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Gender and Educational Achievement: Stylized Facts and Causal Evidence
Delaney, Judith; Devereux, Paul J. - 2021
There are two well-established gender gaps in education. First, females tend to have higher educational attainment and … evidence for the role of various factors in affecting educational achievement by gender. Gender differences in non … concludes by evaluating what factors are most responsible for the two central gender gaps, whether there is a role for policy to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497975
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New Evidence on Classroom Computers and Pupil Learning
Angrist, Joshua D.; Lavy, Victor - 2001
1994, the Israeli State Lottery sponsored the installation of computers in many elementary and middle schools. This program …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270570
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The Legacy of COVID-19 in Education
Werner, Katharina; Woessmann, Ludger - 2021
on the conceptual framework of an education production function, we cover evidence on child, parent, and school inputs …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012882372
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Peer effects: Evidence from secondary school transition in England
Gibbons, Steve; Telhaj, Shqiponja - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282284
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The Importance of School Systems: Evidence from International Differences in Student Achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
uses the framework of an education production function to provide descriptive analysis of the extent to which different …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011524932
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Peer Effects: Evidence from Secondary School Transition in England
Gibbons, Steve; Telhaj, Shqiponja - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010541267
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New Evidence on Classroom Computers and Pupil Learning
Angrist, Joshua; Lavy, Victor - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2001
1994, the Israeli State Lottery sponsored the installation of computers in many elementary and middle schools. This program …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005566337
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Do single-sex classes affect exam scores? An experiment in a coeducational university
Booth, Alison L.; Cardona-Sosa, Lina; Nolen, Patrick - 2013
selection issues present in other studies on single-sex education. We find that one hour a week of single-sex education benefits … classes than their peers attending coeducational classes. We find no effect of single-sex education on the probability that a … female will take technical classes and there is no effect of single-sex education for males. Furthermore we are able to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010293098
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Do Boys and Girls Use Computers Differently, and Does It Contribute to Why Boys Do Worse in School than Girls?
Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015
the gender gap in academic achievement. Data from several sources indicate that boys are less likely to use computers for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011345364
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Do Gays Shy Away from Competition? Do Lesbians Compete Too Much?
Buser, Thomas; Geijtenbeek, Lydia; Plug, Erik - 2015
It is an established fact that gay men earn less than other men and lesbian women earn more than other women. In this paper we study whether differences in competitive preferences, which have emerged as a likely determinant of labour market differences between men and women, can provide a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011401654