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Parental education and child's education : a natural experiment
Chevalier, Arnaud (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002071969
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Living conditions of children and parental well-being : evidence from German data on life satisfaction
Schwarze, Johannes (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002121945
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School quality and family background in Italy
Brunello, Giorgio (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
regions and cohorts with poorer family background. Parental education has had asymmetric effects, positive on attainment and … individuals with poor family background and negative for individuals born in regions and cohorts with relatively high parental … to parental education in the production of individual human capital. When school quality and family background are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001745326
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How the human capital model explains why the gender wage gap narrowed
Polachek, Solomon W. (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001988966
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Educational production, endogenous peer group formation and class composition : evidence from the PISA 2000 study
Fertig, Michael (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001730994
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Shot across the bow, stigma or selection? : The effect of repeating a class on educational attainment
Fertig, Michael (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10002238954
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Educational attainment: analysis by immigrant generation
Chiswick, Barry R. (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001734036
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Paying with Self-Chosen Goals : Incentives and Gender Differences
Dalton, Patricio Santiago; Noussair, Charles; Gonzalez … - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2015
Abstract: To boost employees’ performance, firms often offer monetary bonuses when production goals are reached. However, the evidence suggests that the particular level of a goal is critical to the effectiveness of this practice. Goals must be challenging yet achievable. Computing optimal...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011220496
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Impact of Bilingual Education Programs on Limited English Proficient Students and Their Peers : Regression Discontinuity Evidence from Texas
Chin, A.; Meltem Daysal, N.; Imberman, S.A. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2012
Abstract: Texas requires a school district to offer bilingual education when its enrollment of limited English proficient (LEP) students in a particular elementary grade and language is twenty or higher. Using school panel data, we find a significant increase in the probability that a district...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092595
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Reading to Young Children : A Head-Start in Life?
van Ours, Jan; Kalb, G. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2013
Abstract: This paper investigates the importance of parents reading to their young children. Using Australian data we … find that parental reading to children at age 4 to 5 has positive and significant effects on reading skills and cognitive … skills of these children at least up to age 10 or 11. Our findings are robust to a wide range of sensitivity analyses. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092213