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"High"-School: The Relationship between Early Marijuana Use and Educational Outcomes
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Le, Trinh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
We use unique survey data linked to nearly a decade of administrative welfare data to examine the relationship between early marijuana use (at age 14 or younger) and young people's educational outcomes. We find evidence that early marijuana use is related to educational penalties that are...
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The Economics of Human Development and Social Mobility
Heckman, James J.; Mosso, Stefano - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
will better capture the active role of the emerging autonomous child in learning and responding to the actions of parents …
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The Economics of Risky Health Behaviors
Cawley, John; Ruhm, Christopher J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
Risky health behaviors such as smoking, drinking alcohol, drug use, unprotected sex, and poor diets and sedentary lifestyles (leading to obesity) are a major source of preventable deaths. This chapter overviews the theoretical frameworks for, and empirical evidence on, the economics of risky...
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The Tower of Babel in the Classroom: Immigrants and Natives in Italian Schools
Ballatore, Rosario Maria; Fort, Margherita; Ichino, Andrea - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
math) and does not vanish when children grow up to age 10. Conventional estimates are instead smaller because they are …
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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra
Cortes, Kalena E.; Goodman, Joshua; Nomi, Takako - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills. A regression discontinuity design shows substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on...
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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
Das deutsche Bildungssystem steht ungeachtet diverser Reformanstrengungen in der jüngeren Vergangenheit weiter vor großen Herausforderungen: Im internationalen Vergleich fehlt es an sozialer Chancengleichheit im Verlauf der Bildungskarrieren, und für eine "Bildungsnation" nehmen sich die...
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Private Tutoring: Evidence from India
Azam, Mehtabul - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
Drawing on the nationally representative "Participation and Expenditure in Education" surveys, we document the incidence and cost of private tutoring at different stages of schooling over the last two decades in India. As private tutoring involve two decisions: a) whether to take private tuition...
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Equalization of Opportunity: Definitions, Implementable Conditions and Application to Early-Childhood Policy Evaluation
Andreoli, Francesco; Havnes, Tarjei; Lefranc, Arnaud - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
equalizing opportunity among children, using quantile treatment effects estimates of a major child care reform in Norway. …
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Is There an Educational Penalty for Being Suspended from School?
Cobb-Clark, Deborah A.; Kassenboehmer, Sonja C.; Le, Trinh - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
Suspension from school is a commonly-used, yet controversial, school disciplinary measure. This paper uses unique survey data to estimate the impact of suspension on the educational outcomes of those suspended. It finds that while suspension is strongly associated with educational outcomes, the...
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Inequality during the Early Years: Child Outcomes and Readiness to Learn in Australia, Canada, United Kingdom, and United States
Bradbury, Bruce; Corak, Miles; Waldfogel, Jane; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
This study of the emergence of inequality during the early years is based upon a comparative analysis of children at … Canada. Second, large differences in cognitive outcomes exist in all countries between children from disadvantaged … which children at the top of the SES distribution out-perform those in the middle. Third, disparities in social and …
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