-30

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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• Torberg Falch & Astrid Marie Jorde Sandsør & Bjarne Strøm, 2015. "Do smaller classes always improve students' long run outcomes?," Working Paper Series 16415, Department of Economics, Norwegian University of Science and Technology.
• Amy Ellen Schwartz & Jacob Leos-Urbel & Joel McMurry & Matthew Wiswall, 2015. "Making Summer Matter: The Impact of Youth Employment on Academic Performance," NBER Working Papers 21470, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Sarah Dahmann, 2015. "How Does Education Improve Cognitive Skills? - Instructional Time versus Timing of Instruction," CINCH Working Paper Series 1504, Universitaet Duisburg-Essen, Competent in Competition and Health, revised Apr 2015.
• Kim Draper & Nic Spaull, 2015. "Examining oral reading fluency among grade 5 rural English Second Language (ESL) learners in South Africa: An analysis of NEEDU 2013," Working Papers 09/2015, Stellenbosch University, Department of Economics.
• P. J. Dawkins & J.M. Dixon, 2015. "Alternative Approaches to Fee Flexibility: Towards a Third Way in Higher Education Reform in Australia," Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre Working Papers g-252, Victoria University, Centre of Policy Studies/IMPACT Centre.
• Seth Gershenson & Stephen B. Holt & Nicholas Papageorge, 2015. "Who Believes in Me? The Effect of Student-Teacher Demographic Match on Teacher Expectations," Upjohn Working Papers 15-231, W.E. Upjohn Institute for Employment Research.
• Machin, Stephen & Eyles, Andrew, 2015. "The Introduction of Academy Schools to England?s Education," CEPR Discussion Papers 10772, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Camille Terrier, 2014. "Giving a Little Help to Girls? Evidence on Grade Discrimination and its Effect on Students Achievement," PSE Working Papers hal-01080834, HAL.
• Karlan, Dean & Linden, Leigh, 2014. "Loose Knots: Strong versus Weak Commitments to Save for Education in Uganda," Working Papers 129, Yale University, Department of Economics.
• Brunello, Giorgio & Rocco, Lorenzo, 2015. "The Labour Market Effects of Academic and Vocational Education over the Life Cycle: Evidence from Two British Cohorts," IZA Discussion Papers 9275, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Dominique Meurs & Patrick A. Puhani & Friederike von Haaren, 2015. "Number of Siblings and Educational Choices of Immigrant Children: Evidence from First- and Second-Generation Siblings," SOEPpapers on Multidisciplinary Panel Data Research 778, DIW Berlin, The German Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP).
• Oecd, 2015. "Is spending more hours in class better for learning?," PISA in Focus 54, OECD Publishing.
• Landersø, Rasmus & Nielsen, Helena Skyt & Simonsen, Marianne, 2015. "School Starting Age and the Crime-Age Profile," IZA Discussion Papers 9279, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Nicola Brandt, 2015. "Vocational training and adult learning for better skills in France," OECD Economics Department Working Papers 1260, OECD Publishing.
• Lundborg, Petter & Majlesi, Kaveh, 2015. "Intergenerational Transmission of Human Capital: Is It a One-Way Street?," IZA Discussion Papers 9280, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Sarah J. Prenovitz & Gary R. Cohen & Ronald G. Ehrenberg & George H. Jakubson, 2015. "An Evaluation of The Mellon Mays Undergraduate Fellowship's Effect on PhD Production at Non-UNCF Institutions," NBER Working Papers 21451, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. & Zhu, Anna, 2015. "Childhood Homelessness and Adult Employment: The Role of Education, Incarceration, and Welfare Receipt," IZA Discussion Papers 9250, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Roland G. Fryer, Jr. & Steven D. Levitt & John A. List, 2015. "Parental Incentives and Early Childhood Achievement: A Field Experiment in Chicago Heights," NBER Working Papers 21477, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc.
• Ward, Shannon & Williams, J. & van Ours, Jan, 2015. "Bad Behavior : Delinquency, Arrest and Early School Leaving," Discussion Paper 2015-040, Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research.
• Cherrie Bucknor, 2015. "Measuring Recovery: Young Black America Part Four: The Wrong Way to Close the Gender Wage Gap," CEPR Reports and Issue Briefs 2015-18, Center for Economic and Policy Research (CEPR).
• Douzounet Mallaye & Urbain Thierry Yogo, 2015. "How Aid Helps Achieving MDGs in Africa: the Case of Primary Education," Working Papers halshs-01100836, HAL.
• Lamichhane, Kamal & Watanabe, Takayuki, 2015. "The Effect of Disability and Gender on Returns to the Investment in Education: A Case from Metro Manilla of the Philippines," Working Papers 103, JICA Research Institute.
• Phan, Diep & Coxhead, Ian, 2014. "Education in Southeast Asia: Investments, Achievements, and Returns," Staff Paper Series 574, University of Wisconsin, Agricultural and Applied Economics.
• Steigleder, Quinn & Sparber, Chad, 2015. "The Effect of Legal Status on Immigrant Wages and Occupational Skills," Working Papers 2015-05, Department of Economics, Colgate University, revised 06 Aug 2015.
• Noël Bonneuil & Raouf Boucekkine, 2016. "Longevity, Age-Structure, and Optimal Schooling," Working Papers halshs-01082317, HAL.
• Robin SAKAMOTO, 2015. "Investing in Higher Education, and Its Potential Impact on Research and Development for Technological Upgrading, Innovation, and Competitiveness," Working Papers DP-2015-52, Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East Asia (ERIA).
• Strain, Michael R. & Webber, Douglas A., 2015. "High School Experiences, the Gender Wage Gap, and the Selection of Occupation," IZA Discussion Papers 9277, Institute of Labor Economics (IZA).
• Merlo, Antonio & Wolpin, Kenneth I., 2015. "The Transition from School to Jail: Youth Crime and High School Completion among Black Males," Working Papers 15-004, Rice University, Department of Economics.
• Anger, Silke & Schnitzlein, Daniel D., 2015. "Cognitive Skills, Non-Cognitive Skills, and Family Background: Evidence from Sibling Correlations," Hannover Economic Papers (HEP) dp-561, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Wirtschaftswissenschaftliche Fakultät.
• Geuna, Aldo & Shibayama, Sotaro, 2015. "Moving Out Of Academic Research: Why Scientists Stop Doing Research?," Department of Economics and Statistics Cognetti de Martiis LEI & BRICK - Laboratory of Economics of Innovation "Franco Momigliano", Bureau of Research in Innovation, Complexity and Knowledge, Collegio 201501, University of Turin.
• Jo Blanden & Ellen Greaves & Paul Gregg & Lindsey Macmillan & Luke Sibieta, 2015. "Understanding the improved performance of disadvantaged pupils in London," CASE - Social Policy in a Cold Climate Working Paper 21, Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion, LSE.
• Robert Cassen & Sandra McNally & Anna Vignoles, 2015. "In brief... Making a difference in education," CentrePiece - The magazine for economic performance 446, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE.
• Chetty, Raj & Friedman, John & Rockoff, Jonah, 2015. "Measuring the Impacts of Teachers: Response to Rothstein (2014)," CEPR Discussion Papers 10768, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
• Langthaler, Margarita, 2015. "The transfer of the Austrian dual system of vocational education to transition and developing countries: An analysis from a developmental perspective," Working Papers 53, Austrian Foundation for Development Research (ÖFSE).
• Karlan, Dean & Jamison, Julian & Zinman, Jonathan, 2014. "Financial Education and Access to Savings Accounts: Complements or Substitutes? Evidence from Ugandan Youth Clubs," Working Papers 132, Yale University, Department of Economics.
• Yange Xue & Eileen Bandel & Cheri A. Vogel & Kimberly Boller, 2015. "Measuring Infant/Toddler Language Development: Lessons Learned About Assessment and Screening Tools," Mathematica Policy Research Reports e1917ef93e604c7b827c1ba3c, Mathematica Policy Research.
• Julie Le Gallo & Yannick L'Horty & Pascale Petit, 2014. "Does subsidising young people to learn to drive promote social inclusion? Evidence from a large controlled experiment in France," Working Papers halshs-01100332, HAL.
• Matthew S. Rutledge & Steven A. Sass & Jorge D. Ramos-Mercado, 2015. "How Does Occupational Access for Older Workers Differ by Education?," Working Papers, Center for Retirement Research at Boston College wp2015-20, Center for Retirement Research.