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Causal effects of paternity leave on children and parents
Cools, Sara; Fiva, Jon. H.; Kirkebøen, Lars J. - 2011
In this paper we use a parental leave reform directed towards fathers to identify the causal effects of paternity leave on children's and parents' outcomes. We document that paternity leave causes fathers to become more important for children's cognitive skills. School performance at age 16...
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Should Schools Grade Student Behavior? Quasi-Experimental Evidence from Comportment Grade Reforms
Schoner, Florian; Mergele, Lukas; Zierow, Larissa - 2021
Numerous countries require teachers to assign comportment grades rating students’ social and work behavior in the classroom. However, the impact of such policies on student outcomes remains unknown. We exploit the staggered introduction of comportment grading across German federal states...
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The Impact of All-Day Schools on Student Achievement - Evidence from Extending School Days in German Primary Schools
Seidlitz, Arnim; Zierow, Larissa - 2021
This paper studies the effect of longer school days - induced by voluntary all-day programs in German primary schools …
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Efficiency potential and efficiency variation in Norwegian lower secondary schools
Borge, Lars-Erik; Naper, Linn Renee - 2005
The paper performs an efficiency analysis of the lower secondary school sector in Norway. The efficiency potential is calculated to 14 percent based on a DEA analysis with grades in core subjects (adjusted for student characteristics and family background) as outputs. The analysis of the...
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How Does Reducing the Intensity of Tracking Affect Student Achievement? Evidence from German State Reforms
Piopiunik, Marc - 2021
from lower socio-economic status families – benefited in particular. In contrast, we find no effects on acquiring a middle …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013217375
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The effects of school competition on academic achievement and grading standards
Himmler, Oliver - 2009
Nationwide school choice and fixed per-student governmental funding provide incentives for Dutch schools to perform … well. Roughly one third of Dutch pre-university schools are of catholic denomination. Acknowledging this widely available … outside option to public and other schools, this paper considers the effect of catholic competition on non-catholic school …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010265979
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Why does height matter for educational Attainment? Evidence from German pre-teen children
Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim - 2010
Several studies have shown that body height is positively associated with educational attainment. In this paper, we investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are more likely to enroll in 'Gymnasium', the most...
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The Effects of Free Secondary School Track Choice : A Disaggregated Synthetic Control Approach
Osikominu, Aderonke; Pfeifer, Gregor; Strohmaier, Kristina - 2021
We exploit a recent state-level reform in Germany that granted parents the right to decide on the highest secondary school track suitable for their child, changing the purpose of the primary teacher's recommendation from mandatory to informational. Applying a disaggregated synthetic control...
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Job Location Decisions and the Effect of Children on the Employment Gender Gap
Albanese, Andrea; Nieto, Adrián; Tatsiramos, Konstantinos - 2022
We study the effect of childbirth on local and non-local employment dynamics for both men and women using Belgian social security and geo-location data. Applying an event-study design that accounts for treatment effect heterogeneity, we show that 75 percent of the effect of the birth of a first...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013353404
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Land Access and Youth Livelihood Opportunities in Southern Ethiopia
Bezu, Sosina; Holden, Stein T. - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2013
land scarcity. Our econometric analyses show that youth from families with larger land holding are less likely to choose …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011260202