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The Medieval Roots of Inclusive Institutions : From the Norman Conquest of England to the Great Reform Act

Angelucci, Charles - 2017

We study the process that led to the inclusion of merchant towns in the English Parliament, using a novel comprehensive dataset for 549 medieval English towns (boroughs). Our analysis begins with the Norman Conquest in 1066 - an event of enormous political change that resulted in largely...

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Born in the Family : Preferences for Boys and the Gender Gap in Math

Dossi, Gaia - 2019

We study the correlation between parental gender attitudes and the performance in mathematics of girls using two … when we study the correlations between girls' performance in mathematics and maternal gender role attitudes, using evidence … the observed gender disparities in mathematics performance and document that maternal gender attitudes correlate with …

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Scientific Education and Innovation : From Technical Diplomas to University STEM Degrees

Bianchi, Nicola - 2019

This paper studies the effects of university STEM education on innovation and labor market outcomes by exploiting a change in enrollment requirements in Italian STEM majors. University-level scientific education had two direct effects on the development of patents by students who had acquired a...

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Are Foreign Stem PhDs More Entrepreneurial? Entrepreneurial Characteristics, Preferences and Employment Outcomes of Native and Foreign Science & Engineering PhD Students

Roach, Michael - 2019

Prior research has shown that immigrants make important contributions to US innovation and are more likely than natives to become entrepreneurs. However, there is little evidence on how foreign and native high-skilled workers differ prior to entering the workforce. Moreover, little attention has...

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Dynamics of the Gender Gap in High Math Achievement

Ellison, Glenn - 2018

the American Mathematics Competition. A clear gender gap is already present by 9th grade and the gender gap widens over …

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The Impact of Permanent Residency Delays for STEM PhDs : Who leaves and Why

Kahn, Shulamit - 2018

This paper assesses whether delays in obtaining permanent residency status can explain recent declines in the share of Chinese and Indian PhD graduates from US STEM programs who remain in the US after their studies. We find that newly-binding limits on permanent visas for those from China and...

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The Heterogeneous Effect of Affirmative Action on Performance

Bracha, Anat - 2018

This paper experimentally investigates the effect of gender-based affirmative action (AA) on performance in the lab, focusing on a tournament environment. The tournament is based on GRE math questions commonly used in graduate school admission, and at which women are known to perform worse on...

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The Family Origin of the Math Gender Gap is a White Affluent Phenomenon

Dossi, Gaia; Figlio, David N.; Giuliano, Paola; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2021

mathematics, and that these norms could be transmitted within the family. Using data from the Florida Department of Education … find that gender role norms can explain the lower performance of girls in mathematics only in relatively affluent White …

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One-node Quadrature Beats Monte Carlo : A Generalized Stochastic Simulation Algorithm

Judd, Kenneth - 2011

In conventional stochastic simulation algorithms, Monte Carlo integration and curve fitting are merged together and implemented by means of regression. We perform a decomposition of the solution error and show that regression does a good job in curve fitting but a poor job in integration, which...

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Recruiting Effective Math Teachers : How Do Math Immersion Teachers Compare?

Boyd, Donald - 2010

School districts often struggle to recruit and retain effective math teachers. Alternative-route certification programs aim to expand the pool of teachers available; however, many alternate routes have not been able to attract large numbers of teacher candidates with undergraduate degrees in...

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