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Showing 1 to 20 of 93 for “"Education & Economics"”.
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Essays in Labor and Education Economics
This thesis consists of three chapters on labor economics and the economics of education. The first two chapters study the reasons behind racial disparities in school choices and propose two solutions to alleviate them: providing information about school quality and promoting attendance in racially …
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Studies and Experiments in Labor and Education Economics
… study various topics in the fields of Labor and Education Economics. Using a mix of experimental and program evaluation methods, I analyze the following subjects: the impact of School Choice Programs on public school student outcomes; if peer effects can be incentivized in randomized group …
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Three Essays in Environmental, Labor, and Education Economics
… national coverage, international measures of education quality, especially in basic knowledge of reading and math, do not exhibit a parallel improvement. Since parents' expenditure is an important determinant of children's school performance, we investigate parents' investments in the quality …
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Two Essays in Education Economics and One Essay in International Economics
… related questions that have implications for educational outcomes and one chapter that assesses factors that influence foreign direct investment inflows. In the first chapter I study the impact of equity premiums on the completion numbers of minority students. In the second chapter I assess …
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Labor Market Effects of the Working Family Tax Credit on Single Mothers in the UK
… Center for Economic Research and Graduate Education - Economics Institute, A joint workplace of Charles University and the Economics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences. Thesis supervisor: Andreas Menzel, Ph.D. Abstract The Working Family Tax Credit (WFTC) was introduced in the UK in …
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Radical Inclusion: An Engagement Model for Accountability Redesign
… through five intersecting domains: education, economics, social context, political context and moral/ethical considerations. Reflecting on my experience as a third-generation CPS student, a CPS parent, former teacher and school leader, I challenge the reader to consider the intention …
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English nurse education and National Health Service reform 1985-1997
… the development and implementation of nurse education policy in England between 1985 and 1997. A selection of 16 of these are included in this submission. Some of the others are cited mainly for the purpose of demonstrating the impact of my work. The work examines questions about the …
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Postcolonial and Constructivist Theoretical Explanations of Women'S Traditional Agency In Sociopolitical Participation and Reproductive Rights In Present Day Mali and the Pilipinas
… and reproductive health, religion/spirituality, education, economics, and as traditional healers have been shaped through colonization and decolonization.</p>
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Life Expectancy as a Development Indicator: Liaoning Province, China, 2000
… its numeric value disguises differences in education, economics, and health. It is likely for this reason, as well as due to the expense and unavailability of data, that China’s Liaoning province has been using GDP per capita as the main indicator of regional development at the prefectural …
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Ohio’s Dropout Prevention and Recovery Community Schools: A Cost-Benefit Analysis and Model Policy Recommendation for Stakeholders
… protected from closure by the Ohio Department of Education (ODE) due to poor performance, i.e., low graduation rates and/or poor academic measures, by a waiver that was codified in state law. That waiver law expired in 2014 and current Ohio law allows ODE to close DORPs after three years of poor …
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Biotechnology Education: An Investigation of Corporate and Communal Science in the Classroom
… course of their everyday lives. To suggest that education should be void of any type of economic influence would be to deny that a very important thread of our communities' tapestry exists. As we look at the way that these education intentions move outside our own communities and connect us to …
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Essays in Empirical Microeconomics and Finance
… divided in three chapters. The first focuses on Education Economics. The second and the third on Household Finance. The following paragraphs describe the contents of each chapter in more detail. The first essay compares and contrasts aggregate and individual level analyses to investigate the …
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SHAPING STUDENTS ACADEMIC PERFORMANCE: TWO ESSAYS ON THE ROLE OF SCHOOL-LEVEL INTERVENTIONS
The thesis consists of two papers in the field of education economics, which make use of counterfactual econometric techniques to evaluate the impact of specific school-level interventions on students' academic performance in the Italian context. Education is universally acknowledged as a key …
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An Analysis Of Two-Year College Fundraising Practices
Abstract: this study sought to discover information about the types of fundraising methods being used in community college resource development, determine what methods are most effective for successful development practices, and inform community college development officers of these methods. …
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Essays On Labor Economics And Public Policy
… This chapter reflects my interests in labor economics and in economic analysis using longitudinal, linked worker-firm data. The instability of labor earnings in the United States contributes to earnings inequality and may diminish household welfare. Despite the importance of earnings …
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An Improvement Plan for Green County Kentucky Schools
… thought in the minds of educators is better educational facilities for our youth. This thought. is especially true in Kentucky. Then compared with the nation, Kentucky ranks low in the field of education. Kentucky is slowly progressing to higher levels of education.</p> <p> <p>Kentucky has …
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