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Peer Effects and Students’ Self-Control
Buechel, Berno; Mechtenberg, Lydia; Petersen, Julia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We conducted a multi-wave field experiment to study the interaction of peer effects and self-control among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259285
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Literacy Profile of Ontario’s Youth
Kapsalis, Constantine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
This study develops a literacy profile of Ontario's youth (ages 17 to 25) using data from the International Adult … Literacy Survey. The analysis concentrates on Canadian-born youth only. Because of sample limitations, it was not possible to … explore the literacy skills of foreign-born youth. IALS classifies respondents into 5 levels of literacy, across 3 literacy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685376
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Impatience and uncertainty: Experimental decisions predict adolescents' field behavior
Sutter, Matthias; Kocher, Martin G.; Daniela, G.-R.; … - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010737632
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Quality of Education among Primary School Children receiving Mid-Day Meal: Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment
Kundu, Amit; Dutt, Gitanjali - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
This paper on the basis of Quasi-experiment shows that ‘quality of education’ of the students of the government owned …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011275124
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FACTORS AFFECTING THE ENROLLMENT AND THE RETENTION OF STUDENTS AT PRIMARY EDUCATION IN ANDHRA PRADESH – A VILLAGE LEVEL STUDY
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
There is an imperative need to change the education pattern to achieve universal primary education in India. Even after 60 years of Independence, India faces obstacles in providing Education For All. This study was conducted in a primary school of Errabelly village of Karimnager district of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005837468
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The Effect of Compulsory Schooling Laws on Teenage Marriage and Births in Turkey
Kirdar, Murat; Dayioglu, Meltem; Koc, Ismet - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
This paper estimates the impact of the extension of compulsory schooling in Turkey from 5 to 8 years—which increased the 8th grade completion rate for women by 30 percentage points—on marriage and birth outcomes of teenage women in Turkey. We find that increased compulsory schooling years...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258654
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A causal analysis of mother’s education on birth inequalities
Bacci, Silvia; Bartolucci, Francesco; Pieroni, Luca - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
We propose a causal analysis of the mother’s educational level on the health status of the newborn, in terms of gestational weeks and weight. The analysis is based on a finite mixture structural equation model, the parameters of which have a causal interpretation. The model is applied to a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011258923
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Testing the Children Quantity-Quality Trade-Off in India
Kumar, Santosh; Kugler, Adriana - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
Using data from a representative sample from India, we test the empirical validity of Quantity-Quality tarde-off model of Becker and Lewis (1973). To address the endogeneity arising from the joint determination of quantity and quality of children by parents, we instrument the family size by sex...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011112298
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A theory of family education incentives and inequality
Jellal, Mohamed - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
In this paper, we examine the consequences of imperfect information on the pattern of transfers from parents to children. Drawing on the theory of mechanism design, we consider a model of family contract with two levels of effort. We prove that equal transfers among children are expected under...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011113407
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Does bullying reduce educational achievement? An evaluation using matching estimators
Ponzo, Michela - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
Using data from the Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (2006-PIRLS) and the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (2007-TIMSS), we investigate the impact of being a victim of school bullying on educational achievement for Italian students enrolled at the fourth and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009421988