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Nature or Nurture in Higher Education? Inter-Generational Implications of the Vietnam-Era Lottery
Christofides, Louis N. - 2016
educational attainment. Is it a genetic inter-generational transmission of innate ability from parents to their children (i ….e. nature) or is it the environment that the better educated parents provide for their children (i.e. nurture) that explains …It is evident that a strong positive correlation persists between the educational attainment of parents and that of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013004730
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Grades, Aspirations and Post-Secondary Education Outcomes
Christofides, Louis N. - 2012
indirect path, parents and peers also influence educational outcomes directly. Policy measures that operate on parental …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099703
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Effects of childhood peers on personality skills
Feng, Shuaizhang; Kim, Jun Hyung; Yang, Zhe - 2021
Despite extensive literature on peer effects, the role of peers on personality skill development remains poorly understood. We fill this gap by investigating the effects of having disadvantaged primary school peers, generated by random classroom assignment and parental migration for employment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012704643
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Access to Public Schools and the Education of Migrant Children in China
Chen, Yuanyuan - 2012
A significant proportion of migrant children in China are not able to attend public schools for lack of local household … migrant students who are unable to enroll in public schools perform significantly worse than their more fortunate counterparts … key factor determining the quality of education that migrant children receive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099717
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Heterogeneous peer effects under endogenous selection : an application to local and migrant children in elementary schools in Shanghai
Chen, Yuanyuan; Feng, Shuaizhang; Yang, Chao - 2022
local students in Shanghai, where local students all go to public schools, but migrant students are endogenously selected … all student groups. We conduct policy experiments to examine the effect of transferring migrant students from private …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012814374
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Heterogeneous Peer Effects Under Endogenous Selection : An Application to Local and Migrant Children in Elementary Schools in Shanghai
Chen, Yuanyuan; Feng, Shuaizhang; Yang, Chao - 2022
local students in Shanghai, where local students all go to public schools, but migrant students are endogenously selected … all student groups. We conduct policy experiments to examine the effect of transferring migrant students from private …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014083868