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The impact of length of the school year on student performance and earnings : evidence from the German short school years

Pischke, Jörn-Steffen (contributor) - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]

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Peer effects and textbooks in primary education : evidence from francophone sub-Saharan Africa

Frölich, Markus (contributor); … - 2005

As opposed to many other school inputs, textbooks have frequently been demonstrated to significantly foster student achievement. Using the rich data set provided by the 'Program on the Analysis of Education Systems' (PASEC) for five francophone, sub-Saharan African countries, this paper goes...

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Should we increase instruction time in low achieving schools? : evidence from Southern Italy

Battistin, Erich; Meroni, Elena Claudia - 2013

This paper investigates the short term effects of a large scale intervention, funded by the European Social Fund, that provides additional instruction time to students in low achieving lower secondary schools of Southern Italy. We control for sorting across classes using the fact that freshman...

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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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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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Is there a causal effect of high school math on labor market outcomes?

Joensen, Juanna Schrøter (contributor); … - 2006

Outsourcing of jobs to low-wage countries has increased the focus on the accumulation of skills - such as Math skills - in high-wage countries. In this paper, we exploit a high school pilot scheme to identify the causal effect of advanced high school Math on labor market outcomes. The pilot...

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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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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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Long-run effects from comprehensive student support : evidence from pathways to education

Lavecchia, Adam; Oreopoulos, Philip; Brown, Robert S. - 2019

We estimate long-run impacts to the Pathways to Education program, a comprehensive set of coaching, tutoring, group activities and financial incentives offered to disadvantaged students beginning in Grade 9. High school administrative records are matched to income tax records to follow...

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Research and teaching in higher education : complements or substitutes?

Epstein, Gil S.; Menis, Joseph - 2013

simultaneous equations with regard to the relationship between publications and teaching loads. The study shows that students …

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