Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system

This 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 opt...

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Main Authors: Albornoz, Facundo, Berlinski, Samuel, Cabrales, Antonio
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017
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Online Access:https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36247/
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author Albornoz, Facundo
Berlinski, Samuel
Cabrales, Antonio
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description This 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.
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spelling nottingham-362472020-05-08T12:15:37Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36247/ Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system Albornoz, Facundo Berlinski, Samuel Cabrales, Antonio This 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. Wiley 2017-03-10 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en cc_by_nc_nd https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36247/8/Article%20jvx001.pdf Albornoz, Facundo, Berlinski, Samuel and Cabrales, Antonio (2017) Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system. Journal of the European Economic Association, 16 (1). pp. 199-231. ISSN 1542-4766 Education Incentives School resources Parental involvement School sorting Peer effects https://academic.oup.com/jeea/article/16/1/199/3065528 doi:10.1093/jeea/jvx001 doi:10.1093/jeea/jvx001
spellingShingle Education
Incentives
School resources
Parental involvement
School sorting
Peer effects
Albornoz, Facundo
Berlinski, Samuel
Cabrales, Antonio
Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system
title Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system
title_full Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system
title_fullStr Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system
title_full_unstemmed Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system
title_short Motivation, resources and the organization of the school system
title_sort motivation, resources and the organization of the school system
topic Education
Incentives
School resources
Parental involvement
School sorting
Peer effects
url https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36247/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36247/
https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/36247/