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We present direct evidence on the link between children's patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …
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We present direct evidence on the link between children's patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012584079
We present direct evidence on the link between children's patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012591184
We present direct evidence on the link between children’s patience and educational-track choices years later. Combining … an incentivized patience measure of 493 primary-school children with their high-school track choices taken at least three …
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The leading school reform policy in the United States revolves around strong accountability of schools with consequences for performance. The federal government's involvement through the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 reinforces the prior movement of many states toward policies based on...
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sensible beliefs about the outcomes. Students believe that their parents are more likely to approve majors associated with high …At least a quarter of college students in the United States graduate with more than one undergraduate major. This paper … investigates how students decide on the composition of their paired majors - in other words, whether the majors chosen are …
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sensible beliefs about the outcomes. Students believe that their parents are more likely to approve majors associated with high …At least a quarter of college students in the United States graduate with more than one undergraduate major. This paper … investigates how students decide on the composition of their paired majors? In other words, whether the majors chosen are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013135439
We develop a simple human capital model for optimum schooling length when earnings are stochastic, and highlight the pivotal role of risk attitudes and the schooling gradient of earnings risk. We use Spanish data to document the gradient and to estimate individual response to earnings risk in...
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