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Academic achievement and tracking : a theory based on grading standards
Ehlers, Tim; Schwager, Robert - 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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More schooling, more children? : compulsory schooling and fertility in Europe
Fort, Margherita; Schneeweis, Nicole; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2014
We study the relationship between education and fertility, exploiting compulsory schooling reforms in England and Continental Europe, implemented between 1936 and 1975. We assess the causal effect of education on the number of biological children and the incidence of childlessness. We find...
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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this all due to differences in what students bring with them to school - socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay...
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Education, gender, and family formation
Virtanen, Hanna; Silliman, Mikko; Kuuppelomäki, Tiina; … - 2024
margin does not increase the likelihood that men form families. In contrast, women admitted to further education are more … to social skills shift the burden of child development from schools to parents and particularly mothers, education can …
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Gender differences in wage expectations : sorting, children, and negotiation styles
Kiessling, Lukas; Pinger, Pia; Seegers, Philipp; … - 2019
This paper presents evidence from a large-scale study on gender differences in expected wages before labor market entry. Based on data for over 15,000 students, we document a significant and large gender gap in wage expectations that closely resembles actual wage differences, prevails across...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012064333
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Gender differences in wage expectations and negotiation
Kiessling, Lukas; Pinger, Pia; Seegers, Philipp; … - 2023
This paper presents evidence from a large-scale study on gender differences in expected wages before labor market entry. Based on data for over 15,000 students, we document a significant and large gender gap in wage expectations that resembles actual wage differences, prevails across subgroups,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014444193
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Growing up in ethnic enclaves : language proficiency and educational attainment of immigrant children
Danzer, Alexander M.; Feuerbaum, Carsten; Piopiunik, Marc; … - 2018
Does a high regional concentration of immigrants of the same ethnicity affect immigrant children's acquisition of host-country language skills and educational attainment? We exploit the exogenous placement of guest workers from five ethnicities across German regions during the 1960s and 1970s in...
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The effects of high school peers' gender on college major, college performance and income
Anelli, Massimo; Peri, Giovanni - 2016
Using an originally constructed dataset that follows 30,000 Italian individuals from high school to the labor market, we analyze whether the gender composition of peers in high school affected their choice of college major, their academic performance and their labor market income. We exploit the...
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Are there no wage returns to compulsory schooling in Germany? : a reassessment
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2021
This study replicates and challenges the finding of zero wage returns to compulsory schooling in Germany by Pischke and von Wachter (Review of Economics and Statistics, 90(3), 592-598), which is unusual in the literature yet widely cited and until now uncontradicted. I document that this finding...
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Who teaches the teachers? : a RCT of peer-to-peer observation and feedback in 181 schools
Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix; Wyness, Gill - 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 …
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