Browsing PERC Publications by Subject "Education"

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    • Am I the Big Fish? The Effect of Self-Perceived Ordinal Rank on Student Academic Performance in Middle School 
      Yu, Han (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-12-20)
      In the educational setting, it is well known that relative achievement can affect individual outcomes. The ordinal academic rank of a student may affect the student’s academic achievement through a student’s self-confidence, ...
    • Am I the Big Fish? The Effects of Ordinal Rank on Student Academic Performance in Middle School 
      Yu, Han (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-06-28)
      The idea that through perseverance and hard work, one can achieve his or her dreams is a pervasive one. There is already an established literature that studies the link between relative achievement and individual outcomes, ...
    • Are Charters the Best Alternative? A Cost Frontier Analysis 
      Gronberg, Timothy J.; Jansen, Dennis W.; Taylor, Lori L. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-09-01)
      Texas has been part of the charter school movement since 1995, when the 74th Texas Legislature authorized the State Board of Education to establish open enrollment (OE) charter schools in the state. According to the Texas ...
    • Dropouts Need Not Apply? The Minimum Wage and Skill Upgrading 
      Meer, Jonathan; Kahn, Lisa; Clemens, Jeffrey (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2021-09-21)
      In the United States, politicians and the public alike have again sounded the call to raise the federal minimum wage, citing unlivable earnings and high consumer prices due to rising inflation, but would an increase actually ...
    • How Do Peers Influence BMI? Evidence from Randomly Assigned Classrooms in South Korea 
      Meer, Jonathan; Lim, Jaegeum (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-08-01)
      Obesity among children is an important public health concern, and social networks may play a role in students' habits that increase the likelihood of being overweight. We examine data from South Korean middle schools, where ...
    • The Impact of College Diversity on Behavior Toward Minorities 
      Hoekstra, Mark; Carrell, Scott E.; West, James E. (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-02-03)
      There is little question as to the lack of racial diversity at selective U.S. universities. However, there is considerable debate regarding the benets of various policy options to increase diversity. Proponents of ...
    • The Impact of Teacher-Student Gender Matches: Random Assignment Evidence from South Korea 
      Meer, Jonathan; Lim, Jaegeum (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-01-01)
      Subject-specific gender disparities appear and widen as students advance through school. In PERC Working Paper 1509, PERC Professor Jonathan Meer and Jaegeum Lim examine test scores for South Korean middle school students ...
    • Peer Quality and Benefits to Attending Better Schools 
      Hoekstra, Mark; Wang, Yaojing; Mounganie, Pierre (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2017-05-01)
      Despite strong demand for attending high schools with better peers, there is mixed evidence on whether doing so improves academic outcomes. The authors estimate the cognitive returns to high school quality using administrative ...
    • Persistent Effects of Teacher-Student Gender Matches 
      Meer, Jonathan; Lim, Jaegeum (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2018-01-18)
      The absence of same gender role models in STEM fields has been shown to discourage female student participation in STEM fields of study. In PERC Working Paper 1706, Persistent Effects of Teacher-Student Gender Matches, ...
    • Power to Choose? An Analysis of Consumer Intertia in the Residential Electricity Market 
      Hortacsu, Ali; Madanizadeh, Seyed Ali; Puller, Steven L.; Meer, Jonathan; Lim, Jaegeum (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2016-01-01)
    • Why Do Asian Students Study Harder? Implications of a Model of Academic Competition 
      Gronberg, Timothy; Liu, Liqun (Private Enterprise Research Center, Texas A&M University; Texas A&M University. Library, 2019-08-28)
      Popularized by the OECD’s PISA rankings of a few dozen countries/regions according to the test results of their 15 year olds, Asian students’ impressive academic achievements are now well known. Each of the top five ...