Essays about: "independent education reform"

Found 4 essays containing the words independent education reform.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. Reforming the Merits: Meritocratic Recruitment and its Effect on Corruption. Case Study of Tajikistan

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Azizakhon Kataeva; [2012-01-05]
   Keywords : meritocratic recruitment; public administration reform; impartiality; corruption;

   Abstract : The aim of this paper is to observe the causal mechanism between meritocratic recruitment and level of corruption. Previous cross country analyses showed positive results, however what is lacking in academic literature is micro-analyses that would capture the positive and negative ways of causal mechanism which will be an added value to the academic literature. READ MORE

4. 3. Does School Competition Improve the Quality of Education?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Kaj Landelius; [2012]
   Keywords : school-choice reform; school competition; public education; educational achievement ; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : This paper evaluates the Swedish school reform that was implemented in 1992, at upper secondary school level. The reform implies that independent schools are welcome to compete on the school market and are publicly funded. This reform has led to an increase in the share of students attending independent schools. READ MORE

5. 4. Beyond Dusty Land

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Anja Gatu; Ola Isaksson; [2006]
   Keywords : poverty reduction; equity; Brazil; Rural Development; Land reform; capability; Social and economic history; Ekonomisk och social historia; History and Archaeology;

   Abstract : Due to miserable living conditions and an uneven distribution of land in the rural parts of Brazil there has been a widespread migration into the urban areas during the last 40 years. Greater parts of the population live in the cities and make their living within the informal sector lacking access to important services such as education and health care. READ MORE