SSRN CESifo: Economics of Education (Topic)

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Educational Inequality and Public Policy Preferences: Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7192

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 05 Nov 2018

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Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner and Ludger Woessmann

University of Innsbruck, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

There are 2 versions of this paper

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Is Additional Schooling Worthless? Revising the Zero Returns to Compulsory Schooling in Germany

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7191

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Nov 2018

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Kamila Cygan-Rehm

University of Erlangen-Nuremberg-Friedrich Alexander Universität Erlangen Nürnberg

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Early Detection of Students at Risk – Predicting Student Dropouts Using Administrative Student Data and Machine Learning Methods

CESifo Working Paper No. 7259

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 31 Oct 2018

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Johannes Berens, Kerstin Schneider, Simon Görtz, Simon Oster and Julian Burghoff

University of Wuppertal, University of Wuppertal, University of Wuppertal, University of Wuppertal and University of Wuppertal

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4.

Can Online Surveys Represent the Entire Population?

CESifo Working Paper No. 7222

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 31 Oct 2018

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Elisabeth Grewenig, Philipp Lergetporer, Lisa Simon, Katharina Werner and Ludger Woessmann

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, University of Innsbruck, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute), CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

There are 2 versions of this paper

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5.

Labor-Market Returns to Higher Vocational Schooling

CESifo Working Paper No. 7197

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 31 Oct 2018

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Petri Böckerman, Mika Haapanen and Christopher Jepsen

Labour Institute for Economic Research, University of Jyväskylä - School of Business and Economics and University College Dublin (UCD) - School of Economics

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Testing

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7168

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 11 Oct 2018

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Annika Bergbauer, Eric A. Hanushek and Ludger Woessmann

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - ifo Center for the Economics of Education, Stanford University - Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

There are 3 versions of this paper

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Who Benefits from Universal Child Care? Estimating Marginal Returns to Early Child Care Attendance

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7162

Number of pages: 66 Posted: 03 Oct 2018

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Thomas Cornelissen, Christian Dustmann, Anna Raute and Uta Schönberg

University College London, University College London, University of Mannheim and University of Rochester

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Measuring Quality for Use in Incentive Schemes: The Case of 'Shrinkage' Estimators

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7163

Number of pages: 70 Posted: 27 Sep 2018

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Nirav Mehta

University of Western Ontario - Department of Economics

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Where Do You Come from, where Do You Go? Assessing Skills Gaps and Labour Market Outcomes of Young Adults with Different Immigration Backgrounds

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7157

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 25 Sep 2018

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Alison Cathles, Dongshu Ou, Simone Sasso, Mary Setrana and Tom van Veen

UNU-MERIT, Chinese University of Hong Kong, Maastricht University, University of Ghana and Maastricht University - Department of Economics

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10.

Paying for what kind of Performance? Performance Pay and Multitasking in Mission-Oriented Jobs

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7156

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 25 Sep 2018

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Daniel Jones, Mirco Tonin and Michael Vlassopoulos

University of Pittsburgh - Graduate School of Public & International Affairs, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano and University of Southampton

There are 2 versions of this paper

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The Role of Colleges within the Higher Education Sector

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7135

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 28 Aug 2018

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Bernhard Eckwert and Itzhak Zilcha

Bielefeld University - Department of Business Administration and Economics and Tel Aviv University - Eitan Berglas School of Economics

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Wages and Employment: The Role of Occupational Skills

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7114

Number of pages: 42 Posted: 23 Aug 2018

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Esther Mirjam Girsberger, Miriam Rinawi and Matthias Krapf

University of Technology Sydney (UTS) - UTS Business School - Economics Discipline Group, Swiss National Bank and University of Basel

There are 2 versions of this paper

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Growing Up in Ethnic Enclaves: Language Proficiency and Educational Attainment of Immigrant Children

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7097

Number of pages: 49 Posted: 02 Aug 2018

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Alexander Danzer, Carsten Feuerbaum, Marc Piopiunik and Ludger Woessmann

KU Eichstaett-Ingolstadt - Department of Economics and Business Administration, KU Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Department Human Capital and Innovation and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

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Attribution Bias in Major Decisions: Evidence from the United States Military Academy

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7081

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 21 Jul 2018

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Kareem Haggag, Richard Patterson, Nolan G. Pope and Aaron Feudo

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, United States Military Academy, University of Chicago and United States Military Academy, West Point

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Vocational High School Graduate Wage Gap: The Role of Cognitive Skills and Firms

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7075

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 21 Jul 2018

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Joop Hartog, Pedro S. Raposo and Hugo Reis

University of Amsterdam - Faculty of Economics and Business (FEB), Tilburg University - Center for Economic Research (CentER) and Banco de Portugal

There are 2 versions of this paper

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The Formation of Prosociality: Causal Evidence on the Role of Social Environment

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7068

Number of pages: 68 Posted: 21 Jul 2018

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Fabian Kosse, Thomas Deckers, Pia R. Pinger, Hannah Schildberg-Hörisch and Armin Falk

University of Bonn, University of Bonn, University of Bonn, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf and briq - Institute on Behavior & Inequality

There are 2 versions of this paper

Downloads 94

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How to Measure Research Efficiency in Higher Education? Research Grants vs. Publication Output

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7055

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 18 Jul 2018

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Sabine Gralka, Klaus Wohlrabe and Lutz Bornmann

TU Dresden, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich

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Super-Efficiency of Education Institutions: An Application to Economics Departments

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7013, April 2018

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Jul 2018

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Matthias Gnewuch and Klaus Wohlrabe

University of Bonn and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute

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Entry Through the Narrow Door: The Costs of Just Failing High Stakes Exams

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7008, April 2018

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 02 Jul 2018

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Stephen J. Machin, Sandra McNally and Jenifer Ruiz-Valenzuela

University College London - Department of Economics, University of Surrey and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)

There are 2 versions of this paper

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Does Ignorance of Economic Returns and Costs Explain the Educational Aspiration Gap? Evidence from Representative Survey Experiments

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 7000

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 29 Jun 2018

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Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner and Ludger Woessmann

University of Innsbruck, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

There are 2 versions of this paper

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More Opportunity, More Cooperation? The Behavioral Effects of Birthright Citizenship on Immigrant Youth

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6991

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 18 Jun 2018

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Christina Felfe, Martin G. Kocher, Helmut Rainer, Judith Saurer and Thomas Siedler

University of St. Gallen, Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich - Faculty of Economics, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and University of Hamburg - Faculty of Business, Economics, and Social Sciences

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Government Education Expenditures, Pre-Primary Education and School Performance: A Cross-Country Analysis

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6934

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 May 2018

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Daniela Del Boca, Chiara Monfardini and Sarah Grace See

University of Turin - Department of Economics, University of Bologna - Department of Economics and Economie

There are 3 versions of this paper

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Evaluating Intergenerational Persistence of Economic Preferences: A Large Scale Experiment with Families in Bangladesh

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6914

Number of pages: 93 Posted: 07 May 2018

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Shyamal Chowdhury, Matthias Sutter and Klaus F. Zimmermann

The University of Sydney, Max Planck Society for the Advancement of the Sciences - Max Planck Institute for Research on Collective Goods and Harvard University

There are 4 versions of this paper

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Social Interactions, Mechanisms, and Equilibrium: Evidence from a Model of Study Time and Academic Achievement

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6896

Number of pages: 67 Posted: 18 Apr 2018

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Timothy G. Conley, Nirav Mehta, Ralph Stinebrickner and Todd R. Stinebrickner

University of Chicago - Booth School of Business, University of Western Ontario - Department of Economics, Berea College and University of Western Ontario - Department of Economics

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Do Preferences and Biases Predict Life Outcomes? Evidence from Education and Labor Market Entry Decisions

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6863

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Mar 2018

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Uschi Backes-Gellner, Holger Herz, Michael Kosfeld and Yvonne Oswald

University of Zurich - Institute for Business Administration, University of Zurich, Goethe University Frankfurt and University of Zurich - Economics of Education, Firm Behaviour and Training Policies

There are 3 versions of this paper

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The Effects of Computers and Acquired Skills on Earnings, Employment and College Enrollment: Evidence from a Fields Experiment and California UI Earnings Records

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6860

Number of pages: 47 Posted: 20 Mar 2018

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Robert W. Fairlie and Peter Bahr

University of California, Santa Cruz - Department of Economics and University of Michigan at Ann Arbor

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Skills, Signals, and Employability: An Experimental Investigation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6858

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Mar 2018

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Marc Piopiunik, Guido Schwerdt, Lisa Simon and Ludger Woessmann

CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Department Human Capital and Innovation, University of Konstanz - Faculty of Economics and Statistics, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

There are 2 versions of this paper

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Better Together? Social Networks in Truancy and the Targeting of Treatment

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6848

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 13 Mar 2018

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Magdalena Bennett and Peter Bergman

Columbia University and Columbia University

There are 2 versions of this paper

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Majority Vote on Educational Standards

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6845

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 13 Mar 2018

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Robert Schwager

University of Goettingen (Gottingen)

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The Effect of School Starting Age on Special Needs Incidence and Child Development into Adolescence

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6837

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 27 Feb 2018

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Simone Balestra, Beatrix Eugster and Helge Liebert

University of Zurich - Department of Business Administration (IBW), University of St. Gallen and University of St. Gallen

There are 2 versions of this paper

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Do Natives' Beliefs About Refugees' Education Level Affect Attitudes Toward Refugees? Evidence from a Randomized Survey Experiments

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6832

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 27 Feb 2018

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Philipp Lergetporer, Marc Piopiunik and Lisa Simon

University of Innsbruck, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Department Human Capital and Innovation and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute)

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Publication Performance vs. Influence: On the Questionable Value of Quality Weighted Publication Rankings

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6818

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 21 Feb 2018

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Justus Haucap, Tobias Thomas and Klaus Wohlrabe

Heinrich Heine University Dusseldorf - Department of Economics, EcoAustria and CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute

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The Native-Migrant Gap in the Progression into and Through Upper-Secondary Education

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6810

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 21 Feb 2018

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Stefan C. Wolter and Maria Zumbuehl

Swiss Coordination Centre for Research in Education (SKBF) and University of Bern

There are 2 versions of this paper

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Local Economic Consequences of Investment in Children: Capitalization of Child Care Services

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6809

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 21 Feb 2018

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Lars-Erik Borge and Jørn Rattsø

Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU) - Faculty of Social Sciences and Technology Management and Norges Teknisk-Naturvitenskapelige Universitet

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Religious Tolerance as Engine of Innovation

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6797

Number of pages: 59 Posted: 16 Feb 2018

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Francesco Cinnirella and Jochen Streb

University of Southern Denmark - Department of Business and Economics and University of Mannheim

There are 2 versions of this paper

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Physiological Constraints and Comparative Economic Development

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6794

Number of pages: 43 Posted: 12 Feb 2018

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Carl‐Johan Dalgaard and Holger Strulik

University of Copenhagen - Department of Economics and University of Goettingen (Gottingen) - School of Law, Economics, Social Sciences

There are 3 versions of this paper

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Human Capital, Signaling, and Employer Learning. What Insights Do We Gain from Regression Discontinuity Designs

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6757

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 23 Jan 2018

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Georg Graetz

Uppsala University

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Socio-Economic Gaps in University Enrollment: The Role of Perceived Pecuniary and Non-Pecuniary Returns

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6756

Number of pages: 76 Posted: 23 Jan 2018

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Teodora Boneva and Christopher Rauh

University College London - Department of Economics and University of Montreal

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The Impact of Defaults on Technology Adoption, and Its Underappreciation by Policymakers

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6721

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 09 Jan 2018

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Peter Bergman and Todd Rogers

Columbia University and Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS)

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Law, Human Capital and the Emergence of Free City-States in Medieval Italy

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6719

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Jan 2018

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Marianna Belloc, Francesco Drago and Roberto Galbiati

Sapienza University of Rome - Department of Economics, University of Messina, CSEF & CEPR and Sciences Po

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The Productivity Slowdown and the Declining Labor Share: A Neoclassical Exploration

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6714

Number of pages: 52 Posted: 05 Dec 2017

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Gene M. Grossman, Elhanan Helpman, Ezra Oberfield and Thomas Sampson

Princeton University - Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs, Harvard University - Department of Economics, Princeton University and London School of Economics & Political Science (LSE)

There are 3 versions of this paper

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So Similar and Yet so Different: A Comparative Analysis of a Firm's Cost and Benefits of Apprenticeship Training in Austria and Switzerland

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6711

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 05 Dec 2017

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Luca Moretti, Martin Mayerl, Samuel Muehlemann, Peter Schlögl and Stefan C. Wolter

University of Bern, Austrian Institute for Research on Vocational Training (OIBF), University of Bern, Alpen-Adria-University Klagenfurt and Swiss Coordination Centre for Research in Education (SKBF)

There are 2 versions of this paper

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Public Opinion on Education Policy in Germany

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6602

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 07 Sep 2017

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Philipp Lergetporer, Katharina Werner and Ludger Woessmann

University of Innsbruck, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) - Ifo Institute and Ifo Institute for Economic Research

There are 2 versions of this paper

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The Potential Output Gains from Using Optimal Teacher Incentives: An Illustrative Calibration of a Hidden Action Model

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6598

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 07 Sep 2017

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Nirav Mehta

University of Western Ontario - Department of Economics

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45.

Can Online Delivery Increase Access of Education?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6551

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 24 Jul 2017

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Joshua Goodman, Julia E. Melkers and Amanda Pallais

Harvard University - Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), Georgia Institute of Technology - School of Public Policy and Harvard University

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Why are Single-Sex Schools Successful?

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6535

Number of pages: 62 Posted: 20 Jul 2017

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Christian Dustmann, Hyejin Ku and Do Wan Kwak

University College London, University College London and Korea University

There are 2 versions of this paper

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International Emigrant Selection on Occupational Skills

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6527

Number of pages: 71 Posted: 19 Jul 2017

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Alexander Patt, Jens Ruhose, Simon Wiederhold and Miguel Flores

Catholic University of Eichstaett-Ingolstadt, Leibniz Universität Hannover - Faculty of Economics and Management, CESifo (Center for Economic Studies and Ifo Institute) and Tecnologico de Monterrey EGAP Government and Public Policy

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Male Education and Domestic Violence in Turkey: Evidence from a Natural Experiment

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6526

Number of pages: 41 Posted: 19 Jul 2017

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Mustafa Ozer and Jan Fidrmuc

University of Portsmouth and Brunel University - Department of Economics and Finance

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A Macro-Level Analysis of Adult-Age Language Learning

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6511

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 11 Jul 2017

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Silke Uebelmesser and Severin Weingarten

University of Jena - School of Economics and Business Administration and University of Jena - Economics Department

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Migration, Congestion and Growth

CESifo Working Paper Series No. 6508

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 27 Jun 2017

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Leonid V. Azarnert

National Research University Higher School of Economics

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