firms. We examine whether the effects of parental background in firm selection contribute to the persistence of income … the economic background of their parents. This influence on wages is significant and relatively greater than the impact of …

results show that students attending vocational schools perform significantly worse than those in general schools, except in … Portugal. Considering only general school students, the differences between big and small cities are not statistically … significant, while among students in vocational schools, those in a small city tend to perform better than those in a big city …

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 …

- 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 …

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 …

renouncement of income opportunities that they expect will be compensated during their working life. While these benefits are … of the economic cycle. However, after disaggregating the analysis by household income quartiles, results show that a 1 …

in the Economics gender gap among treated students. …