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Technology and Education : Computers, Software, and the Internet

Bulman, George - 2016

A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This paper explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary...

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Technology and Education : Computers, Software, and the Internet

Bulman, George - 2015

A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013011649

The Evidence on Globalization

Potrafke, Niklas - 2014

Globalization is blamed for many socio-economic shortcomings. I discuss the consequences of globalization by surveying the empirical globalization literature. My focus is on the KOF indices of globalization (Dreher 2006a and Dreher et al. 2008a), that have been used in more than 100 studies....

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What Role for Empirics in International Trade?

Davis, Donald R.; Weinstein, David E. - 2021

In the field of international trade, data analysis has traditionally had quite modest influence relative to that of pure theory. At one time, this might have been rationalized by the paucity of empirics in the field or its weak theoretical foundations. In recent years empirical research has...

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The Empirics of General Equilibrium Trade Theory : What Have We Learned?

Bernhofen, Daniel M. - 2021

This paper provides a selective survey of over half a century of research linking the neoclassical trade model to the data. Three lessons stand out. First, competitive and new trade theory models are complementary rather than competing ways to look at many existing empirical regularities....

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The 2004 Global Labor Survey : Workplace Institutions and Practices Around the World

Chor, Davin; Freeman, Richard B. - 2021

The 2004 Global Labor Survey (GLS) is an Internet-based survey that seeks to measure de facto labor practices in … countries around the world, covering issues such as freedom of association, the regulation of work contracts, employee benefits …) and competitiveness (World Economic Forum). Although our pool of respondents differs greatly from the conservative …

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Following Through on Good Intentions : The Power of Planning Prompts

Milkman, Katherine L. - 2012

We study whether prompts to form and recall a plan can increase individuals' responsiveness to reminders to make and attend beneficial appointments. At four companies, all employees due for a colonoscopy were randomly assigned to receive either a control mailing or a treatment mailing. The...

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Student Coaching : How Far Can Technology Go?

Oreopoulos, Philip - 2016

Recent studies show that programs offering structured, one-on-one coaching and tutoring tend to have large effects on the academic outcomes of both high school and college students. These programs are often costly to implement and difficult to scale, however, calling into question whether making...

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Digital Messaging to Improve College Enrollment and Success

Avery, Christopher; Castleman, Benjamin; Hurwitz, Michael; … - 2022

We investigate the efficacy of text messaging campaigns to remind students about and support them with key steps in the college search, application, selection and transition process. First, in collaboration with the College Board and uAspire, both national non-profit organizations, we...

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Quicksand or Bedrock for Behavioral Economics? Assessing Foundational Empirical Questions

Stango, Victor - 2017

Behavioral economics lacks empirical evidence on some foundational empirical questions. We adapt standard elicitation methods to measure multiple behavioral factors per person in a representative U.S. sample, along with financial condition, cognitive skills, financial literacy, classical...

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