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Inequality of Learning in Industrialised Countries
Micklewright, John - 2007
investigate where inequality is greatest, the association between inequality in learning and average levels of learning, the …
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Rank Incentives and Social Learning : Evidence from a Randomized Controlled Trial
Dobrescu, Loretti - 2019
all quantiles and extend beyond the time of the intervention. The mechanism behind these findings involves social learning …
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Learning Through Coworker Referrals
Glitz, Albrecht - 2019
initial uncertainty in the external market but the possibility of subsequent learning about match-specific productivity, we …
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Learning About Oneself : The Effects of Performance Feedback on School Choice
Bobba, Matteo - 2016
We design and implement a field experiment that provides students from less advantaged backgrounds with individualized feedback on academic performance during the transition from middle to high school. The intervention reduces the gap between expected and actual performance, as well as shrinks...
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Education and Growth with Learning by Doing
Marconi, Gabriele - 2015
We develop a general equilibrium overlapping generations model which is based on the view that education makes workers more productive by increasing their ability to learn from work experience, rather than providing skills that directly increase productivity. One important implication of the...
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IC Technology and Learning : An Impact Evaluation of Cl ssi2.0
Checchi, Daniele - 2015
In this paper we present a counterfactual evaluation of the effect of ICT resources at school on student achievements conducted in Italy. In 2009 156 classes at 6th grade were endowed with additional resources earmarked for purchasing ICT equipments only. By selecting an equivalent number of...
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Learning and Behavioral Spillovers of Nutritional Information
Singh, Prakarsh - 2016
groups, a treatment group, a neighboring spillover group, and a non-adjacent pure control group. Mothers of children (aged 3 … children. Spillovers to neighboring (untreated) mothers can be through social learning or imitation. Results from a difference … control group. Neighboring mothers exhibit learning spillovers, changes in dietary behavior and a reduction in food …
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Grades and Employer Learning
Toft Hansen, Anne; Hvidman, Ulrik; Sievertsen, Hans Henrik - 2021
This study examines the labor-market returns of skill signals. We identify the labor-market effect of grade point averages (GPA) by leveraging a nationwide change in the scaling of grades in Danish universities. Results show that a reform-induced increase in GPA that is unrelated to ability...
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Approaches to Learn About Employer Learning
Ablay, Mahmut; Lange, Fabian - 2022
The empirical literature on employer learning assumes that employers learn about unobserved ability differences across …
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How Do Informal Agreements and Renegotiation Shape Contractual Reference Points?
Fehr, Ernst - 2011
Previous experimental work provides encouraging support for some of the central assumptions underlying Hart and Moore (2008)'s theory of contractual reference points. However, existing studies ignore realistic aspects of trading relationships such as informal agreements and ex post...
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