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mapped into the observed 1-5 integer scores, for over 4.5 million students. Earning higher AP integer scores positively … that receiving a score of 3 over a 2 on junior year AP exams causes students to take between 0.06 and 0.14 more AP exams …
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The theory on the demand for health suggests that schooling causes health because schooling increases the efficiency of health production. Alternatively, the allocative efficiency hypothesis argues that schooling alters the input mix chosen to produce health. This suggests that the more educated...
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Using data from the NLSY97 we analyze the impact of education on health behaviors, measured by smoking and heavy drinking. Controlling for health knowledge does not influence the impact of education on health behaviors, supporting the productive efficiency hypothesis. Although cognition, as...
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,000 individuals from 53 countries. Country characteristics (such as per-capita income, average education of the country, presence of … of the individuals influence vengeful feelings. The magnitude of vengeful feelings is greater for people in low-income …-crime areas of their country and people who are at the bottom 50% of their country's income distribution are more vengeful. The …
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We exploit information on compulsory schooling reforms in 11 European countries, implemented mostly in the 1960s and 70s, to identify the impact of education on religious adherence and religious practices. Using micro data from the European Social Survey, conducted in various years between 2002...
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new curriculum pivoted away from the old lock-step course structure where all students took the same courses and only … data on university students and employing a difference-in-difference approach, we find that the students who were exposed … and mental well-being is better. These students are more likely to have positive attitudes towards themselves and they are …
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“Dragon” effect on test scores is eliminated when we account for parents' expectations about their children's educational and … professional success. We find that parents of Dragon children have higher expectations for their children in comparison to other … parents, and that they invest more heavily in their children in terms of time and money. We also show that girls are about six …
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At least one of every five marriages is consanguineous (between couples who are second cousins or closer) in the Middle East and North Africa, and the rate is higher than 50 percent in some parts of the world. Consanguineous marriage generates serious health problems for the offspring and...
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Using micro data on more than 130,000 individuals from 69 countries, we analyze the extent to which joblessness of the individuals and the prevailing unemployment rate in the country impact perceptions of the effectiveness of democracy. We find that personal joblessness experience translates...
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