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Academic Achievement and Tracking - a Theory Based on Grading Standards
Ehlers, Tim - 2019
We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our model distinguishes between initial ability, which is mainly determined by parental background, and eagerness to extend knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability...
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Losing Prospective Entitlement to Unemployment Benefits. Impact on Educational Attainment
Cockx, Bart; Declercq, Koen; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2022
Providing income support to unemployed education-leavers reduces the returns to investments in education because it makes the consequences of unemployment less severe. We evaluate a two-part policy reform in Belgium to study whether conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment...
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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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Betting on Diversity – Occupational Segregation and Gender Stereotypes
Fischbacher, Urs; Kübler, Dorothea; Stüber, Robert - 2023
Many occupations and industries are highly segregated with respect to gender. This segregation could be due to … perceived job-specific productivity differences between men and women. It could also result from the belief that single-gender … personnel managers. The subjects bet on the productivity of teams of different gender compositions in tasks that differ with …
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Gender Diversity, Gender in the Boardroom and Gender Quotas
Kunze, Astrid; Scharfenkamp, Katrin - 2022
on gender diversity on boards. We exploit rich, newly assembled board–director matched panel data for Norway and Germany …, when a Norwegian board gender quota came into effect. We present two novel results that challenge previous thinking about … the effects of board gender quotas on women directors. First, we find a positive impact of employee representation before …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014241995
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Preterm Births and Educational Disadvantage : Heterogeneous Effects Across Families and Schools
Baranowska-Rataj, Anna - 2019
Using Swedish population register data on cohorts born 1982-1994 (N=1,087,750), we examine the effects of preterm births on school grades using sibling fixed effect models which compare individuals with their non-preterm siblings. We test for heterogeneous effects by degree of prematurity, as...
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How Does Reducing the Intensity of Tracking Affect Student Achievement? Evidence from German State Reforms
Piopiunik, Marc - 2021
To investigate the effects of reducing the intensity of tracking, this study exploits reforms across German states which combined the two lower secondary school tracks, sometimes additionally offering the possibility to acquire a university entrance qualification. Using a...
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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 - on school performance. We combine data from the National Educational Panel Study covering 5348 primary school students with municipality-level information on all-day school...
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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 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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