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The Critical Period Hypothesis for Language Learning: What the 2000 US Census Says
Chiswick, Barry R.; Miller, Paul W. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2007
A critical period for language learning is often defined as a sharp decline in learning outcomes with age. This study examines the relevance of the critical period to English proficiency among immigrants in the US. It uses microdata from the 2000 US Census, a model of language acquisition from...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005822851
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Opinion Copulas, Homophily and Multimodal Marginals
Askitas, Nikos - 2017
An empirically founded and widely established driving force in opinion dynamics is homophily i.e. the tendency of "birds of a feather" to "flock together". The closer our opinions are the more likely it is that we will interact and converge. Models using these assumptions are called bounded...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653481
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Does private tutoring payoff?
Gurun, Ayfer; Millimet, Daniel L. - 2008
We assess the causal effect of private tutoring on the probability of university placement in Turkey. We find that … tutoring increases the probability of being placed in a university when non-random selection is ignored. Moreover, among those … utilizing private tutoring, greater expenditure on tutoring is also positively associated with university placement. However, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010269257
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Long-Run Effects from Comprehensive Student Support: Evidence from Pathways to Education
Lavecchia, Adam M.; Oreopoulos, Philip; Brown, Robert S. - 2019
We estimate long-run impacts to the Pathways to Education program, a comprehensive set of coaching, tutoring, group …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005904
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Apart but Connected: Online Tutoring and Student Outcomes during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Carlana, Michela; La Ferrara, Eliana - 2021
schools that provides free individual tutoring online to disadvantaged students during lock-down. Tutors are university …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497995
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Does Private Tutoring Payoff?
Gurun, Ayfer; Millimet, Daniel L. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2008
We assess the causal effect of private tutoring on the probability of university placement in Turkey. We find that … tutoring increases the probability of being placed in a university when non-random selection is ignored. Moreover, among those … utilizing private tutoring, greater expenditure on tutoring is also positively associated with university placement. However, we …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005700919