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Class rank and long-run outcomes
Denning, Jeffrey T.; Murphy, Richard; Weinhardt, Felix - 2018
This paper considers a fundamental question about the school environment - what are the long run effects of a student's ordinal rank in elementary school? Using administrative data from all public school students in Texas, we show that students with a higher third grade academic rank,...
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The effects of a high school curriculum reform on university enrollment and the choice of college major
Görlitz, Katja; Gravert, Christina - 2015
-in-differences model. The results show that the reform increased university enrollment rates for both gender. With regard to choosing STEM …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010508574
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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 …
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Who teaches the teachers? : a RCT of peer-to-peer observation and feedback in 181 schools
Wyness, Gillian; 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...
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Persecution and escape
Becker, Sascha O.; Lindenthal, Volker; Mukand, Sharun W.; … - 2023
We study the role of professional networks in facilitating emigration of Jewish academics dismissed from their positions by the Nazi government. We use individual-level exogenous variation in the timing of dismissals to estimate causal effects. Academics with more ties to early émigrés...
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Persecution and escape
Becker, Sascha O.; Lindenthal, Volker; Mukand, Sharun W.; … - 2023
We study the role of professional networks in facilitating emigration of Jewish academics dismissed from their positions by the Nazi government. We use individual-level exogenous variation in the timing of dismissals to estimate causal eects. Academics with more ties to early émigrés...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014481039
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Heterogeneous responses to school track choice : evidence from the repeal of binding track recommendations
Bach, Maximilian - 2021
This paper studies heterogeneity in schooling decisions by socio-economic status (SES) in response to a repeal of achievement-based admissions requirements (i.e. binding track recommendations) in Germany's between-school tracking system. The main contribution is to show that while previously...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012794438
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Preferred field of study and academic performance
Berlingieri, Francesco; Diegmann, André; Sprietsma, Maresa - 2022
This paper investigates the impact of studying the first-choice university subject on dropout and switching field of study for a cohort of students in Germany. Using detailed survey data, and employing an instrumental variable strategy based on variation in the local field of study availability,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266282
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Anticipatory effects of curriculum tracking
Koerselman, Kristian - 2009
Curriculum tracking, the separation of secondary school students into academic and vocational tracks, correlates positively with pretracking achievement in both British and international data. I argue that this correlation is caused by the incentives emanating from the track placement decision....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012503001
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Different counselors, many options : career guidance and career plans in secondary schools
Fitzenberger, Bernd; Hillerich-Sigg, Annette; … - 2019
Career guidance assists students with the school-to-work transition. Based on a survey in secondary schools in Germany, we analyze career guidance activities and how these affect career plans. The take-up of career guidance depends upon the school track attended and upon the school and class...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011986361