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education inequalities. Using PISA 2018 data from France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom, we find that students …. Similar results are found by considering days of absence from school. In the longer run, students who cannot learn remotely … on disadvantaged students and schools should be designed accordingly. …
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This paper investigates whether citizenship of immigrant students in the host country influences their choice of majors …, and whether these effects differ by gender. Using detailed students' data from an Italian university, combined with … students who acquire citizenship, particularly among males, leading to a reduction in gender gaps. Moreover, gender gaps are …
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We provide new evidence on the effect of adolescent health behaviors/outcomes (obesity, depression, smoking, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)) on schooling attainment using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. We take two different approaches to deal...
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in the Economics gender gap among treated students. …
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We revisit the much-investigated relationship between schooling and health, focusing on cognitive abilities at older ages using the Harmonized Cognition Assessment Protocol in the Health & Retirement Study. To address endogeneity concerns, we employ a nonparametric partial identification...
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, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. We find strong and significant cognitive losses of students lacking the … with the digital divide, while family characteristics matter in the United Kingdom. In the longer run, students who cannot …
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It is well-established that (1) there is a large genetic component to mental health, and (2) higher schooling attainment is associated with better mental health. Given these two observations, we test the hypothesis that schooling may attenuate the genetic predisposition to poor mental health....
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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 …
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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 …
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