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How social ties affect peer-group effects: a case of university students

Poldin, Oleg; Valeeva, Dilyara; Yudkevich, Maria - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

explore how the individual performance of university students is influenced by characteristics and achievements of peers from … partners for thirdyear students at a top-tier Russian university. Data on network ties in randomly formed student groups …’s background has on students. We show that both the GPA of peers and their ability measures are significant in the estimated …

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Parental Occupational Status And Labour Market Outcomes In Russia

Bessudnov, Alexey - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

This paper looks at the effect of parental occupational status on their children’s occupational status and earnings in Russia. The analysis based on twelve surveys conducted from 1991 to 2011 (n=21,639) demonstrates a statistically significant effect of parental occupational status on...

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Is Education a Signal on the Russian Labour Market?

Aistov, Andrey - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2012

This research focuses on estimating the signalling role of education on the Russian labour market. Two well-known screening hypotheses are initially considered. According to rst of these, education is an ideal lter of persons with low productivity: education does not increase the productivity of...

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Gender differences in mathematical performance and the school context: Evidence from Russia

Bessudnov, Alexey; Makarov, Alexey - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

Gender dierences in mathematical performance have been long debated in psychology, economics, and sociology. We contribute to this literature by analyzing a large data set of high school graduates who in 2011 took a standardized mathematical test in Russia (n = 738; 456). We nd no substantial...

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One or Many? Using the New Opportunities of the Unified State Exam in Russian University Admissions

Ampilogov, Andrey; Prakhov, Ilya; Yudkevich, Maria - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2013

institutions at the same time. However, many students do not take advantage of this opportunity and apply only to a single …

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University Admission In Russia: Do the Wealthier Benefit from Standardized Exams?

Prakhov, Ilya; Yudkevich, Maria - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2012

subsequently propose that students from the most affluent households do invest more in additional types of preparation (pre … income group. Finally, we show that holding the result of the USE equal, students with good and fair marks from wealthy …

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The Barriers Of Access To Elite Higher Education In Russia

Prakhov, Ilya - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

that university selectivity can be determined not only by the Unified State Exam scores among admitted students (the main …

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Contextualizing Academic Performance In Russian Schools: School Characteristics, The Composition Of Student Body And Local Deprivation

Yasterbov, Gordey A.; Bessudnov, Alexey R.; Pinskaya, … - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

This study focuses on how social contexts promote disparities in academic performance between Russian high schools. In particular, we investigate how a school’s average Unified State Examination (USE) scores in Russian and mathematics relate to the social composition of its student body, its...

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Is Brazilian Education Improving? A Comparative Foray Using Pisa And Saeb Brazil Test Scores

Carnoy, Martin; Khavenson, Tatiana; Costa, Leandro; … - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

We use a national Brazilian test (SAEB) and an international test (PISA) to measure whether Brazilian students 13 … comparing test scores for students with similar family academic resources. Our empirical strategy is descriptive and comparative …. We find that Brazilian students have made test score gains during this period on the PISA, but much less so on the SAEB …

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The Dynamics Of Investment In Pre-Entry Coaching And The Returns From Private Tutoring In Russia

Prakhov, Ilya A. - National Research University Higher School of Economics - 2014

This paper examines the patterns of pre-entry coaching and corresponding investment in private tutoring before and after the introduction of the Unified State Exam (the USE). We estimate the effectiveness of private tutoring in 2012 – a few years after the USE became a prerequisite for...

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