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Chancengleichheit und lebenslanges Lernen: Zur Zukunft der Bildung in Deutschland
Ritzen, Jo; Hinte, Holger - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
höher. Keine Investition wird sich für Deutschland mehr und nachhaltiger rentieren und ist in Form von späterem …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884068
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The Economics of Child Well-Being
Conti, Gabriella; Heckman, James J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2012
This chapter presents an integrated economic approach that organizes and interprets the evidence on child development. It also discusses the indicators of child well-being that are used in international comparisons. Recent evidence on child development is summarized, and policies to promote...
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Does Head Start Improve Children's Life Chances? Evidence from a Regression Discontinuity Design
Ludwig, Jens; Miller, Douglas L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2006
grantwriting assistance. We find evidence of a large drop at the OEO cutoff in mortality rates for children from causes that could …
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Cognitive Ability, Character Skills, and Learning to Play Equilibrium: A Level-k Analysis
Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
In this paper we investigate how cognitive ability and character skills influence behavior, success and the evolution of play towards Nash equilibrium in repeated strategic interactions. We study behavior in a p-beauty contest experiment and find striking differences according to cognitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010886141
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Higher Intelligence Groups Have Higher Cooperation Rates in the Repeated Prisoner's Dilemma
Proto, Eugenio; Rustichini, Aldo; Sofianos, Andis - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
Intelligence affects social outcomes of groups. A systematic study of the link is provided in an experiment where two … groups of subjects with different levels of intelligence, but otherwise similar, play a repeated prisoner's dilemma. The … initial cooperation rates are similar, it increases in the groups with higher intelligence to reach almost full cooperation …
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Cognitive Ability and Paternalism
Saint-Paul, Gilles - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2002
sufficient intelligence by people with limited intelligence may dominate government regulation. …
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Initial Risk Matrix, Home Resources, Ability Development and Children's Achievement
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an epidemiological …
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Self-Productivity and Complementarities in Human Development: Evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk, an epidemiological cohort …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005703341
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Early Life Adversity and Children's Competence Development: Evidence from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
achievement based on data from an epidemiological cohort study following 364 children from birth to adolescence. Results indicate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010627839
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If You Are So Smart, Why Aren't You an Entrepreneur? Returns to Cognitive and Social Ability: Entrepreneurs versus Employees
Hartog, Joop; van Praag, Mirjam; van der Sluis, Justin - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
How valuable are cognitive and social abilities for entrepreneurs’ incomes as compared to employees? We answer three questions: (1) To what extent does a composite measure of ability affect an entrepreneur's earnings relative to employees? (2) Do different cognitive abilities (e.g. math...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566530