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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013223667
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The Optimal Design of Assisted Reproductive Technologies Policies
Leroux, Marie-Louise; Pestieau, Pierre; Ponthiere, Gregory - 2022
This paper studies the optimal design of assisted reproductive technologies (ART) policies in an economy where individuals differ in their reproductive capacity (or fecundity) and in their wage. We find that the optimal ART policy varies with the postulated social welfare criterion....
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Culture and Gender Allocation of Tasks : Source Country Characteristics and the Division of Non-Market Work Among US Immigrants
Blau, Francine D. - 2020
There is a well-known gender difference in time allocation within the household, which has important implications for gender differences in labor market outcomes. We ask how malleable this gender difference in time allocation is to culture. In particular, we ask if US immigrants allocate tasks...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012837672
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International Sanctions and Emigration
Gutmann, Jerg; Langer, Pascal; Neuenkirch, Matthias - 2024
In this first empirical analysis of how sanctions affect international migration, we apply two estimation strategies, a panel difference-in-differences model and an event study approach. Our dataset covers 79,791 dyad-year observations, reflecting migration flows from 157 origin countries to 32...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014469523
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Who Teaches the Teachers? A RCT of Peer-to-Peer Observation and Feedback in 181 Schools
Murphy, Richard - 2020
Control Trial (RCT) conditions. Half of 181 volunteer primary schools in England were randomly selected to participate in a … masks large heterogeneity; in small schools, which would have no choice over which teachers would be involved, we find … negative impacts of the training (0.1-0.18SD), whereas we find positive impacts in larger schools (0.06-0.17SD). We conclude …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012836718
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Race-Blind Admissions, School Segregation, and Student Outcomes : Evidence from Race- Blind Magnet School Lotteries
Cook, Jason - 2019
its oversubscribed magnet schools. The district had previously integrated its schools by conducting separate admissions … cohorts. More segregated schools enroll students with lower baseline achievement and employ lower valueadded teachers … segregated schools. Ultimately, mandated segregation decreases student test scores and college attendance …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012892247
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Increased Instruction Time and Stress-Related Health Problems Among School Children
Marcus, Jan - 2019
While several studies suggest that stress-related mental health problems among school children are related to specific elements of schooling, empirical evidence on this causal relationship is scarce. We examine a German schooling reform that increased weekly instruction time and study its...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012866398
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Building Social Cohesion in Ethnically Mixed Schools : An Intervention on Perspective Taking
Alan, Sule; Baysan, Ceren; Gumren, Mert; Kubilay, Elif - 2021
We evaluate the impact of an educational program that aims to build social cohesion in ethnically mixed schools by … composition in schools has changed due to a massive influx of refugee children. We measure a comprehensive set of outcomes that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314808
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Can Schools Change Religious Attitudes? Evidence from German State Reforms of Compulsory Religious Education
Arold, Benjamin W.; Woessmann, Ludger; Zierow, Larissa - 2022
We study whether compulsory religious education in schools affects students’ religiosity as adults. We exploit the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013308746
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Quantifying the Macroeconomic Impact of COVID-19-Related School Closures Through the Human Capital Channel
la Maisonneuve, Christine de; Égert, Balázs; Turner, David - 2023
This paper uses a new measure of human capital, which distinguishes both quality and quantity components, to estimate the long-term effect of the Covid-19-related school closures on aggregate productivity through the human capital channel. Productivity losses build up over time and are estimated...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014356978