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A double machine learning approach to estimate the effects of musical practice on student's skills
Knaus, Michael C. - 2018
conditional independence assumption and estimation is implemented using a recent double machine learning estimator. The study … sensitivity of estimates to tuning parameter choices in the machine learning part? (ii) How to assess covariate balancing in high …
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IC technology and learning : an impact evaluation of cl ssi2.0
Checchi, Daniele; Rettore, Enrico; Girardi, Silvia - 2015
In this paper we present a counterfactual evaluation of the effect of ICT resources at school on student achievements conducted in Italy. In 2009 156 classes at 6th grade were endowed with additional resources earmarked for purchasing ICT equipments only. By selecting an equivalent number of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010510702
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Behavioral economics of education
Koch, Alexander K.; Nafziger, Julia; Nielsen, Helena Skyt - 2014
During the last decade knowledge about human behavior from psychology and sociology has enhanced the field of economics of education. By now research recognizes cognitive skills (as measured by achievement tests) and soft skills (personality traits not adequately measured by achievement tests)...
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Fostering soft skills in active labor market programs : evidence from a large-scale RCT
Schlosser, Analia; Shanan, Yannay - 2022
The long-term unemployed sometimes lack basic soft skills needed to enter and succeed in the labor market. We examine whether it is possible to develop or enhance these skills among adults by using a large-scale randomized control trial (RCT) to evaluate the effectiveness of an Active Labor...
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The impact of soft-skills training for entrepreneurs in Jamaica
Ubfal, Diego; Arraiz, Irani; Beuermann, Diether W.; … - 2019
A randomized control trial with 945 entrepreneurs in Jamaica shows positive shortterm impacts of soft-skills training on business outcomes. The effects are concentrated among men, and disappear twelve months after the training. We argue that the main channel is increased adoption of recommended...
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Widening the high school curriculum to include soft skill training : impacts on health, behaviour, emotional wellbeing and occupational aspirations
Lordan, Grace; McGuire, Alistair - 2019
From 2020 Personal, Social, Health and Economic Education will be compulsory in UK schools for adolescents, however less is known about how it can be taught in a an effective manner. We examine, through a randomised trial, the impact of an evidenced based health related quality of life (HRQoL)...
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What skills pay more? : the changing demand and return to skills for professional workers
Josten, Cecily; Krause, Helen; Lordan, Grace; Yeung, Brian - 2024
: "collaborative leader", "interpersonal & organized", "big data", '"cloud computing", '"programming", "machine learning", "research …
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Soft skills, competition, and hiring discrimination
Valencia, Christian; Janzen, Sarah; Ghorpade, Yashodhan; … - 2024
We conduct a correspondence study to assess demand for soft skills in the context of hiring discrimination in Malaysia. We find no evidence of gender-based discrimination, including in STEM occupations. However, in line with previous studies in the same context, we find evidence of ethnic...
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Isolating the "Tech" from EdTech : experimental evidence on computer assisted learning in China
Ma, Yue; Fairlie, Robert W.; Loyalka, Prashant; … - 2020
EdTech which includes online education, computer assisted learning (CAL), and remote instruction was expanding rapidly … even before the current full-scale substitution for in-person learning at all levels of education around the world because …-based instruction, but often additional non-technology based inputs such as more time on learning and instructional support by …
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Can interactive online training make high school students more entrepreneurial? : experimental evidence from Rwanda
Lafortune, Jeanne; Pugatch, Todd; Tessada, José A.; … - 2022
We study the short-run effects of a gamified online entrepreneurship training offered to high school students in Rwanda … business than participants in control schools. The training induced students to participate more actively in their school … students to sustain their business activities during the COVID-19 crisis. …
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