Essays about: "sorting bias"

Found 3 essays containing the words sorting bias.

1. 1. Is Private Education Worth it? Evidence from the Free Primary Education Reform in Kenya

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Erik Wallström; [2017]
   Keywords : Education; Quality; Free; Sorting; Kenya; School choice; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : In 2003, Kenya introduced a nationwide Free Primary Education (FPE) reform, abolishing school fees in all public primary schools. As a result, enrolment rates in public primary schools rose by 15 percent, putting significant pressure on the educational system. READ MORE

3. 2. Are There Tournaments In Mutual Funds?

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Mavis Assibey-Yeboah; Xuyang Jiao; [2016-10-06]
   Keywords : Mutual fund tournaments; Relative return; Standard deviation ratio; Autocorrelation; Moving average; Four-factor model; Linear regression; Residual risk; Systematic risk; Sorting bias;

   Abstract : Evidence regarding the tournament hypothesis are mixed. In this thesis, we conduct the tournament analysis once more and nd that both monthly and daily data sets provide no proof of tournament behaviour. However, there were tournaments in monthly data using a di erent time period from the one selected for this work. READ MORE

4. 3. Newspaper Coverage of Gender, Environment and Development Issues in India

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

   Author : Behnoosh Payvar; [2004]
   Keywords : India; gender; environment; development; GED; press coverage; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study was to examine the coverage of gender, environment and development (GED) issues in the Indian English-language newspapers. A main hypothesis is that the high rate of gender discrimination in India contributes to a gender bias in the coverage of GED stories. READ MORE