Economics of Education Review

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Volume 33, issue C, 2013

Assets and educational achievement: Theory and evidence pp. 1-7

William Elliott and Michael Sherraden

Saving in childhood and adolescence: Insights from developmental psychology pp. 8-18

Annette Otto

Economic socialization, saving and assets in European young adults pp. 19-30

Paul Webley and Ellen Nyhus

Testing an asset-building approach for young people: Early access to savings predicts later savings pp. 31-51

Terri Friedline, William Elliott and Gina A.N. Chowa

Asset building for and by young people pp. 52-57

Sondra G. Beverly

Long-term effects of Individual Development Accounts on postsecondary education: Follow-up evidence from a randomized experiment pp. 58-68

Michal Grinstein-Weiss, Michael Sherraden, William Gale, William M. Rohe, Mark Schreiner and Clinton Key

The impact of household possessions on youth's academic achievement in the Ghana Youthsave experiment: A propensity score analysis pp. 69-81

Gina A.N. Chowa, Rainier D. Masa, Christopher J. Wretman and David Ansong

Do mothers’ educational expectations differ by race and ethnicity, or socioeconomic status? pp. 82-94

Youngmi Kim, Michael Sherraden and Margaret Clancy

The effects of family college savings on postsecondary school enrollment rates of students with disabilities pp. 95-111

Gregory A. Cheatham and William Elliott

Intergenerational transmission of educational attainment: The role of household assets pp. 112-123

Jin Huang

Parental asset accumulation trajectories and children's college outcomes pp. 124-133

Vernon Loke

“You pay your share, we’ll pay our share”: The college cost burden and the role of race, income, and college assets pp. 134-153

William Elliott and Terri Friedline

Assets, economic opportunity and toxic stress: A framework for understanding child and educational outcomes pp. 154-170

Trina R. Williams Shanks and Christine Robinson

Integrating resource-based and person-based approaches to understanding wealth effects on school achievement pp. 171-178

Mesmin Destin

Not just any path: Implications of identity-based motivation for disparities in school outcomes pp. 179-190

Daphna Oyserman

Volume 32, issue C, 2013

Does private tutoring improve students’ National College Entrance Exam performance?—A case study from Jinan, China pp. 1-28

Yu Zhang

Retaining through training even for older workers pp. 29-48

Matteo Picchio and Jan C. van Ours

Does the availability of parental health insurance affect the college enrollment decision of young Americans? pp. 49-65

Juergen Jung, Diane M. Harnek Hall and Thomas Rhoads

Contributions of qualitative research to understanding savings for children and youth pp. 66-77

Margaret Sherraden, Clark Peters, Kristen Wagner, Baorong Guo and Margaret Clancy

Stuck in a mismatch? The persistence of overeducation during twenty years of the post-communist transition in Poland pp. 78-91

Anna Kiersztyn

Estimating the distributional effects of education reforms: A look at Project STAR pp. 92-103

Erika Jackson and Marianne Page

A multilevel decomposition of school performance using robust nonparametric frontier techniques pp. 104-121

Claudio Thieme, Diego Prior and Emili Tortosa-Ausina

The impact of Chile's school feeding program on education outcomes pp. 122-139

Patrick McEwan

Incentives from curriculum tracking pp. 140-150

Kristian Koerselman

Future skill shortages in the U.S. economy? pp. 151-167

David Neumark, Hans Johnson and Marisol Cuellar Mejia

Promoting scientific faculties: Does it work? Evidence from Italy pp. 168-180

Virginia Maestri

The role of noncognitive traits in undergraduate study behaviours pp. 181-195

Liam Delaney, Colm Harmon and Martin Ryan

Why women are progressive in education? Gender disparities in human capital, labor markets, and family arrangement in the Philippines pp. 196-206

Futoshi Yamauchi and Marites Tiongco

Over-education of recent higher education graduates: New Australian panel evidence pp. 207-218

David Carroll and Max Tani

Pomp and circumstance: University presidents and the role of human capital in determining who leads U.S. research institutions pp. 219-233

Larry D. Singell and Hui-Hsuan Tang

The effect of immigration on the school performance of natives: Cross country evidence using PISA test scores pp. 234-246

Giorgio Brunello and Lorenzo Rocco

The full extent of student-college academic undermatch pp. 247-261

Jonathan Smith, Matea Pender and Jessica Howell

Can failure succeed? Using racial subgroup rules to analyze the effect of school accountability failure on student performance pp. 262-274

David P. Sims

Volume 31, issue 6, 2012

The effects of high school math curriculum on college attendance: Evidence from the NLSY97 pp. 861-870

Alison Aughinbaugh

Funding higher education and wage uncertainty: Income contingent loan versus mortgage loan pp. 871-889

Giuseppe Migali

Does generosity beget generosity? Alumni giving and undergraduate financial aid pp. 890-907

Jonathan Meer and Harvey Rosen

Federal policies, state responses, and community college outcomes: Testing an augmented Bennett hypothesis pp. 908-917

Allison B. Frederick, Stephen Schmidt and Lewis S. Davis

The impact of educational mismatch on firm productivity: Evidence from linked panel data pp. 918-931

Stephan Kampelmann and Francois Rycx

Every child matters? An evaluation of “Special Educational Needs” programmes in England pp. 932-948

Francois Keslair, Eric Maurin and Sandra McNally

Do tuition fees affect enrollment behavior? Evidence from a ‘natural experiment’ in Germany pp. 949-960

Malte Hübner

Adolescent drug use and the deterrent effect of school-imposed penalties pp. 961-969

G.R. Waddell

Early to rise? The effect of daily start times on academic performance pp. 970-983

Finley Edwards

The spatial geography of teacher labor markets: Evidence from a developing country pp. 984-995

Miguel Jaramillo

College major choice and ability: Why is general ability not enough? pp. 996-1016

Tjaša Bartolj and Sašo Polanec

Sibling composition and child educational attainment: Evidence from native Amazonians in Bolivia pp. 1017-1027

Wu Zeng, Eduardo A. Undurraga, Dan T.A. Eisenberg, Karla Rubio-Jovel, Victoria Reyes-García and Ricardo Godoy

Evidence on the efficacy of school-based incentives for healthy living pp. 1028-1036

Harold Cuffe, William Harbaugh, Jason Lindo, G. Musto and G.R. Waddell

Maternal work conditions and child development pp. 1037-1057

Christina Felfe and Amy Hsin

Combination classes and educational achievement pp. 1058-1066

Jaime L. Thomas

Strategic pay reform: A student outcomes-based evaluation of Denver's ProComp teacher pay initiative pp. 1067-1083

Dan Goldhaber and Joe Walch

Choice of for-profit college pp. 1084-1101

Anna Chung

Peer effects in college academic outcomes – Gender matters! pp. 1102-1115

Carlena Cochi Ficano

High Schools That Work and college preparedness: Measuring the model's impact on mathematics and science pipeline progression pp. 1116-1135

Luke C. Miller and Joel Mittleman

Peer effects and measurement error: The impact of sampling variation in school survey data (evidence from PISA) pp. 1136-1142

John Micklewright, Sylke Schnepf and Pedro N. Silva

Earnings benefits of Tulsa's pre-K program for different income groups pp. 1143-1161

Timothy Bartik, William Gormley and Shirley Adelstein

University rankings in action? The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students pp. 1162-1176

Julia Horstschräer

Does competition improve public school efficiency? A spatial analysis pp. 1177-1190

Kaustav Misra, Paul Grimes and Kevin E. Rogers

Volume 31, issue 5, 2012

Family background variables as instruments for education in income regressions: A Bayesian analysis pp. 515-523

Lennart Hoogerheide, Joern Block and Roy Thurik

High school grades and university performance: A case study pp. 524-542

Philippe Cyrenne and Alan Chan

The impact of a universal class-size reduction policy: Evidence from Florida's statewide mandate pp. 543-562

Matthew M. Chingos

Student and teacher attendance: The role of shared goods in reducing absenteeism pp. 563-574

Ritwik Banerjee, Elizabeth King, Peter Orazem and Elizabeth M. Paterno

On the allocation of resources for secondary schools pp. 575-586

Carla Haelermans, Kristof De Witte and Jos Blank

The impact of international students on measured learning and standards in Australian higher education pp. 587-600

Gigi Foster

Pennies from heaven? Using exogenous tax variation to identify effects of school resources on pupil achievement pp. 601-614

Torbjørn Hægeland, Oddbjørn Raaum and Kjell G Salvanes

Expenditures and postsecondary graduation: An investigation using individual-level data from the state of Ohio pp. 615-618

Douglas Webber

Overskilling dynamics and education pathways pp. 619-628

Kostas Mavromaras and Seamus McGuinness

Are there peer effects associated with having English Language Learner (ELL) classmates? Evidence from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study Kindergarten Cohort (ECLS-K) pp. 629-643

Rosa Minhyo Cho

Potential for significant reductions in dropout rates: Analysis of an entire 3rd grade state cohort pp. 644-662

Dorothyjean Cratty

Academic achievement, technology and race: Experimental evidence pp. 663-679

Robert Fairlie

Career effects of occupation-related vocational education: Evidence from the military's internal labor market pp. 680-693

Elda Pema and Stephen Mehay

Inequality of opportunity for educational achievement in Latin America: Evidence from PISA 2006–2009 pp. 694-708

Luis Gamboa and Fábio Waltenberg

Do course evaluations truly reflect student learning? Evidence from an objectively graded post-test pp. 709-719

Trinidad Beleche, David Fairris and Mindy Marks

An economic model of workplace mobbing in academe pp. 720-726

Joao Faria, Franklin Mixon and Sean Salter

Parental risk attitudes and children's secondary school track choice pp. 727-743

Oliver Wölfel and Guido Heineck

Methods matter: Improving causal inference in educational and social science research: A review article pp. 744-748

Eric R. Eide and Mark H. Showalter

Applying early decision: Student and college incentives and outcomes pp. 749-763

Gabrielle Chapman and Stacy Dickert-Conlin

Fairness in education: The Italian university before and after the reform pp. 764-777

Paolo Brunori, Vito Peragine and Laura Serlenga

The effect of social programs and exposure to professionals on the educational aspirations of the poor pp. 778-798

Carlos Chiapa, José Luis Garrido and Silvia Prina

The influence of price on school enrollment under Uganda's policy of free primary education pp. 799-811

Jane Arnold Lincove

School crowding, year-round schooling, and mobile classroom use: Evidence from North Carolina pp. 812-823

Steven McMullen and Katy Rouse

Family background, self-confidence and economic outcomes pp. 824-834

Antonio Filippin and Marco Paccagnella

Twice considered: Charter schools and student achievement in Utah pp. 835-849

Yongmei Ni and Andrea K. Rorrer

The impact of structured teaching methods on the quality of education in Brazil pp. 850-860

Maria Carolina Leme, Paula Louzano, Vladimir Ponczek and André Souza

Volume 31, issue 4, 2012

Where to attend? Estimating the effects of beginning college at a two-year institution pp. 345-362

Curtis Reynolds

Am I missing something? The effects of absence from class on student performance pp. 363-375

Wiji Arulampalam, Robin Naylor and Jeremy Smith

Relationship between private schooling and achievement: Results from rural and urban India pp. 376-390

Amita Chudgar and Elizabeth Quin

The role of educational quality and quantity in the process of economic development pp. 391-409

Amparo Castello-Climent and Ana Hidalgo-Cabrillana

How do substitute teachers substitute? An empirical study of substitute-teacher labor supply pp. 410-430

Seth Gershenson

Teacher retention in Appalachian schools: Evidence from Kentucky pp. 431-441

Joshua M. Cowen, J. Butler, Jacob Fowles, Megan E. Streams and Eugenia Toma

Human capital augmentation versus the signaling value of MBA education pp. 442-451

Andrew Hussey

Forecasting performance of grey prediction for education expenditure and school enrollment pp. 452-462

Hui-Wen Vivian Tang and Mu-Shang Yin

Who benefits from student aid? The economic incidence of tax-based federal student aid pp. 463-481

Nicholas Turner

Girls, girls, girls: Gender composition and female school choice pp. 482-500

Nicole Schneeweis and Martina Zweimüller

Measuring the earnings returns to lifelong learning in the UK pp. 501-514

Joanne Blanden, Franz Buscha, Patrick Sturgis and Peter Urwin

Volume 31, issue 3, 2012

An integrated assessment of the effects of Title I on school behavior, resources, and student achievement pp. 1-14

Jordan Matsudaira, Adrienne Hosek and Elias Walsh

Teacher salaries and teacher aptitude: An analysis using quantile regressions pp. 15-29

Gregory A. Gilpin

Cohort crowding and nonresident college enrollment pp. 30-40

John Winters

Teacher pay and teacher aptitude pp. 41-53

Andrew Leigh

The effect of teacher–student gender matching: Evidence from OECD countries pp. 54-67

Insook Cho

Effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of non-cognitive skills: Evidence from psychometric data pp. 68-76

Andrea Mühlenweg, Dorothea Blomeyer, Holger Stichnoth and Manfred Laucht

Do reductions in class size raise students’ test scores? Evidence from population variation in Minnesota's elementary schools pp. 77-95

Hyunkuk Cho, Paul Glewwe and Melissa Whitler

University selectivity and earnings: Evidence from UK data on applications and admissions to university pp. 96-107

Stijn Broecke

Volume 31, issue 2, 2012

Two decades of charter schools: Expectations, reality, and the future pp. 209-212

Eugenia Toma and Ron Zimmer

Examining charter student achievement effects across seven states pp. 213-224

Ron Zimmer, Brian Gill, Kevin Booker, Stéphane Lavertu and John Witte

Choices for studying choice: Assessing charter school effectiveness using two quasi-experimental methods pp. 225-236

Devora H. Davis and Margaret E. Raymond

Using lotteries to evaluate schools of choice: Evidence from a national study of charter schools pp. 237-253

Christina Clark Tuttle, Philip Gleason and Melissa Clark

Charter school authorizers and student achievement pp. 254-267

Deven Carlson, Lesley Lavery and John F. Witte

Explaining the gap in charter and traditional public school teacher turnover rates pp. 268-279

David A. Stuit and Thomas M. Smith

New schools, new students, new teachers: Evaluating the effectiveness of charter schools pp. 280-292

Celeste Carruthers

Measuring the effect of charter schools on public school student achievement in an urban environment: Evidence from New York City pp. 293-301

Marcus A. Winters

The relative efficiency of charter schools: A cost frontier approach pp. 302-317

Timothy Gronberg, Dennis Jansen and Lori Taylor

School innovation in district context: Comparing traditional public schools and charter schools pp. 318-330

Courtney Preston, Ellen Goldring, Mark Berends and Marisa Cannata

Some economic guidelines for design of a charter school district pp. 331-343

Henry Levin

Volume 31, issue 1, 2012

Students choosing colleges: Understanding the matriculation decision at a highly selective private institution pp. 1-8

Peter Nurnberg, Morton Schapiro and David Zimmerman

Diversifying the faculty across gender lines: Do trustees and administrators matter? pp. 9-18

Ronald Ehrenberg, George H. Jakubson, Mirinda L. Martin, Joyce B. Main and Thomas Eisenberg

Observed characteristics and teacher quality: Impacts of sample selection on a value added model pp. 19-32

Marcus A. Winters, Bruce L. Dixon and Jay P. Greene

The role of information in the take-up of student loans pp. 33-44

Adam S. Booij, Edwin Leuven and Hessel Oosterbeek

The redistributive equity of affirmative action: Exploring the role of race, socioeconomic status, and gender in college admissions pp. 45-55

Andrew M. Francis and Maria Tannuri-Pianto

Assessment drives learning: The effect of central exit exams on curricular knowledge and mathematical literacy pp. 56-65

Hendrik Jürges, Kerstin Schneider, Martin Senkbeil and Claus H. Carstensen

On the relationship between student tastes and motivations, higher education decisions, and annual earnings pp. 66-75

Michael J. Hilmer and Christiana E. Hilmer

Economics of corruption in doctoral education: The dissertations market pp. 76-83

Ararat Osipian

How to improve pupils’ literacy? A cost-effectiveness analysis of a French educational project pp. 84-91

Sébastien Massoni and Jean-Christophe Vergnaud

Leadership effects: school principals and student outcomes pp. 92-109

Michael Coelli and David Green

Re-examining the impact of dropping out on criminal and labor outcomes in early adulthood pp. 110-122

David Bjerk

Student incentives and preferential treatment in college admissions pp. 123-130

Ivan Pastine and Tuvana Pastine

Math skills and labor-market outcomes: Evidence from a resume-based field experiment pp. 131-140

Cory Koedel and Eric Tyhurst

Estimating the impact of relative expected grade on student evaluations of teachers pp. 141-154

Andrew Ewing

Do tuition fees affect the mobility of university applicants? Evidence from a natural experiment pp. 155-167

Nadja Dwenger, Johanna Storck and Katharina Wrohlich

Back to school: An application of human capital theory for mature workers pp. 168-178

Christopher Jepsen and Mark Montgomery

Is it ever too late to study? The economic returns on late tertiary degrees in Sweden pp. 179-194

Martin Hällsten

Do student migrations affect school performance? Evidence from Wisconsin's inter-district public school program pp. 195-207

David M. Welsch and David Zimmer