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    • Are school vouchers associated with equity in education? 

      OECD. Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD, 2012-09)
      Privately managed schools tend to attract more advantaged student populations; but the difference between the socio-economic profiles of public and private schools is narrowed when privately managed schools receive higher ...
    • Disrupting Education? Experimental Evidence on Technology-Aided Instruction in India 

      Muralidharan, Karthik; Singh, Abhijeet; Ganimian, Alejandro J. (National Bureau of Economic Research, 2017-07)
      The authors present experimental evidence on the impact of a personalized technology-aided after-school instruction program on learning outcomes. The setting is middle-school grades in urban India, where a lottery provided ...
    • Econometric Methods for Causal Evaluation of Education Policies and Practices : A Non-Technical Guide 

      Schlotter, Martin; Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger (University of Bonn. Institute for the Study of Labor, 2010-01)
      Education policy-makers and practitioners want to know which policies and practices can best achieve their goals. But research that can inform evidence-based policy often requires complex methods to distinguish causation ...
    • Markets in Education : An Analytical Review of Empirical Research on Market Mechanisms in Education 

      Waslander, Sietske (OECD, 2010-10)
      In the last three decennia, many governments have introduced market mechanisms in education. They have done so by enhancing parental choice and encouraging school competition, through policies like abolishing catchment ...
    • La política de equidad y el nuevo sistema de vouchers en Chile: reflexiones críticas 

      Joiko, Sara (Consejo Mexicano de Investigación Educativa, A.C., 2011)
      El objetivo de este artículo es analizar el sistema de subvención educacional chileno y su diseño como política, utilizando ciertos conceptos provenientes de la economía de la educación. Específicamente se presenta la ...
    • Targeted vouchers and its effects. 

      Andrade, Eduardo de Carvalho (Fundação CESGRANRIO, 2009)
      This paper discusses the benefits of the “Targeted Vouchers” system in relation to the actual one. It analyses the Chilean experience and emphasizes the importance of the appropriate design of the vouchers system in order ...