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Does class size matter for school tracking outcomes after elementary school? : quasi-experimental evidence using administrative panel data from Germany
Argaw, Bethlehem Asres; Puhani, Patrick A. - 2017
We use administrative panel data on about a quarter of a million students in the German state of Hesse to estimate the causal effect of class size on school tracking outcomes after elementary school. Our identification strategy relies on the quasi-random assignment of students to different class...
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Are grandparents a good substitute for parents as the primary caregiver? : the impact of grandparents on children's academic performance
Wang, Sophie Xuefei; Bansak, Cynthia - 2022
This study examines the impacts of caregiving by grandparents on children's academic performance in China, using data …
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Gender differences in time allocation contribute to differences in developmental outcomes in children and adolescents
Ha Trong Nguyen; Brinkman, Sally; Le, Huong Thu; … - 2022
Using over 50 thousand time-use diaries from two cohorts of children, we document significant gender differences in … gaps in non-cognitive skills. As children age, gender differences in time allocation play an increasing role in explaining …
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Effects of childhood peers on personality skills
Feng, Shuaizhang; Kim, Jun Hyung; Yang, Zhe - 2021
Despite extensive literature on peer effects, the role of peers on personality skill development remains poorly understood. We fill this gap by investigating the effects of having disadvantaged primary school peers, generated by random classroom assignment and parental migration for employment....
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Heterogeneous peer effects under endogenous selection : an application to local and migrant children in elementary schools in Shanghai
Chen, Yuanyuan; Feng, Shuaizhang; Yang, Chao - 2022
This paper develops a model that allows for heterogenous contemporaneous peer effects among different types of agents who are endogenously selected into different peer groups. Using our framework, we characterize the reduced-form coefficient in the peer effect literature and show that it is a...
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Age effects in education : a double disadvantage for second-generation immigrant children
Abatemarco, Antonio; Cavallo, Mariagrazia; Marino, … - 2021
that second-generation immigrant children in the Italian primary school experience a double disadvantage that, relative to … benefits to second-generation immigrant children. Besides, we point out the possibility of exploiting the larger impact of the … relative age on second-generation children in order to support their performance and reduce the large penalization associated …
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Genetic risks, adolescent health and schooling attainment
Amin, Vikesh; Behrman, Jere R.; Fletcher, Jason; … - 2020
We provide new evidence on the effect of adolescent health behaviors/outcomes (obesity, depression, smoking, and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD)) on schooling attainment using the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent to Adult Health. We take two different approaches to deal...
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The effect of education on health : evidence from the 1997 compulsory schooling reform in Turkey
Baltagi, Badi H.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Karatas, Haci M. - 2019
substantially increased education in Turkey. Using the number of new middle school class openings per 1000 children as an intensity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159294
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Educating children with disabilities : comparative evidence from Ethiopia, Burkina Faso and Niger
Hang’andu, Privilege; Mensah, Emmanuel Kodwo; … - 2023
equitable quality education for all.” Many children with disabilities in low-income countries, however, continue to be excluded …. Realizing the right to inclusive education for children with disabilities requires policies and practices that are tailored to … and key informant interviews), this chapter explores the inclusiveness, equality, and quality of education for children …
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Impact of early childhood school intervention on enrollment and learning outcomes : evaluation of a public program in India
Bhattacharya, Nilanjan; Pakrashi, Debayan; Saha, Sarani; … - 2023
Bengal in 2013 on children’s early enrollment in schools and subsequent test scores. Using double difference, triple …. Analyzing the test scores, we find that after the program's introduction, both math and reading scores of treated children did …
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