Essays about: "educational reforms"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words educational reforms.

1. 1. The Role of Education in Shaping Migration Decisions: An Analysis of the Higher Education Reform of 1977 in Sweden

   University essay from Jönköping University/IHH, Nationalekonomi

   Author : Patrick Andersson; [2023]
   Keywords : migration; educational reforms; geography; causal effect; difference in differences;

   Abstract : This study examines whether or not Sweden’s education reform in 1977, which established new university colleges in selected urban municipalities, had a spillover effect on people’s migration decisions toward rural municipalities and, if so, how that effect varied across demographic groups. To test this, a difference-in-differences method with a fixed effect setting is used in combination with Coarsened Exact Matching to create the best-matched control group. READ MORE

3. 2. Education Reforms and Social Outcomes : The Impact of the Reforms on Hong Kong Students’ Concerns and Future Perspectives

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för öst- och sydöstasienstudier

   Author : Giovanni Mauri; [2023]
   Keywords : Educational Reforms; Inequalities; Competitivity; Precariousness; Student Perceptions; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The structural reforms of the curriculum implemented by the Hong Kong administration in the field of education at the beginning of the 2000s had profound implications for the future perspectives and ambitions of students and graduates. This thesis tries to investigate the key constraints posed by the reforms and their direct influence on Hong Kong local student’s perception of their future careers. READ MORE

4. 3. Education as a Double-Edge Sword: Examining the Dynamics between Education Expansion and Wage Inequality in Colombia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Laura Juanita Serna Velasco; [2023]
   Keywords : wage inequality; education expansion; Colombia; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper provides a comprehensive analysis of the relationship between education and income inequality in Colombia. Using unconditional quantile regressions (UQR) this paper examines the wage returns of different education levels at various points of the wage distribution. READ MORE

5. 4. Independent Schools and Academic Achievement: A Synthetic Control Approach on Swedish Municipalities

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Folke Schröder Frykhammar; Anna Sandros Hansson; [2023]
   Keywords : Education quality; School privatization; Vouchers; Education reform; Synthetic Control;

   Abstract : During the early 1990's, the Swedish school system underwent a period of groundbreaking reforms, including the contentious independent school reform. The reforms coincided with a decline of Swedish results in international educational assessments, leading to a debate on whether independent schools positively or negatively contribute to students learning. READ MORE

6. 5. Education and Economic Development : A Case Study of Ghana

   University essay from Karlstads universitet/Handelshögskolan (from 2013)

   Author : Jakin Elikem Fui Yaw Ahlijah; [2023]
   Keywords : Ghana; Education expenditure; Economic growth; Granger causality test;

   Abstract : Ever since Ghana gained independence, its policy makers have identified education as a tool to foster economic growth and development. In recognition of the vast potential for national development that education presents Ghana, various governments have invested considerably in the sector. READ MORE