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Non-Cognitive Skills and the Gender Disparities in Test Scores and Teacher Assessments : Evidence from Primary School
Cornwell, Christopher - 2011
We extend the analysis of early-emerging gender differences in academic achievement to include both (objective) test … favoring girls, and that the misalignment of grades and test scores can be linked to gender differences in non … strongest evidence of a gender gap appearing among whites. However, boys in all racial categories across all subject areas are …
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The Effect of Teacher Gender on Student Achievement in Primary School : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Antecol, Heather - 2012
psychology literature with respect to the academic impact of gender dynamics in the classroom. Specifically, using data from a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107716
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Gender Gaps in Primary School Achievement : A Decomposition into Endowments and Returns to IQ and Non-Cognitive Factors
Golsteyn, Bart - 2014
differences in achievement into gender differences in endowments and returns to IQ and non-cognitive factors. This descriptive … resources and take similar advantage of these resources.Our findings indicate that gender differences in resources with respect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013053518
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Long-Term Effects of Class Size
Fredriksson, Peter - 2011
This paper evaluates the long-term effects of class size in primary school. We use rich administrative data from Sweden and exploit variation in class size created by a maximum class size rule. Smaller classes in the last three years of primary school (age 10 to 13) are not only beneficial for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121751
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The Effects of Bullying in Elementary School
Eriksen, Tine Louise - 2012
Bullying is a widespread social phenomenon. We show that both children who are being bullied and children who bully suffer in terms of long-term outcomes. We rely on rich survey and register-based data for children born in a region of Denmark during 1990-1992, which allows us to carefully...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013103482
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Does Access to Secondary Education Affect Primary Schooling? Evidence from India
Mukhopadhyay, Abhiroop - 2012
This paper investigates if better access to secondary education increases enrolment in primary schools among children in the 6-10 age group. Using a household-level longitudinal survey covering 43 villages in a poor state in India, we find support for the hypothesis that better access to...
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Peer Effects : Evidence from Secondary School Transition in England
Gibbons, Stephen - 2012
We study the effects of peers on school achievement, with detailed data on children making the same primary to secondary school transition in consecutive years in England. Our estimates show that secondary school composition, on entry at age 12, affects achievement at age 14, although the effect...
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Peer Effects in Disadvantaged Primary Schools : Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Antecol, Heather - 2013
We examine the effect of peer achievement on students' own achievement and teacher performance in primary schools in disadvantaged neighborhoods using data from a well-executed randomized experiment in seven states. Contrary to the existing literature, we find that the average classroom peer...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013073842
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Determinants of Teacher Value-Added in Public Primary Schools : Evidence from Administrative Panel Data
Tanaka, Ryuichi - 2020
.S. schools. Using TVA estimates, we examine their associations with gender, teaching experience, age, and promotions of teachers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012836580
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Class Rank and Long-Run Outcomes
Denning, Jeffrey - 2018
This paper considers a fundamental question about the school environment – what are the long run effects of a student's ordinal rank in elementary school? Using administrative data from all public school students in Texas, we show that students with a higher third grade academic rank,...
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