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Top of the class : the importance of ordinal rank
Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix - 2019 - This version: June 2019
This paper establishes a new fact about educational production: ordinal academic rank during primary school has lasting impacts on secondary school achievement that are independent of underlying ability. Using data on the universe of English school students, we exploit naturally occurring...
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Peer effects heterogeneity and social networks in education
Shkoza, Livia; Uysal, Selver Derya; Pohlmeier, Winfried - 2023
This study focuses on the role of heterogeneity in network peer effects by accounting for network-specific factors and different driving mechanisms of peer behavior. We propose a novel Multivariate Instrumental Variable (MVIV) estimator which is consistent for a large number of networks keeping...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014496412
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Two field experiments on self-selection, collaboration intensity, and team performance
Fischer, Mira; Rilke, Rainer Michael; Yurtoglu, B. Burcin - 2020
We analyze how the team formation process influences the ability composition and performance of teams, showing how self-selection and random assignment affect team performance for different tasks in two natural field experiments. We identify the collaboration intensity of the task as the key...
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Complex approaches for education in Brazil
Sakowski, Patrícia Alessandra Morita; Tóvolli, Marina H. - 2016
Education systems can be viewed as complex systems, by considering that learning, teaching, cognition and education are … education systems, new approaches seem relevant, and even necessary, if we consider that traditional methods are often not … complex system approach in education, and to bring to discussion the potential benefits of this perspective to education in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012058352
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The long-term effect of age at school entry on competencies in adulthood
Görlitz, Katja; Penny, Merlin; Tamm, Marcus - 2019
The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study analyzes whether these effects of school starting age continue into adulthood. Based on data on math...
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Effects of timing and reference frame of feedback : evidence from a field experiment
Fischer, Mira; Wagner, Valentin - 2019
Information about past performance has been found to sometimes improve and sometimes worsen subsequent performance. Two factors may help to explain this puzzle: which aspect of one's past performance the information refers to and when it is revealed. In a field experiment in secondary schools,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012033544
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Keep calm and carry on : the short- vs. long-run effects of mindfulness meditation on (academic) performance
Kasser, Lea; Fischer, Mira; Valero, Vanessa - 2022
business world and in education. While the scientific literature has largely documented the benefits of mindfulness meditation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014476123
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Keep calm and carry on : the short- vs. long-run effects of mindfulness meditation on (academic) performance
Cassar, Lea; Fischer, Mira; Valero, Vanessa - 2022
business world and in education. While the scientific literature has largely documented the benefits of mindfulness meditation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014088347
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Who teaches the teachers? : a RCT of peer-to-peer observation and feedback in 181 schools
Wyness, Gill; Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix - 2018
It is well established that teachers are the most important in-school factor in determining student outcomes. However, to date there is scant robust quantitative research demonstrating that teacher training programs can have lasting impacts on student test scores. To address this gap, we conduct...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011905517
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Intergenerational Mobility and Macroeconomic History Dependence
Mokherjee, Dilip; Napel, Stefan - 2006
That historical inequality can affect long run macroeconomic performance has been argued by a large literature on endogenous inequality using models of indivisibilities in occupational choice, in the presence of borrowing constraints. These models are characterized by a continuum of steady...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012502955