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Sitting Next to a Dropout - Academic Success of Students with More Educated Peers
Goller, Daniel; Diem, Andrea; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our … of dropouts on first-time students’ success masks treatment heterogeneity and non-linearities. First, we find negative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081431
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Philosphers and Economists Can Agree on the Intergenerational Discount Rate and Climate Policy Paths
Nesje, Frikk; Drupp, Moritz A.; Freeman, Mark C.; Groom, Ben - 2022
The estimated values to society from long-term public projects, including climate change mitigation and infrastructure construction, are highly sensitive to the social discount rate (SDR) employed. Governmental guidance on social discounting has predominantly been based on input from expert...
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Cross-Dynastic Intergenerational Altruism
Nesje, Frikk - 2022
I study whether saving behavior reveals socially relevant intertemporal preferences. To this end, I decompose the present generation’s preference for the next into its dynastic and cross-dynastic components in a model of saving. If people are concerned about the next generation as such, then...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013296272
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"The Double Dividend of Training" - Labor Market Effects of Work-Related Continuous Education in Switzerland
Denzler, Stefan; Ruhose, Jens; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
This paper presents the first longitudinal estimates of the effect of work-related training on labor market outcomes in Switzerland. Using a novel dataset that links official census data on adult education to longitudinal register data on labor market outcomes, we apply a regression-adjusted...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014243161
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Private Tutoring and Academic Achievement in a Selective Education System
Zumbuehl, Maria; Hof, Stefanie; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
threshold students may make use of additional resources, such as private tutoring. We investigate how the use of private … successfully pass through this school, controlling for the students competencies after tutoring, but before the transition. Using … PISA and linked register data from Switzerland, we find that students who had private tutoring before the transition are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014242795
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The consequences of being different: Statistical discrimination and the school-to-work transition
Mueller, Barbara; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2011
a unique longitudinal survey that follows the PISA 2000 students in their educational and work-life career. We test …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010274787