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Engaging girls in math : the unequal effects of text messaging to help parents support early math development
Doss, Christopher; Fricke, Hans; Loeb, Susanna; … - In: Economics of education review 88 (2022), pp. 1-18
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Income, schooling, and ability : evidence from a new sample of identical twins
Ashenfelter, Orley - 1997
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The labor market returns to computer skills : evidence from a field experiment and California UI earnings records
Fairlie, Robert W.; Bahr, Peter Riley - 2017
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Income, Schooling, and Ability : Evidence from a New Sample of Identical Twins
Ashenfelter, Orley - 1997
We develop a model of optimal schooling investments and estimate it using new data on approximately 700 identical twins. We estimate an average return to schooling of 9 percent for identical twins, but estimated returns appear to be slightly higher for less able individuals. Simple cross-section...
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Income, Schooling, and Ability : Evidence from a New Sample of Identical Twins
Ashenfelter, Orley; Rouse, Cecilia E. - 2021
We develop a model of optimal schooling investments and estimate it using new data on approximately 700 identical twins. We estimate an average return to schooling of 9 percent for identical twins, but estimated returns appear to be slightly higher for less able individuals. Simple cross-section...
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Estimating teacher impacts on student achievement : an experimental evaluation
Kane, Thomas J.; Staiger, Douglas - 2008
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The effects of home computers on educational outcomes : evidence from a field experiment with community college students
Fairlie, Robert W.; London, Rebecca A. - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 122 (2012) 561, pp. 727-753
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Measuring test measurement error : a general approach
Boyd, Donald; Lankford, Hamilton; Loeb, Susanna; … - 2012
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The effects of home computers on educational outcomes : evidence from a field experiment with community college students
Fairlie, Robert W.; London, Rebecca A. - 2013
first-ever field experiment involving the provision of free computers to students for home use. Financial aid students … not large. We also provide some evidence that students initially living farther from campus benefit more from the free … computers than students living closer to campus. Home computers appear to improve students ́computer skills and may increase the …
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Estimating Teacher Impacts on Student Achievement : An Experimental Evaluation
Kane, Thomas J. - 2009
We used a random-assignment experiment in Los Angeles Unified School District to evaluate various non-experimental methods for estimating teacher effects on student test scores. Having estimated teacher effects during a pre-experimental period, we used these estimates to predict student...
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