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earned credits on average, but we demonstrate strong positive effects on the most able students. In contrast to prior … research, effects were more pronounced for male students. …
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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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effects were substantial for students at California Community Colleges, the largest higher education system in the country … outcomes of these students through the first four semesters after it started. Consistent with national trends, enrollment … dropped precipitously during the pandemic – the total number of enrolled students fell by 11 percent from fall 2019 to fall …
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higher satisfaction with free time, while time spent on hobbies increases to a lesser extent than home production …. Additionally, satisfaction with family life increases, which may be a hidden benefit of being unemployed. In contrast, satisfaction …
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paper, we further explore the effectiveness of the lowest-ranked instructors: students. We confirm that students are almost … instructors. We conclude that hiring moderately more student instructors would not harm students, but exclusively using them will …
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Germany. We examine two subdimensions of subjective well-being - life satisfaction and emotional well-being - separately to … obtain a more comprehensive view of the subjective impact of workfare jobs. Our results show that the life satisfaction of …
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The COVID-19 pandemic and its mobility restrictions have been an external shock, influencing wellbeing. However, does risk exposure affect the welfare effect of lockdowns? This paper examines the 'welcomed lockdown' hypothesis, namely the extent to which there is a level of risk where mobility...
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The purpose of this study is to explore the relationship between individuals' satisfaction with amenities and … infrastructure) and applying Probit regressions, our results show that satisfaction with amenities and environmental quality … more pronounced in urban areas, particularly in large cities. We also find that individuals' satisfaction with amenities …
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We investigate the choice of quality, or academic content, in higher education in a two-sector model. Individuals are differentiated according to their cost of acquiring human capital. A higher academic quality increases productivity upon training, but is also associated with higher cost of...
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We study the political determination of the proportion of students attending university when access to higher education … and child's ability leads to a larger university populated by a larger fraction of rich students, in line with the so …
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