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Technology and young children : bridging the communication-generation gap

Allen, Lee (contributor); Blake, Sally (contributor); … - 2012

1. The impact of technology on early childhood education: where the child things are? adults, children, digital … monsters and the spaces in between / Andrew Neil Gibbons -- 2. Enculturation of young children and technology / Alexandru … Spatariu and Susan Bell -- 3. Children's power for learning in the age of technology / Julie McLeod, Lin Lin and Sheri Vasinda …

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Child development and the use of technology : perspectives, applications and experiences

Allen, Lee (contributor); Blake, Sally (contributor); … - 2012

"This book addresses major issues regarding technology for young children, providing a holistic portrait of technology …1. Socrates and Descartes meet the E*Trade baby: the impact of early technology on children's developing beliefs about … knowledge and knowing / Denise L. Winsor and Sally Blake -- 2. The epistemology of young children / Denise L. Winsor -- 3 …

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The Knowledge Lift: The Swedish Adult Education Program That Aimed to Eliminate Low Worker Skill Levels

Albrecht, James; den Berg, Gerard J. van; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2005

participation on individual labor market outcomes, notably employment and annual income, as well as on the labor market equilibrium …

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The Aggregate Labor Market Effects of the Swedish Knowledge Lift Program

Albrecht, James; Berg, Gerard J. van den; Vroman, Susan - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006

The Swedish adult education program known as the Knowledge Lift (1997-2002) was unprecedented in its size and scope, aiming to raise the skill level of large numbers of lowskill workers. This paper evaluates the potential effects of this program on aggregate labor market outcomes. This is done...

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The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors

Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...

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The Impact of Physical Education on Obesity among Elementary School Children

Cawley, John; Frisvold, David E.; Meyerhoefer, Chad D. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012

have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However … particular, boys), while the instrument is insufficiently powerful to reliably estimate effects for younger children. This …

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