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(2010). My model allows for an analysis of the effects of firm learning on labor market efficiency in the presence of search … frictions. I find that firm learning increases relative expected earnings in high-ability jobs and, thereby, enhances imitation … priori. Numerical results show that firm learning does not increase labor market efficiency. …
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We contribute to the literature on relative age effects on pupils' (non-cognitive) skills formation by studying students' social network. We investigate data on European adolescents from the Health Behaviour in School Aged Children survey and use an instrumental variables approach to account for...
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By using PISA 2018 data, we investigate the associations between digital divides and educational inequalities in France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the United Kingdom. We find strong and significant cognitive losses of students lacking the resources needed to learn remotely; everything else...
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We test if firms statistically discriminate workers based on race when employer learning is asymmetric. Using data from … the NLSY79, we find evidence of asymmetric employer learning. In addition, employers statistically discriminate against …
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This paper investigates the effect of stereotypical beliefs of teachers on learning outcomes of secondary school …
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In this paper we examine whether students' and teachers' identity play any role in the learning outcome of students …. Specifically, we ask if a student benefits by learning from a teacher of her same gender. Unlike the existing literature which …
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School closures induced by the COVID-19 pandemic led to concerns about student learning. This paper evaluates the … effect of school closures on student learning in Uzbekistan, using a unique dataset that allows assessing change in learning … reasons for no learning loss. …
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to estimate learning losses. It models the effect of school closures on achievement by predicting the deviation of the …. Scores declined by an average of 14 percent of a standard deviation, roughly equal to seven months of learning. Losses were …
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not improve compared to the control group. We attribute this result to the deteriorating physical and learning …
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This paper investigates the causal pathways through which ethnic social networks influence individual naturalization. Using the complete-count Census of 1930, we digitize information on the exact residence of newly arrived immigrants in New York City. This allows us to define networks with a...
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