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Replication Data for: "Heterogeneous Agglomeration"
No full textFaggio, Giulia, Silva, Olmo, Strange, William C., (2017) "Heterogeneous Agglomeration." Review of Economics and Statistics 99:1, 80-94
Replication Data for: "Heterogeneous Agglomeration"
No full textFaggio, Giulia, Silva, Olmo, Strange, William C., (2017) "Heterogeneous Agglomeration." Review of Economics and Statistics 99:1, 80-94
What works in primary schools?
No full textOlmo Silva reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of increasing resources, modifying teaching methods and introducing choice and competition. Policies to improve primary education can involve increasing the resources available to schools, modifying teaching methods or introducing elements of accountability, choice and competition into education 'markets'. Olmo Silva reviews the latest evidence on the effectiveness of these three broad areas of intervention.
What works in primary schools?
No full textOlmo Silva reviews the evidence on the effectiveness of increasing resources, modifying teaching methods and introducing choice and competition. Policies to improve primary education can involve increasing the resources available to schools, modifying teaching methods or introducing elements of accountability, choice and competition into education 'markets'. Olmo Silva reviews the latest evidence on the effectiveness of these three broad areas of intervention
In brief: faith primary schools: better schools or better pupils?
No full textAverage levels of pupil achievement in religiously affiliated primary schools seem to be higher than in the secular sector. Research by Stephen Gibbons and Olmo Silva examines whether faith schools really are better or if their pupils are just different
Replication Data for: "Heterogeneous Agglomeration"
No full textFaggio, Giulia, Silva, Olmo, Strange, William C., (2017) "Heterogeneous Agglomeration." Review of Economics and Statistics 99:1, 80-94
Book review: the triumph of the city
No full textIn The Triumph of Cities, Ed Glaeser takes us around the world and into the mind of the modern city – from Mumbai to Paris to Rio to Detroit to Shanghai, and to any number of points in between – to reveal how cities think, why they behave in the manners that they do, and what wisdom they share with the people who inhabit them. Reviewed by Olmo Silva
Book review: the solution to urban decline in cities across Europe and the world is to stop worrying about places, and to start focusing on people
No full textIn The Triumph of Cities, Ed Glaeser takes us around the world and into the mind of the modern city – from Mumbai to Paris to Rio to Detroit to Shanghai, and to any number of points in between – to reveal how cities think, why they behave in the manners that they do, and what wisdom they share with the people who inhabit them. Reviewed by Olmo Silva. The Triumph of the City. Edward Glaeser. Palgrave Macmillan. March 2011
New technology in schools: is there a payoff?
No full textEconomists have typically been sceptical that computers improve educational outcomes. But research by Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Olmo Silva finds evidence that new technology can have a positive effect on pupils' performance
New technology in schools: is there a payoff?.
No full textEconomists have typically been sceptical that computers improve educational outcomes. But research by Stephen Machin, Sandra McNally and Olmo Silva finds evidence that new technology can have a positive effect on pupils' performance.
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