Showing 1 - 10 of 163
compare patterns of segregation across nine ethnic groups, and across Local Education Authorities in England. Looking at both …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126275
This paper tests if gender-discrimination in grading affects pupils' achievements and course choices. I use a unique … during high school. Based on double-differences, the identification of the gender bias in grades suggests that girls benefit …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011266091
cited explanations of the gender gap in education in developing countries. This study empirically tests the labour market … functions and selectivity-corrected earnings fluctuations, and calculates the rates of return to education for the two sexes …. Using the Blinder-Oaxaca method, the gross gender difference in earnings is decomposed into the part that is explained by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010746292
unexplored dimensions of gender differences and discuss their bearings on labor market outcomes. Experiments have offered new … findings on gender discrimination, and while they have identified a bias against hiring women in some labor market segments …. Experiments have also offered new insights into gender differences in preferences: to gain less from negotiation, women appear to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126362
Although computers are universal in the classroom, nearly twenty million children in the United States do not have … computers in their homes. Surprisingly, only a few previous studies explore the role of home computers in the educational … process. Home computers might be very useful for completing school assignments, but they might also represent a distraction …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005712734
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013446507
concentrated on the income elasticity, but this tells us nothing other than that leisure (or education) is a normal good. Using a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010744915
No behavior sits in a vacuum, and one behavior can greatly affect what happens next. We propose a conceptual frame within which a broad range of behavioral spillovers can be accounted for when applying behavioral science to policy challenges. We consider behaviors which take place sequentially...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011150276
We conduct a controlled lab-field experiment to directly test the short-run spillover effects of one-off financial incentives in health. We consider how incentives affect effort in a physical activity task – and then how they spillover to subsequent eating behaviour. Compared to a control...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011126577
This paper studies the role of quality competition in endogenous growth and institutional factors which can affect growth through affecting quality competition. The R&D-based growth literature as it stands attributes the incentives for innovations to monopolist market structure, and regards the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010928601