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on the conceptual framework of an education production function, we cover evidence on child, parent, and school inputs … and students' cognitive and socio-emotional development. The German panel evidence shows that children's learning time … decreased severely during the first school closures, particularly for low-achieving students, and increased only slightly one …
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In this paper we investigate the existence and the size of territorial differences in Italian students’ mathematical … by the Italian Ministry of Education. We consider three different groups of educational inputs: individual …, cultural resources and aspirations. In addition to the standard gradient represented by parental education and occupation, we …
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Massification of tertiary education, growing share of student workers on labour market and consequently increased …
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expectations regarding three fundamental aspects of students' lives in the pandemic: the labor market, education, and health. We …University students have been particularly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic. We present results from the first wave of … document the differential responses of students as a function of their country of residence, parental income, gender, and for …
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We examine the effect of single-sex classes on the pass rates, grades, and course choices of students in a … coeducational university. We randomly assign students to all-female, all-male, and coed classes and, therefore, get around the … selection issues present in other studies on single-sex education. We find that one hour a week of single-sex education benefits …
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This paper empirically examines the educational selectivity of United States immigrants and of those that return to their source country. Data from the 1970 to 2000 U.S. Census and the 2010 American Community Survey are employed. Ten countries are selected for the study based on their historical...
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primary education and grade repetition. Using variation in the fraction of students with migration background among adjacent … migrant students in a major Austrian city between 1980-2001. The outcome measures of interest are track attendance after … cohorts within schools and drawing special attention to time trends, the analysis shows that migrant students suffer from …
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This paper examines the economic origins of the Islamic revival that took place in Egypt in the 1970-80s, and in Muslim societies more generally. We provide the first systematic evidence of a decline in social mobility among educated youth in Egypt. Developing a behavioral model of religion, we...
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I examine the effects of cognitive ability and personality traits on college graduation in a recent cohort of young Americans, and how the returns to these traits vary by family background, and find very substantial differences across family background groups in the personality traits that...
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intermediate inputs in education for treatment students. …Computers are an important part of modern education, yet large segments of the population - especially low-income and … conducting the largest-ever field experiment involving the random provision of free computers for home use to students. 1 …
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