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Efficient supply of human capital : role of college major
Cho, Sung-jin; Kam, Jihye; Lee, Soohyung - 2017
This study examines the extent to which changing the composition of college majors among working-age population may affect the supply of human capital or effective labor supply. We use the South Korean setting, in which the population is rapidly aging, but where, despite their high educational...
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Mister Sandman, bring me good marks! : on the relationship between sleep quality and academic achievement
Baert, Stijn; Omey, Eddy; Verhaest, Dieter; Vermeir, … - 2014
This study assesses the relationship between sleep quality and academic achievement. We survey college students about their sleep quality by means of the Pittsburgh Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) before the start of their first exam period at university. PSQI scores are matched with course marks in...
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How school principals influence student learning
Dhuey, Elizabeth; Smith, Justin D. - 2014
Many studies examine the importance of teachers in students' learning, but few exist on the contribution of principals. We measure the effect of principals on gains in primary test scores in North Carolina and estimate the standard deviation of principals' value added to be 0.12 -0.17. We find...
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Excellence for all? : university honors programs and human capital formation
Pugatch, Todd; Thompson, Paul N. - 2022
Can public university honors programs deliver the benefits of selective undergraduate education within otherwise nonselective institutions? We evaluate the impact of admission to the Honors College at Oregon State University, a large nonselective public university. Admission to the Honors...
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Study more tomorrow
Pugatch, Todd; Schroeder, Elizabeth; Wilson, Nicholas - 2022
We design a commitment contract for college students, "Study More Tomorrow," and conduct a randomized control trial testing a model of its demand. The contract commits students to attend peer tutoring if their midterm grade falls below a prespecified threshold. The contract carries a financial...
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The more, the better? : the impact of instructional time on student performance
Cattaneo, Maria Alejandra; Oggenfuss, Chantal; Wolter, … - 2016
Although instruction time is an important and costly resource in education production, there is a remarkable scarcity of research examining the effectiveness of its use. We build on the work of Lavy (2015) using the variance of subject-specific instruction time within Switzerland to determine...
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"Teaching to teach" literacy
Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Viarengo, Martina - 2016
significant labour market penalties. Despite this, it remains unclear what teaching strategies are most useful for actually … function that affects the technology of teaching. In particular, there was phasing in of intensive support to some schools … intensive support to estimate the effect of the new 'teaching technology' on children's educational attainment. We find there to …
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Returns to teaching repetition : the effect of short-term teaching experience on student outcomes
Cuffe, Harold E.; Feld, Jan; O'Grady, Trevor - 2019
Teachers often deliver the same lesson multiple times in one day. In contrast to year-to-year teaching experience, it … is unclear how this teaching repetition affects student outcomes. We examine the effects of teaching repetition in a … of positive effects on teaching evaluations. These results suggest that teaching repetition is a powerful tool to reduce …
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Do friendship networks improve female education?
Hahn, Youjin; Islam, Asad; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2017
We randomly assign more than 6,000 students from 150 primary schools in Bangladesh to work on math assignments in one of three settings: individually, in groups with random schoolmates, or in groups with friends. The groups consist of four people and are balanced by average cognitive ability and...
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Intensive math instruction and educational attainment : long-run impacts of double-dose algebra
Cortes, Kalena E.; Goodman, Joshua S.; Nomi, Takako - 2014
We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills. A regression discontinuity design shows substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on...
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