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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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General Education, Vocational Education, and Labor-Market Outcomes Over the Life-Cycle
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2011
Policy debates about the balance of vocational and general education programs focus on the school-to-work transition. But with rapid technological change, gains in youth employment from vocational education may be offset by less adaptability and thus diminished employment later in life. To test...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013118533
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Culture and Student Achievement : The Intertwined Roles of Patience and Risk-Taking
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2020
addressing unobserved residence-country features, we find similar results when assigning migrant students their country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828604
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Culture and Student Achievement : The Intertwined Roles of Patience and Risk-Taking
Hanushek, Eric A. - 2020
addressing unobserved residence-country features, we find similar results when assigning migrant students their country …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012828793
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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