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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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The impact of working memory training on children's cognitive and noncognitive skills
Berger, Eva M.; Fehr, Ernst; Hermes, Henning; Schunk, Daniel - 2020
. Because these abilities substantially affect individuals' life trajectories in terms of health, education, and earnings, the … in regular school teaching by a randomized educational intervention involving a sample of 6-7 years old first graders. We …
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Lifetime consequences of lost instructional time in the classroom : evidence from shortened school years
Cygan-Rehm, Kamila - 2024
This study estimates the lifetime effects of lost classroom instruction on labor market performance. For identification, I use historical shifts in the school year schedule in Germany, which substantially shortened the duration of the affected school years without adjusting the core curriculum....
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The fetters of the sib:an experimental study in Burkina Faso
Vollan, Björn; Hadnes, Myriam; Nilgen, Marco; Kosfeld, … - 2021
We conducted a field experiment in Burkina Faso to investigate the impact of sharing obligations within kin networks on entrepreneurial effort. The overall treatment effect we find is insignificant and goes in the opposite direction than previous literature suggests. Ex-post explorative analysis...
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Is there a causal effect of high school math on labor market outcomes?
Joensen, Juanna Schrøter (contributor);  … - 2006
stems from the fact that these students end up with higher education. … stems from the fact that these students end up with higher education"--Forschungsinstitut zur Zukunft der Arbeit web site …
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The short-term effectiveness of a remedial mathematics course : evidence from a UK university
Di Pietro, Giorgio - 2012
Whilst in the US there is a growing debate about the effectiveness of remedial university courses, this issue is less questioned in the UK. Using a regression discontinuity approach and data from a large School of a post-1992 UK university, we estimate the effect of remediation on student...
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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 …
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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 … in the mid-2000s about how children are taught to read. We conceptualise this as a shock to the education production … function that affects the technology of teaching. In particular, there was phasing in of intensive support to some schools …
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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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Peer effects and textbooks in primary education : evidence from francophone sub-Saharan Africa
Frölich, Markus (contributor);  … - 2005
achievement. Using the rich data set provided by the 'Program on the Analysis of Education Systems' (PASEC) for five francophone …
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