Re: [Marxism] Question about IZA-Institute of Labor Economics

[Nick Fredman via Marxism]

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I've used technical aspects of their papers for my recent work, which is in
quantitative social program evaluation, a field which basically comes from
econometrics. The education stuff I've seen seems on the progressive side
of education economics, such as a paper I've just looked at for technical
reasons but which was about showing the benefits of universal public
pre-school programs. I had the impression they were along the lines of the
Melbourne Institute, which Australians might know as generally housing more
social democratic economists and often examining education, welfare and
social programs. The latter isn't a private institute but a Melbourne
University department. Sure private institutes often have more of a agenda:
as Gary might know the Grattan Institute here has a definite neo-liberal
agenda on education and other areas. IZA seems massive and across many
areas so might be less consistent, and definitely more intellectually sound
than pseudo-academic hard-right propaganda outfits like the Institute of
Public Affairs here. It seems a pretty tenuous link between the labour
market views of a chair and a study on ethnic interactions in the
classroom. From a quick look it seems sound enough and nothing at all to do
with privatising school or attacking education unions. I'd take it on face
value.

On Mon, Apr 10, 2017 at 11:02 AM, Gary MacLennan via Marxism <
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> No information to give Manuel, but I am very interested in the possible
> relevance of this study for Indigenous teaching in Australia. Thank you for
> posting it
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> comradely
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> Gary
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> > Hello, I wonder if any on this list can provide information on a
> > German-based foundation, IZA-Institute of Labor Economics. Here is the
> > website: https://www.iza.org/en/about
> >
> > They just published an interesting (sounding) study on the role of "Same
> > race" teachers and educational outcomes, specifically among Black U.S.
> > students (cf. http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/
> us/study-black-students-from-
> > poor-families-are-more-likely-to-graduate-high-school-if-
> > they-have-at-least-one-black-teacher/ar-BBzBuQy?li=BBnbcA1). However, in
> > their description they tout their interests as "building a bridge between
> > science and society. We want to facilitate the communication of existing
> > knowledge while at the same time stimulating research to close knowledge
> > gaps. We see this approach as complementary to purely academic research.
> > The transfer of scientific knowledge is an important task which has often
> > been undervalued in traditional research and requires extra efforts."
> They
> > also say they are seeking "to achieve a fair balance between individual
> > wealth and societal wealth. In light of rapidly developing technological
> > innovations and changing social policy needs, the search for effective
> > solutions will remain a continuous challenge."
> >
> >
> > My  interest here is to find on-the-ground background knowledge about
> > their credibility regarding their findings and their intents regarding
> the
> > study I mentioned before about Black students benefiting from Black
> > teachers. I'm sure some of you may simply think the issue is too much
> > "identity politics". If so, just ignore the post and go about your
> > business. Those of you who may some information, I would greatly
> appreciate
> > it.
> >
> > MB
> >
> > [http://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/BBzBuQu.img]<
> > http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/study-black-students-from-
> > poor-families-are-more-likely-to-graduate-high-school-if-
> > they-have-at-least-one-black-teacher/ar-BBzBuQy?li=BBnbcA1>
> >
> > Study: Black students from poor families are more likely to graduate high
> > school if they have at least one black teacher > us/news/us/study-black-students-from-poor-families-
> > 

Re: [Marxism] Question about IZA-Institute of Labor Economics

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Sounds to me like  a right-wing, anti-labor org pushing racial segregation
under the guise of "identity politics".

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> "Hello, I wonder if any on this list can provide information on a
> German-based foundation, IZA-Institute of Labor Economics."
> P.S. I found some of this information myself. IZA is funded by an
> apparently a foundation in Germany that supports deregulation of labor laws
> ultimately aimed at removing the minimum wage and other fair labor
> practices in Europe (mostly Germany). It is led by Klaus Zumwinkel, former
> CEO of Deustche Post and forced to resign for tax evasion. WSWS reported
> some of that recently https://www.wsws.org/en/
> articles/2015/04/13/germ-a13.html (no endorsement of WSWS In Any Way
> intended) and is also reported in the business journal, Hansblatt Global
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> https://global.handelsblatt.com/companies-markets/
> deutsche-posts-second-class-system-500513
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> Thanks anyway
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[Marxism] Question about IZA-Institute of Labor Economics

[Manuel Barrera via Marxism]

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Hello, I wonder if any on this list can provide information on a German-based 
foundation, IZA-Institute of Labor Economics. Here is the website: 
https://www.iza.org/en/about

They just published an interesting (sounding) study on the role of "Same race" 
teachers and educational outcomes, specifically among Black U.S. students (cf. 
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/study-black-students-from-poor-families-are-more-likely-to-graduate-high-school-if-they-have-at-least-one-black-teacher/ar-BBzBuQy?li=BBnbcA1).
 However, in their description they tout their interests as "building a bridge 
between science and society. We want to facilitate the communication of 
existing knowledge while at the same time stimulating research to close 
knowledge gaps. We see this approach as complementary to purely academic 
research. The transfer of scientific knowledge is an important task which has 
often been undervalued in traditional research and requires extra efforts." 
They also say they are seeking "to achieve a fair balance between individual 
wealth and societal wealth. In light of rapidly developing technological 
innovations and changing social policy needs, the search for eff
 ective solutions will remain a continuous challenge."


My  interest here is to find on-the-ground background knowledge about their 
credibility regarding their findings and their intents regarding the study I 
mentioned before about Black students benefiting from Black teachers. I'm sure 
some of you may simply think the issue is too much "identity politics". If so, 
just ignore the post and go about your business. Those of you who may some 
information, I would greatly appreciate it.

MB

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Study: Black students from poor families are more likely to graduate high 
school if they have at least one black 
teacher
www.msn.com
The results are most marked for male African American students from very 
low-income families, the Johns Hopkins research finds.


IZA - Institute of Labor Economics
www.iza.org
IZA is an independent economic research institute that conducts research in 
labor economics and offers evidence-based policy advice on labor market issues.




Manuel Barrera, PhD
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