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Is participation in high school athletics an investment or a consumption good?: Evidence from high school and beyond
Eric R. Eide; Nick Ronan
Economics of Education Review Vol. 20, No. 5 pp. 431–442
Most high school students participate in at least one school-sponsored extracurricular activity, with varsity sports being the most popular. Conventional wisdom suggests that varsity sports participation provides participants with valuable skills....
Language: English
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The effect of grade retention on educational and labor market outcomes
Eric R. Eide; Mark H. Showalter
Economics of Education Review Vol. 20, No. 6 pp. 563–576
Grade retention is a major issue in the ongoing debate over how to improve primary and secondary education in the United States. This paper examines the retention decision and its empirical effects using an economic framework. Within our model, the...
Language: English
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Methods matter: Improving causal inference in educational and social science research: A review article
Eric R. Eide; Mark H. Showalter
Economics of Education Review Vol. 31, No. 5 (October 2012) pp. 744–748
Professors Richard J. Murnane and John B. Willett set out to capitalize on recent developments in education data and methodology by attempting to answer the following questions: How can new methods and data be applied most effectively in educational ...
Language: English
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Estimating the relation between health and education: What do we know and what do we need to know?
Eric R. Eide; Mark H. Showalter
Economics of Education Review Vol. 30, No. 5 (October 2011) pp. 778–791
The empirical link between education and health is firmly established. Numerous studies document that higher levels of education are positively associated with longer life and better health throughout the lifespan.But measuring the causal links...
Language: English
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Testing for sample selection in the Milwaukee school choice experiment
Dan D. Goldhaber; Dominic J. Brewer; Eric R. Eide; Daniel I. Rees
Economics of Education Review Vol. 18, No. 2 pp. 259–267
We examine data collected from the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program to determine whether students with unobserved characteristics correlated with achievement are more likely to apply to the voucher program. We first estimate probit models for...
Language: English