Dániel Borbély
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View article: Does the provision of universal free school meals improve school attendance?
Does the provision of universal free school meals improve school attendance? Open
We examine the effects of universal free school meal (UFSM) policies on school attendance and healthrelated absences. We leverage UFSM implementation in Scotland where all pupils in the first three grades of primary schools became automati…
View article: Forced migration and local economic development: Evidence from postwar Hungary
Forced migration and local economic development: Evidence from postwar Hungary Open
We investigate the effects of forced migration on sending economies using the post-WW2 expulsion of German minorities from Hungary as a natural experiment.We combine historical and contemporary data sources to show that the forced migratio…
View article: Urban regeneration projects and crime: evidence from Glasgow
Urban regeneration projects and crime: evidence from Glasgow Open
This study investigates the effects of urban regeneration on crime, leveraging recent large-scale regeneration projects—called Transformational Regeneration Areas (TRAs)—in Glasgow, Scotland. We employ a difference-in-differences approach …
View article: Rurality, socio‐economic disadvantage and educational mobility: A Scottish case study
Rurality, socio‐economic disadvantage and educational mobility: A Scottish case study Open
Rurality is known to be associated with a number of weaker educational outcomes, from lower attainment through to lower social mobility. This is why so much policy and practitioner focus has been directed at addressing the rurality gap in …
View article: Early Years Multi‐grade Classes and Pupil Attainment*
Early Years Multi‐grade Classes and Pupil Attainment* Open
We study the effect of exposure to older, more experienced, classroom peers resulting from the widespread use of multi‐grade classes in Scottish primary schools. For identification, we exploit that a class‐planning algorithm quasi‐randomly…
View article: Peer Gender and Schooling: Evidence from Ethiopia
Peer Gender and Schooling: Evidence from Ethiopia Open
In this paper, we study how classmate gender composition matters for students in Ethiopia. We base our results on a unique survey of students across classrooms and schools and among those randomly assigned to class. We find a strong asymme…
View article: Limiting the distortionary effects of transaction taxes: Scottish stamp duty after the Mirrlees Review
Limiting the distortionary effects of transaction taxes: Scottish stamp duty after the Mirrlees Review Open
We investigate the distortionary effects of transaction taxes through a case study of the Scottish residential property market. We make use of four sources of variation in transaction tax rates present in recent Scottish tax systems: (1) j…