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We investigated the long-term effects of birthplace favoritism by top-ranking politicians on the quality of education in Vietnam. We used over 1 million test scores from the 2009 and 2014 Vietnamese national university entrance examinations. We examined both the different timing of political terms and the total years of birthplace favoritism. Using the school fixed effects, we found that birthplace favoritism did not have any significant impacts, regardless of the timing and duration of such favoritism. We did not find evidence for such impacts in the distribution of test scores either. The results also suggest that national entrance examinations were unaffected by birthplace favoritism up to 2014.

PurposeThis paper aims to deliberate on how corporate social responsibility (CSR) ought to be reconceived for better educational outcomes. It suggests that there are win-win opportunities for corporations and national governments to nurture human capital and address any skill gaps and mismatches in the labour market.Design/methodology/approachThe businesses' involvement in setting curriculum programmes may help to improve the quality and effectiveness of extant educational systems. This contribution reports on how different organisations are already engaging in responsible behaviours with varying degrees of intensity and success across many contexts.FindingsMany firms are often training and sponsoring individuals to pursue further studies for their career advancement. It also indicated that there are businesses that are engaging in laudable behaviours to attract prospective employees. Moreover, this paper contends that the provision of education, professional development and training will boost the employees' morale and job satisfaction, which may, in turn, lead to lower staff turnover rates and greater productivity levels in workplace environments.Social implicationsThis contribution implies that organisational cultures and their business ethos could be attuned with the governments' educational policies to actively respond to the diverse needs of today's learners and tomorrow's human resources.Originality/valueThere is a business case for CSR as the corporations' strategies realign their economic success with societal progress. Arguably, there is potential that such responsible behaviours can bring reputational benefits, enhance the firms' image among external stakeholders and could lead to a favourable climate of trust and cooperation within the company itself.

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction: Trajectory -- CHAPTER 1 State -- CHAPTER 2 Site -- CHAPTER 3 Event/Intervention -- CHAPTER 4 Fidelity -- CHAPTER 5 Subject -- CHAPTER 6 Generic -- Epilogue -- Bibliography -- Index

I examine the effects of state‐imposed binding school district tax and expenditure limitations (TELs) on states' shares of total education funding after the passage of the No Child Left Behind Act (NCLB). Binding TELs restrict school districts' abilities to raise additional revenue and increase expenditures. Using a state‐level panel dataset from 1992 to 2009, I find states that imposed binding school district TELs have at least 4.3 percent point higher state shares of total education funding relative to states without binding school district TELs after the passage of NCLB. This suggests state governments intervened by increasing funding assistance to school districts. NCLB was a fiscal shock to state governments' finances and this shock was an unintended consequence of the interaction between binding school district TELs and an underfunded federal mandate. As a result, there was an expansion in the role and influence of states in the provision of public education after the passage of NCLB.

There are eight articles included in this e-book, reflecting the interplay of a variety of conceptual and contextual aspects related to entrepreneurship education and its outcomes. Areas such as entrepeneurship in secondary and university education systems with a focus on creativity and different pedagogical models