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Technology and Education : Computers, Software, and the Internet
Bulman, George - 2016
A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving educational outcomes. This paper explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational outcomes. The literature focuses on two primary...
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The 2004 Global Labor Survey : Workplace Institutions and Practices Around the World
Chor, Davin; Freeman, Richard B. - 2021
The 2004 Global Labor Survey (GLS) is an Internet-based survey that seeks to measure de facto labor practices in … countries around the world, covering issues such as freedom of association, the regulation of work contracts, employee benefits …) and competitiveness (World Economic Forum). Although our pool of respondents differs greatly from the conservative …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013240988
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Following Through on Good Intentions : The Power of Planning Prompts
Milkman, Katherine L. - 2012
We study whether prompts to form and recall a plan can increase individuals' responsiveness to reminders to make and attend beneficial appointments. At four companies, all employees due for a colonoscopy were randomly assigned to receive either a control mailing or a treatment mailing. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013107727
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Student Coaching : How Far Can Technology Go?
Oreopoulos, Philip - 2016
Recent studies show that programs offering structured, one-on-one coaching and tutoring tend to have large effects on the academic outcomes of both high school and college students. These programs are often costly to implement and difficult to scale, however, calling into question whether making...
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Digital Messaging to Improve College Enrollment and Success
Avery, Christopher; Castleman, Benjamin; Hurwitz, Michael; … - 2022
We investigate the efficacy of text messaging campaigns to remind students about and support them with key steps in the college search, application, selection and transition process. First, in collaboration with the College Board and uAspire, both national non-profit organizations, we...
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Variation in Performance of Commonly Used Statistical Methods for Estimating Effectiveness of State-Level Opioid Policies on Opioid-Related Mortality
Griffin, Beth Ann - 2020
effects. This simulation study used real-world data to compare model performance across a range of important statistical … limitations of existing statistical methods under scenarios that are likely to affect real-world policy studies. Given the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012835557
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Variation in Performance of Commonly Used Statistical Methods for Estimating Effectiveness of State-Level Opioid Policies on Opioid-Related Mortality
Griffin, Beth Ann - 2020
effects. This simulation study used real-world data to compare model performance across a range of important statistical … limitations of existing statistical methods under scenarios that are likely to affect real-world policy studies. Given the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012835760
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Researcher Incentives and Empirical Methods
Glaeser, Edward L. - 2007
Economists are quick to assume opportunistic behavior in almost every walk of life other than our own. Our empirical methods are based on assumptions of human behavior that would not pass muster in any of our models. The solution to this problem is not to expect a mass renunciation of data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012778257
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Potential Outcome and Directed Acyclic Graph Approaches to Causality : Relevance for Empirical Practice in Economics
Imbens, Guido W. - 2019
In this essay I discuss potential outcome and graphical approaches to causality, and their relevance for empirical work in economics. I review some of the work on directed acyclic graphs, including the recent “The Book of Why,” ([Pearl and Mackenzie, 2018]). I also discuss the potential...
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Causal Inference in Urban and Regional Economics
Baum-Snow, Nathaniel - 2014
Recovery of causal relationships in data is an essential part of scholarly inquiry in the social sciences. This chapter discusses strategies that have been successfully used in urban and regional economics for recovering such causal relationships. Essential to any successful empirical inquiry is...
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