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High-Ability Influencers? The Heterogeneous Effects of Gifted Classmates
Balestra, Simone; Sallin, Aurélien; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2020
This paper examines how exposure to students identified as gifted (IQ ≥ 130) affects achievement in secondary school, enrollment in post-compulsory education, and occupational choices. By using student-level administrative data on achievement combined with psychological examination records, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012425699
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The Native-Migrant Gap in the Progression into and through Upper-Secondary Education
Wolter, Stefan C.; Zumbuehl, Maria - 2017
In this paper we follow the students that took the PISA 2012 test in Switzerland and analyze their transition into and progress in upper-secondary education. We observe a substantive difference in the rate of progress between natives and students with a migration background. One year after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011794149
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The Native-Migrant Gap in the Progression into and through Upper-Secondary Education
Wolter, Stefan C.; Zumbühl, Maria - 2017
In this paper we follow the students that took the PISA 2012 test in Switzerland and analyze their transition into and progress in uppersecondary education. We observe a substantive difference in the rate of progress between natives and students with a migration background. One year after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011816489
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High-Ability Influencers? The Heterogeneous Effects of Gifted Classmates
Balestra, Simone; Sallin, Aurélien; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2020
This paper examines how exposure to students identified as gifted (IQ ≥ 130) affects achievement in secondary school, enrollment in post-compulsory education, and occupational choices. By using student-level administrative data on achievement combined with psychological examination records, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497869
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The Native-Migrant Gap in the Progression into and Through Upper-Secondary Education
Wolter, Stefan C. - 2018
In this paper we follow the students that took the PISA 2012 test in Switzerland and analyze their transition into and progress in upper-secondary education. We observe a substantive difference in the rate of progress between natives and students with a migration background. One year after...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012927186
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High-Ability Influencers? The Heterogeneous Effects of Gifted Classmates
Balestra, Simone; Sallin, Aurélien; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2021
This paper examines how exposure to students identified as gifted (IQ ≥ 130) affects achievement in secondary school, enrollment in post-compulsory education, and occupational choices. By using student-level administrative data on achievement combined with psychological examination records, we...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013314748
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Africa's Skill Tragedy : Does Teachers' Lack of Knowledge Lead to Low Student Performance?
Bietenbeck, Jan - 2015
Student performance in Sub-Saharan Africa is tragically low. We study the importance of teacher subject knowledge for …. After measurement-error correction, a one-standard-deviation increase in teacher subject knowledge raises student … teacher sorting. Furthermore, teacher knowledge and school resources appear to be complements in student learning …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013017697
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Speaking in Numbers: The Effect of Reading Performance on Math Performance among Immigrants
Isphording, Ingo E.; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2015
This paper is the first to estimate a causal effect of immigrant students’ reading performance on their math performance. To overcome endogeneity issues due to unobserved ability, we apply an IV approach exploiting variation in age-at-arrival and the linguistic distance between origin and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011388259
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Speaking in Numbers: The Effect of Reading Performance on Math Performance among Immigrants
Isphording, Ingo E.; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2015
This paper is the first to estimate a causal effect of immigrant students' reading performance on their math performance. To overcome endogeneity issues due to unobserved ability, we apply an IV approach exploiting variation in age-at-arrival and the linguistic distance between origin and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401695
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012657920