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 …

in the Economics gender gap among treated students. …

Children of Asian immigrants in most English-speaking destinations have better academic outcomes, yet the underlying … causes of their advantages are under-studied. We employ panel time-use diaries by two cohorts of children observed over a … decade to present new evidence that children of Asian immigrants begin spending more time than their peers on educational …

Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in … pronounced for higher performing students. By contrast, gender differences in media time are the main factor explaining gender … gaps in non-cognitive skills. As children age, gender differences in time allocation play an increasing role in explaining …

in children and adolescents. Using over 50 thousand time use diaries from two cohorts of Australian children spanning … over 16 years, we first document that children sleep significantly less on days with longer daylight duration, partly by … sleeping longer improves selected general developmental, behavioural and health outcomes in children and adolescents. By …

This study explores the allocation of time, particularly to sleep, among children and adolescents in response to daily … sleep duration, while children of mothers with lower education or unemployment exhibit a subtle impact. These insights …