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Do disadvantaged students benefit from attending classes with more skilled colleagues? Evidence from a top university in Brazil
Motte, Henrique Z.; Oliveira, Rodrigo Carvalho - 2021
students, a group of disadvantaged Black and mixed-race students from low-income families and with lower levels of education …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012705335
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The unintended long-run impacts of agro-terrorism in Brazil
Barreto, Yuri; Oliveira, Rodrigo Carvalho - 2022
the education and labour market. We explore the witches' broom outbreak in cocoa farms in the world's second most …-term education and earnings of individuals living in affected municipalities. We show a piece of evidence that the increase in child …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477566
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The impacts of studying abroad: Evidence from a government-sponsored scholarship programme in Brazil
Conceição, Otávio Canozzi; Oliveira, Rodrigo Carvalho; … - 2023
' human capital and interest in science and postgraduate education studies through a substantial increase in scholarships for … increasing approved student enrolment in postgraduate education programmes in Brazil. Even though the programme could have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014477626
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The effect of class assignment on academic performance and the labour market: Evidence from a public federal university in Brazil
Motte, Henrique Z.; Oliveira, Rodrigo Carvalho - 2020
Can students' rank in the ability distribution of their class impact their academic achievement? We aim to answer this question using a discontinuity generated by a rule for the distribution of students between classes at a prestigious Brazilian university. The rule means that in almost 30 per...
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