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Career Changers in Teaching Jobs : A Case Study Based on the Swiss Vocational Education System
Hof, Stefani - 2011
This study investigates the determinants and motives of professionals who change career to vocational teaching. The … a prior career in that specific field. Thus, to work in teaching, every vocational teacher has to change his or her … initial career. This paper focuses on the relevance of monetary motives for changing a career to teaching. Using a unique data …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013122973
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Is There a Causal Effect of High School Math on Labor Market Outcomes?
Joensen, Juanna Schrøter - 2008
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012773849
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Returns to Private Education in Peru
Calónico, Sebastián - 2007
The private provision of educational services has been representing an increasing fraction of the Peruvian schooling system, especially in recent last decades. While there have been many claims about the differences in quality between private and public schools, there is no complete assessment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012777092
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Long-Run Effects from Comprehensive Student Support : Evidence from Pathways to Education
Lavecchia, Adam - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870277
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'Teaching to Teach' Literacy
Machin, Stephen J. - 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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012990855
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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment : Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra
Cortes, Kalena E. - 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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Government Education Expenditures, Pre-Primary Education and School Performance : A Cross-Country Analysis
Del Boca, Daniela - 2018
Using data from OECD's PISA, Eurostat and World Bank's WDI, we explore how child cognitive outcomes at the aggregate country level are related to macroeconomic conditions, specifically government education expenditures and early education experience. We find that both government expenditures in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012925495
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The Impact of Working Memory Training on Children's Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills
Berger, Eva M. - 2020
in regular school teaching by a randomized educational intervention involving a sample of 6–7 years old first graders …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012831238
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Career and Technical Education in High School and Postsecondary Career Pathways in Washington State
Cowan, James; Goldhaber, Dan; Holzer, Harry J.; Naito, … - 2021
In this study, we describe the postsecondary transitions of students taking CTE courses in high school using administrative data on one cohort of high school students from Washington State. Our findings indicate that CTE students are less likely to enroll in college overall, especially four-year...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315080
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Instruction Time, Information, and Student Achievement : Evidence from a Field Experiment
Andersen, Simon Calmar - 2019
Prior research has shown that time spent in school does not close the achievement gap between students with low and high socioeconomic status (SES). We examine the effect of combining increased instruction time with information to teachers about their students' reading achievements by using a...
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