Economics of Education Review
February 2018 Volume 62, Number 1
Table of Contents
Number of articles: 22
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The role of information in the application for highly selective scholarships: Evidence from a randomized field experiment
Stefanie P. Herber
This paper analyzes whether information asymmetries prevent students from a non-academic background, i.e., students who are the first in their families to study, from applying for highly selective ... More
pp. 287-301
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School turnaround in North Carolina: A regression discontinuity analysis
Jennifer A. Heissel, Graduate School of Business and Public Policy, United States; Helen F. Ladd, Sanford School of Public Policy, United States
This paper examines the effect of a federally supported school turnaround program in North Carolina elementary and middle schools. Using a regression discontinuity design, we find that the... More
pp. 302-320