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This study examines the impacts of caregiving by grandparents on children's academic performance in China, using data …
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students. However, this may come at a cost since the existing literature emphasises the negative association between …. Specifically, for three consecutive years, students at two Belgian universities, in more than ten different study programmes, were … surveyed on their multitasking preferences and academic performance. Then, these results were merged with the students' exam …
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- longitudinal data on students' smartphone use and educational performance. For three consecutive years we surveyed all students … of academic achievement. These survey data were merged with the exam scores of these students. We analysed the resulting …
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exam results is more outspoken for students (i) with highly educated fathers, (ii) with divorced parents and (iii) who are …, and other drivers of academic success with the exam scores of first-year students at two Belgian universities. The … in good health. Policy-makers should at least invest in information and awareness campaigns of teachers and parents to …
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This study documents increased intergenerational support for elderly parents in China among adults who were exposed to … wife's parents residing in the same household. As expected in a patrilineal society, the increase in support is realized by … the husband's parents through more visits and financial transfers. Supporting our findings of stronger social networks …
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A dynamic discrete choice model is set up to estimate the effects of grade retention in high school, both in the short-run (end-of-year evaluation) and in the long-run (drop-out and delay). In contrast to other evaluation approaches, this model captures essential treatment heterogeneity and...
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