Sample selection bias as a specification error

JJ Heckman - Econometrica: Journal of the econometric society, 1979 - JSTOR
This paper discusses the bias that results from using nonrandomly selected samples to
estimate behavioral relationships as an ordinary specification error or" omitted variables" …

School vouchers: A survey of the economics literature

D Epple, RE Romano, M Urquiola - Journal of Economic Literature, 2017 - aeaweb.org
We review the theoretical, computational, and empirical research on school vouchers, with a
focus on the latter. Our assessment is that the evidence to date is not sufficient to warrant …

Vouchers for private schooling in Colombia: Evidence from a randomized natural experiment

J Angrist, E Bettinger, E Bloom, E King… - American economic …, 2002 - aeaweb.org
Colombia used lotteries to distribute vouchers which partially covered the cost of private
secondary school for students who maintained satisfactory academic progress. Three years …

Long-term educational consequences of secondary school vouchers: Evidence from administrative records in Colombia

J Angrist, E Bettinger, M Kremer - American economic review, 2006 - aeaweb.org
Colombia's PACES program provided over 125,000 poor children with vouchers that
covered the cost of private secondary school. The vouchers were renewable annually …

The impact of environmental education on environmental and renewable energy technology awareness: Empirical evidence from Colombia

HE Edsand, T Broich - International Journal of Science and Mathematics …, 2020 - Springer
This paper empirically investigates to what extent environmental education (EE) at school
can explain variation in environmental literacy of 15-year-olds in Colombia, while controlling …

Towards universal primary education: investments, incentives, and institutions

N Birdsall, R Levine, A Ibrahim - European Journal of Education, 2005 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The UN Millennium Project Task Force on Education and Gender Equality, an
expert advisory group commissioned by the UN Secretary‐General, was asked to examine …

'De facto' privatisation of education and the poor: implications of a study from sub‐Saharan Africa and India

J Tooley, P Dixon - Compare, 2006 - Taylor & Francis
Three types of privatisation are identified—involving demand‐side financing, reforms to the
educational supply‐side and de facto privatisation, where responsibilities are transferred to …

[PDF][PDF] What does “education privatisation” mean? Conceptual discussion and empirical review of Latin American cases

C Bellei, V Orellana - Documento de Trabajo, 2014 - intranet.ciae.cl
Mass education systems are closely linked to the creation and consolidation of modern
national states, and institutionalizing the education system ties it to the state in the form of …

[图书][B] Participación de los padres en la educación: Hacia una taxonomía para América Latina

M Martiniello - 1999 - pdf.usaid.gov
EN LAS ÚLTIMAS DÉCADAS Latinoamérica ha experimentado reformas educativas que
reflejan profundas transformaciones en las operaciones del estado, y una transición hacia …

Competition among schools: Traditional public and private schools

M Urquiola - Handbook of the Economics of Education, 2016 - Elsevier
This chapter considers research on the effects of competition between private and public
schools. It focuses on three questions:(1) Do children experience higher achievement gains …