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Keep Calm and Carry On: The Short- vs. Long-Run Effects of Mindfulness Meditation on (Academic) Performance

Cassar, Lea; Fischer, Mira; Valero, Vanessa - 2022

impact of mindfulness meditation on academic performance through a randomized evaluation of a well-known 8-week mindfulness …, such as performance. We address this question through a field experiment in an educational setting. We study the causal … and non-cognitive skills. However, it takes time before students' performance can benefit from mindfulness meditation: we …

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Does Evaluating Teachers Make a Difference?

Briole, Simon; Maurin, Eric - 2019

students' performance, especially in math. This effect is seen not only for students taught by teachers the year of their …

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The effects of maternity leave extension on training for young women

Puhani, Patrick A.; Sonderhof, Katja - 2008

Using three representative individual-level datasets for West Germany, we estimate the effect of the extension of maternity leave from 18 to 36 months on young women's participation in job-related training. Specifically, we employ difference-indifferences identification strategies using control...

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Every child matters? An evaluation of 'special educational needs' programmes in England

Keslair, Francois; Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra - 2011

The need for education to help every child rather than focus on average attainment has become a more central part of the policy agenda in the US and the UK. Remedial programmes are often difficult to evaluate because participation is usually based on pupil characteristics that are largely...

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Resources and Standards in Urban Schools

Machin, Stephen; McNally, Sandra; Meghir, Costas - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007

. We report results showing a positive impact of the extra resources on school attendance and performance in Mathematics … impact has been in more disadvantaged schools and on the performance of middle and high ability students within these schools …

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Every Child Matters? An Evaluation of "Special Educational Needs" Programmes in England

Keslair, Francois; Maurin, Eric; McNally, Sandra - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011

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The Effects of Maternity Leave Extension on Training for Young Women

Puhani, Patrick A.; Sonderhof, Katja - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

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The Five E’s of Sustainability

Sorinel, Cosma - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series X (2010) 2, pp. 139-143

, education and evaluation have been brought together as the five E’s of sustainability. The purpose of this paper is to look into …

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The Effect of High School Employment on Educational Attainment: A Conditional Difference-in-Differences Approach

Buscha, Franz; Maurel, Arnaud; Page, Lionel; … - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008

Using American panel data from the National Educational Longitudinal Study of 1988 (NELS:88) this paper investigates the effect of working during grade 12 on attainment. We exploit the longitudinal nature of the NELS by employing, for the first time in the related literature, a semiparametric...

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