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dc.titleMotivation, Resources and the Organization of the School System
dc.contributor.authorAlbornoz, Facundo
dc.contributor.authorBerlinski, Samuel
dc.contributor.authorCabrales, Antonio
dc.contributor.orgunitDepartment of Research and Chief Economist
dc.date.available2016-07-11T00:00:00
dc.date.issue2016-07-11T00:00:00
dc.description.abstractThis paper studies a model where student effort and talent interact with parental and teachers' investments, as well as with school system resources. The model is rich, yet sufficiently stylized to provide novel implications. It can show, for example, that an improvement in parental outside options will reduce parental and school effort, which are partially compensated through school resources. In this way, by incorporating the behavioral responses of parents, teachers and policymakers, the paper provides a rationale for the existing ambiguous empirical evidence on the effect of school resources. The paper also provides a novel microfoundation for peer effects, with empirical implications for welfare and different education policies.
dc.format.extent45
dc.identifier.doihttp://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0011749
dc.identifier.urlhttps://publications.iadb.org/publications/english/document/Motivation-Resources-and-the-Organization-of-the-School-System.pdf
dc.language.isoen
dc.mediumAdobe PDF
dc.publisherInter-American Development Bank
dc.subjectAcademic Performance
dc.subjectEducational Evaluation
dc.subjectEducation Quality
dc.subjectParenting Intervention
dc.subjectHuman Capital
dc.subjectEducation Policy
dc.subjectSchool Choice
dc.subject.jelcodeI20 - Education and Research Institutions: General
dc.subject.jelcodeI21 - Analysis of Education
dc.subject.jelcodeI28 - Government Policy
dc.subject.jelcodeJ24 - Human Capital • Skills • Occupational Choice • Labor Productivity
dc.subject.keywordsschool motivation
dc.typeWorking Papers
idb.identifier.pubnumberWorking Papers
idb.operationRG-K1416
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