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Modeling the effects of grade retention in high school

Baert, Stijn; Cockx, Bart; Picchio, Matteo - 2015

A dynamic discrete choice model is set up to estimate the effects of grade retention in high school, both in the short- (end-of-year evaluation) and long-run (drop-out and delay). In contrast to regression discontinuity designs, this approach captures treatment heterogeneity and controls for...

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International migration of couples

Junge, Martin; Munk, Martin D.; Poutvaara, Panu - 2014

. College education of either partner makes couples more, and having children makes couples less mobile. Power couples are most …

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Which former professional football players become successful professional head coaches?

Balliauw, Matteo; Verheuge, Marco; Baert, Stijn - 2022

positions and in club management positions. Our regression analyses, based on unique coach career data, show a significant …

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Relative age effect on European adolescents' social network

Fumarco, Luca; Baert, Stijn - 2018

We contribute to the literature on relative age effects on pupils' (non-cognitive) skills formation by studying students' social network. We investigate data on European adolescents from the Health Behaviour in School Aged Children survey and use an instrumental variables approach to account for...

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Younger and dissatisfied? : relative age and life-satisfaction in adolescence

Fumarco, Luca; Baert, Stijn - 2018

This is the first study to investigate whether age gaps between classmates (that is, relative age) affect life-satisfaction gaps in adolescence. To this end, we analyse data from the multi-country Health Behaviour in School-Aged Children (HBSC) survey. We find evidence that relative age...

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The impact of internship experience during secondary education on schooling and labour market outcomes

Neyt, Brecht; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2019

The literature on workplace learning in secondary education has mainly focussed on vocational education programmes. In … this study, we examine the impact of internship experience in secondary education on a student's schooling and early labour … sequential outcomes by means of a dynamic discrete choice model. In line with the literature on vocational education programmes …

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Does student work really affect educational outcomes? : a review of the literature

Neyt, Brecht; Omey, Eddy; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2017

We review the theories put forward, methodological approaches used, and empirical conclusions found in the multidisciplinary literature on the relationship between student employment and educational outcomes. A systematic comparison of the empirical work yields new insights that go beyond the...

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Student work, educational achievement, and later employment : a dynamic approach

Baert, Stijn; Neyt, Brecht; Omey, Eddy; Verhaest, Dieter - 2017

education on later employment outcomes. To this end, we jointly model student work and later schooling and employment outcomes …. Using unique longitudinal Belgian data, we find that pupils who work during the summer holidays of secondary education are … education enrolment. …

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The impact of dual apprenticeship : programs on early labour market outcomes : a dynamic approach

Neyt, Brecht; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2018

This study examines the impact of enrolling into dual apprenticeship programs in secondary education on six early … education framework – the effects of two distinct types of dual programs that combine part-time school- or training centre …

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Firms' ethics, consumer boycotts, and signalling

Glazer, Amihai (contributor); Kanniainen, Vesa (contributor) - 2008

This paper develops a theory of consumer boycotts. Some consumers care not only about the products they buy but also about whether the firm behaves ethically. Other consumers do not care about the behavior of the firm but yet may like to give the impression of being ethical consumers....

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