Report NEP-EDU-2015-12-28

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

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• Kengo, Igei & Takako, Yuki & Angela Demas, 2015, "Measuring Quality of Policies and Their Implementation for Better Learning: Adapting the World Bank’s SABER Tools School Autonomy and Accountability to Burkina Faso," Working Papers, JICA Research Institute, number 109, Dec.
• Aysit Tansel, 2015, "Intergenerational Educational Mobility in Turkey," ERC Working Papers, ERC - Economic Research Center, Middle East Technical University, number 1512, Dec, revised Dec 2015.
• Katherine Eriksson, 2015, "Access to Schooling and the Black-White Incarceration Gap in the Early 20th Century US South: Evidence from Rosenwald Schools," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 21727, Nov.
• Sang Yoon (Tim) Lee & Yongseok Shin & Donghoon Lee, 2015, "The Option Value of Human Capital: Higher Education and Wage Inequality," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 21724, Nov.
• Christopher Rooney & Corne van Walbeek, 2015, "Some determinants of Academic Exclusion and Graduation in three faculties at UCT," SALDRU Working Papers, Southern Africa Labour and Development Research Unit, University of Cape Town, number 161.
• De Hoyos Navarro,Rafael E. & Holland,Peter Anthony & Troiano,Sara, 2015, "Understanding the trends in learning outcomes in Argentina, 2000 to 2012," Policy Research Working Paper Series, The World Bank, number 7518, Dec.
• Ana Hidalgo-Cabrillana & Cristina Lopez-Mayan, 2015, "Teaching Styles and Achievement: Student and Teacher Perspectives," UFAE and IAE Working Papers, Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC), number 958.15, Dec.
• Finn, Mairead & Darmody, Merike, 2015, "Predicting International Higher Education Students’ Satisfaction with their Study in Ireland," Papers, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number WP520, Dec.
• Barone, Adriana & Nese, Annamaria, 2015, "Body Weight and Gender: Academic Choice and Performance," MPRA Paper, University Library of Munich, Germany, number 68450, Oct.
• Richard Murphy & Gill Wyness, 2015, "Testing Means-Tested Aid," CEP Discussion Papers, Centre for Economic Performance, LSE, number dp1396, Dec.
• Fredriksson, Peter & Ockert, Bjorn & Oosterbeek, Hessel, 2015, "Parental responses to public investments in children: Evidence from a maximum class size rule," Research Papers in Economics, Stockholm University, Department of Economics, number 2015:9, Dec.
• Eric A. Hanushek & Jens Ruhose & Ludger Woessmann, 2015, "Economic Gains for U.S. States from Educational Reform," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 21770, Dec.
• Isabel Busom & Cristina Lopez-Mayan, 2015, "Student Preconceptions And Learning Economic Reasoning," UFAE and IAE Working Papers, Unitat de Fonaments de l'Anàlisi Econòmica (UAB) and Institut d'Anàlisi Econòmica (CSIC), number 959.15, Dec.
• Simplice Asongu & Vanessa Tchamyou, 2015, "Foreign aid, education and lifelong learning in Africa," Working Papers of the African Governance and Development Institute., African Governance and Development Institute., number 15/047, Oct.
• Ha Trong Nguyen, 2015, "The evolution of the gender test score gap through seventh grade: New insights from Australia using quantile regression and decomposition," Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre Working Paper series, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC), Curtin Business School, number WP1507, Nov.
• Adrien Bouguen & Kamilla Gumede & Marc Gurgand, 2015, "Parent's Participation, Involvement and Impact on Student Achievment: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in South Africa," PSE Working Papers, HAL, number halshs-01241957, Dec.
• Li Chen & Juan Sebastian Pereyra Barreiro, 2015, "Self-Selection in School Choice," Working Papers ECARES, ULB -- Universite Libre de Bruxelles, number ECARES 2015-52, Dec.
• Bart Cockx & Stijn Baert & Matteo Picchio, 2015, "Modeling the Effects of Grade Retention in High School," LIDAM Discussion Papers IRES, Université catholique de Louvain, Institut de Recherches Economiques et Sociales (IRES), number 2015023, Dec.
• Janina Nemitz, 2015, "The effect of all-day primary school programs on maternal labor supply," ECON - Working Papers, Department of Economics - University of Zurich, number 213, Dec.
• Atila Abdulkadiroglu & Joshua D. Angrist & Yusuke Narita & Parag A. Pathak, 2015, "Research Design Meets Market Design: Using Centralized Assignment for Impact Evaluation," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 21705, Nov.
• Richard de Groot & Sudhanshu Handa & Mike Park & Robert D. Osei & Isaac Osei-Akoto & Luigi Peter Ragno & Garima Bhalla, 2015, "Heterogeneous impacts of an unconditioal cash transfer programme on schooling: evidence from the Ghana LEAP programme," Papers, Innocenti Working Papers, number inwopa793.
• Lindsay C. Page & Judith Scott-Clayton, 2015, "Improving College Access in the United States: Barriers and Policy Responses," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 21781, Dec.
• Ann E. Person & Lisbeth Goble & Julie Bruch & Jessie Mazeika, , "Implementation of Competency-Based Education in Community Colleges: Findings from the Evaluation of a TAACCCT Grant," Mathematica Policy Research Reports, Mathematica Policy Research, number 165a70b044824e7480833508d.
• McGinnity, Frances & Darmody, Merike & Murray, Aisling, 2015, "Academic Achievement among Immigrant Children in Irish Primary Schools," Papers, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number WP512, Sep.
• Jules-Daniel Wurlod & Derek Eaton, 2015, "Chasing After the Frontier in Agricultural Productivity," FOODSECURE Working papers, LEI Wageningen UR, number 36, Nov.
• Evan Herrnstadt & Erich Muehlegger, 2015, "Air Pollution and Criminal Activity: Evidence from Chicago Microdata," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 21787, Dec.
• SELLAMI, Sana & VERHAEST, Dieter & NONNEMAN, Walter & VAN THIER, Walter, 2015, "The impact of educational mismatches on wages: The influence of measurement error and unobserved heterogeneity," Working Papers, University of Antwerp, Faculty of Business and Economics, number 2015021, Nov.
• Daniel S. Hamermesh, 2015, "Citations in Economics: Measurement, Uses and Impacts," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 21754, Nov.
• Joshua Angrist & Peter Hull & Parag A. Pathak & Christopher Walters, 2015, "Leveraging Lotteries for School Value-Added: Testing and Estimation," NBER Working Papers, National Bureau of Economic Research, Inc, number 21748, Nov.
• Fredriksson, Peter & Hensvik, Lena & Nordström Skans, Oskar, 2015, "Mismatch of Talent Evidence on Match Quality, Entry Wages, and Job Mobility," Research Papers in Economics, Stockholm University, Department of Economics, number 2015:10, Dec.
• Banks, Joanne & Conway, Paul & Darmody, Merike & Leavy, Aisling & Smyth, Emer & Watson, Dorothy, 2015, "Review of the Droichead Teacher Induction Pilot Programme," Papers, Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI), number WP514, Nov.