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Why are Single-Sex Schools Successful?
Dustmann, Christian - 2017
-level exposure to mixed-gender (versus same-sex) peers. We find robust evidence that pupils in single-sex schools outperform their …-level covariates. Focusing on switching schools, we find that the conversion of the pupil gender type from single-sex to coed leads to … boys, the negative effect is largely driven by exposure to mixed-gender peers at school-level, it is class-level exposure …
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Family Structure and the Education Gender Gap : Evidence from Italian Provinces
Bertocchi, Graziella; Bozzano, Monica - 2021
We investigate the determinants of the education gender gap in Italy in historical perspective with a focus on the …, we find that family structure is a driver of the education gender gap, with a higher female to male enrollment rate ratio …
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The Impact of Alternative Grade Configurations on Student Outcomes through Middle and High School
Schwerdt, Guido - 2011
We use statewide administrative data from Florida to estimate the impact of attending public schools with different grade configurations on student achievement through grade 10. To identify the causal effect of structural school transitions, we use student fixed effects and instrument for middle...
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Disrupting Education? Experimental Evidence on Technology-Aided Instruction in India
Muralidharan, Karthik - 2017
We present experimental evidence on the impact of a technology-aided after-school instruction program on learning outcomes in middle school grades in urban India, using a lottery that provided students with a voucher to cover program costs. A key feature of the program was its ability to...
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Can You Leave High School Behind?
Black, Sandra E. - 2014
In recent years, many states, including California, Texas, and Oregon, have changed admissions policies to increase access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these students will perform. This paper examines the relationship...
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Heterogeneity in High Math Achievement Across Schools : Evidence from the American Mathematics Competition
Ellison, Glenn; Swanson, Ashley - 2021
many more high-achieving students than the average school. Gender-related differences and other breakdowns are also …
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Academic Performance and Single-Sex Schooling : Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Switzerland
Eisenkopf, Gerald; Hessami, Zohal; Fischbacher, Urs; … - 2021
We study the effects of random assignment to coeducational and single-sex classes on the academic performance of female high school students. Our estimation results show that single-sex schooling improves the performance of female students in mathematics. This positive effect increases if the...
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Women's Education and Family Behavior : Trends in Marriage, Divorce and Fertility
Isen, Adam; Stevenson, Betsey - 2021
This paper examines how marital and fertility patterns have changed along racial and educational lines for men and women. Historically, women with more education have been the least likely to marry and have children, but this marriage gap has eroded as the returns to marriage have changed....
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Do Boys and Girls Use Computers Differently, and Does it Contribute to Why Boys Do Worse in School than Girls?
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015
the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for …
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The Effect of Education on Marital Status and Partner Characteristics : Evidence from the UK
Anderberg, Dan; Zhu, Yu - 2021
This paper uses a particular school exit rule previously in effect in England and Wales that allowed students born within the first five months of the academic year to leave school one term earlier than those born later in the year. Focusing on women, we show that those who were required to stay...
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