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Fostering soft skills in active labor market programs : evidence from a large-scale RCT
Schlosser, Analia; Shanan, Yannay - 2022
The long-term unemployed sometimes lack basic soft skills needed to enter and succeed in the labor market. We examine whether it is possible to develop or enhance these skills among adults by using a large-scale randomized control trial (RCT) to evaluate the effectiveness of an Active Labor...
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Isolating the "Tech" from EdTech : experimental evidence on computer assisted learning in China
Ma, Yue; Fairlie, Robert W.; Loyalka, Prashant; … - 2020
EdTech which includes online education, computer assisted learning (CAL), and remote instruction was expanding rapidly … even before the current full-scale substitution for in-person learning at all levels of education around the world because …-based instruction, but often additional non-technology based inputs such as more time on learning and instructional support by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012195832
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Learning from online ratings
Hui, Xiang; Klein, Tobias J.; Stahl, Konrad - 2024
validated the model in that way, we calibrate it to eBay data to quantify the speed of learning. We find that ratings can be …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014556695
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Tutoring in (online) higher education : experimental evidence
Hardt, David; Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes - 2022
due to the Covid-pandemic. Treated students met in small groups, in alternating weeks with and without a more senior … student tutor. The treatment improved study behavior and increased contact to other students. Tutored students achieved around …
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The causal impact of socio-emotional skills training on educational success
Sorrenti, Giuseppe; Zölitz, Ulf; Ribeaud, Denis; … - 2020
We study the long-term effects of a randomized intervention targeting children’s socio-emotional skills. The classroom-based intervention for primary school children has positive impacts that persist for over a decade. Treated children become more likely to complete academic high school and...
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Skills, signals, and employability : an experimental investigation
Piopiunik, Marc; Schwerdt, Guido; Simon, Lisa; … - 2018
As skills of labor-market entrants are usually not directly observed by employers, individuals acquire skill signals. To study which signals are valued by employers, we simultaneously and independently randomize a broad range of skill signals on pairs of resumes of fictitious applicants among...
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Are children's socio-emotional skills shaped by parental health shocks?
García-Miralles, Esteban; Gensowski, Miriam - 2022
Child skills are shaped by parental investments. Health shocks to parents can affect these investments and their children's skills. This paper estimates causal effects of severe parental health shocks on child socio-emotional skills. Drawing on a large-scale survey linked to hospital records, we...
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The persistent effect of competition on prosociality
Kosse, Fabian; Rajan, Ranjita; Tincani, Michela M. - 2023
-scale randomized intervention in the education context, we find lower levels of prosociality for students who just experienced a 2-year …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014431358
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Social interactions, mechanisms, and equilibrium : evidence from a model of study time and academic achievement
Conley, Timothy G.; Mehta, Nirav; Stinebrickner, Ralph; … - 2018
We develop and estimate a model of student study time on a social network. The model is designed to exploit unique data collected in the Berea Panel Study. Study time data allow us to quantify an intuitive mechanism for academic social interactions: own study time may depend on friend study time...
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Teacher subject knowledge, didactic skills, and student learning in francophone Sub-Saharan Africa
Bietenbecker, Jan; Irmert, Natalie; Sepahvand, Mohammad H. - 2022
We study the effects of two dimensions of teacher quality, subject knowledge and didactic skills, on student learning …
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