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Should Economists Listen to Educational Psychologists? : Some Economics of Student Motivation
Donze, Jocelyn; Gunnes, Trude - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This paper sheds light on the role of student motivation in the success of schooling. We develop a model in which a teacher engages in the management of student motivation through the choice of the classroom environment. We show that the teacher is able to motivate high-ability students, at...
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Die Arbeitslosenversicherung in Deutschland – Beitrag zur Bekämpfung oder Ursache von Arbeitslosigkeit
Breiding, Torsten - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006
Abstract German (English abstract is added below) Arbeitslosigkeit gilt als eines der schwerwiegendsten gesellschaftlichen Probleme unserer Zeit. Doch welche Gründe liegen, trotz der über die Jahre eingeleiteten Maßnahmen zur Bekämpfung der Arbeitslosigkeit, für die anhaltende...
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How effective are Los Angeles elementary teachers and schools?
Buddin, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2010
This study uses value-added methods to examine the effectiveness of Los Angeles elementary teachers and schools. The results show that teacher effectiveness varies substantially across the school district. Most of the variance in teacher effectiveness is within schools and not across schools....
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Measuring teacher and school effectiveness at improving student achievement in Los Angeles elementary schools
Buddin, Richard - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2011
This study uses longitudinal student-level test score data to examine the effectiveness of elementary teachers and schools in Los Angeles. The results show that teacher effectiveness varies widely both across the Los Angeles school district and within district schools. Controlling for student...
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Effects of Class Size on Achievement of College Students
De Paola, Maria; Scoppa, Vincenzo - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2009
In this paper we investigate the effects of class size on the achievements of a sample of college students enrolled at a middle-sized Italian public university. To estimate the effects of class size we exploit the exogenous variations in class size determined by a maximum class size rule...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005108454
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Immigrant Concentration at School and Natives' Achievement : Does the Type of Migrants and Natives Matter?
Bossavie, Laurent - 2017
' performance. This negative impact is stronger among natives with low parental education. We also report a negative effect of the … concentration of migrants with low parental education, while migrants with high parental education are found to have no impact. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012950369
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Education in Post-Independent Eritrea – A Brief Description
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2005
Education is an important pillar in the national economic development. It contributes to economic growth in varied … education plays a key role in the development after independence. This paper discusses educational growth and development in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835622
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Matching frictions and the divide of schooling investment between general and specific skills
Decreuse, Bruno; Granier, Pierre - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This paper examines the impact of labor market frictions and institutions on the divide of schooling investment between general and specific skills. We offer a simple matching model of unemployment in which individuals determine the scope and intensity of their skills. In partial equilibrium, we...
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THE IMPACT OF HIV/ AIDS ON POVERTY AND EDUCATION IN AFRICA
Rena, Ravinder - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
This article deals with the impact of the HIV/AIDS pandemic on poverty and education in Africa. It considers the scale … and scope of the pandemic and its anticipated impact on education systems in heavily infected sub-Saharan African … (SADC) region. The paper concludes by suggesting how the education sector can improve its management response to the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836219
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Education, social capital and entrepreneurial selection in Italy
Ferrante, Francesco; Sabatini, Fabio - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007
nature of entrepreneurial talent and the specific role of education in entrepreneurial selection and performance. Empirical … studies on entrepreneurship do not offer a neat picture of the actual contribution of education to entrepreneurial human …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836859