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The Impact of High School Curriculum on Confidence, Academic Success, and Mental and Physical Well-Being of University Students
Yu, Han - 2018
to the new curriculum in high school have better academic performance in university. They are happier, and their physical …This paper investigates the causal effect of high school curriculum on various student outcomes including academic … performance at the university, happiness, physical and mental health, self-confidence, confidence in academic ability, and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453144
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Are High-Quality PhD Programs at Universities Associated with More Undergraduate Students Pursuing PhD Study?
Jones, Todd R. - 2016
This paper investigates which attributes of a Carnegie PhD-level institution predict the share of its undergraduate BA recipients that will earn a PhD. Four broad PhD fields are studied: humanities, physical sciences, natural sciences, and social sciences. We use restricted-access,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012456305
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Education and Saving : The Long-Term Effects of High School Financial Curriculum Mandates
Bernheim, B. Douglas - 1997
Over the last forty years, the majority of states have adopted consumer education policies, and a sizable minority have specifically mandated that high school students receive instruction on topics related to household financial decision-making (budgeting so forth). In this paper, we attempt to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012472729
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Are Tenure Track Professors Better Teachers?
Figlio, David N. - 2013
University to investigate the relative effects of tenure track/tenured versus non-tenure line faculty on student learning. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012459255
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The Best Business Schools : A Market Based Approach
Tracy, Joseph - 1994
We present a new methodology for ranking business schools. Unlike previous rankings based on subjective survey responses (from CEOs, business school deans, recruiters, or graduates), our approach uses data derived from the labor market for new MBAs. We adjust programs' salaries for the quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012474325
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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment : Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra
Cortes, Kalena - 2014
We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled instructional time, altered peer composition and emphasized problem solving skills. A regression discontinuity design shows substantial positive impacts of double-dose algebra on...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458454
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Curriculum and Ideology
Cantoni, Davide - 2014
its effect, we present evidence from a novel survey we conducted among 2000 students at Peking University. The sharp …, staggered introduction of the new curriculum across provinces allows us to identify the effects of the new educational content …. These changes were often effective: study under the new curriculum is robustly associated with changed views on political …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012458553
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Variation in Women’s Success Across PhD Programs in Economics
Boustan, Leah Platt - 2019
We document wide and persistent variation in women's representation and success across graduate programs in economics. Using new data on early career outcomes for recent graduates, including first job placement, publications and promotion, we compare (anonymized) departments on outcomes for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012479400
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Expanding and Diversifying the Pool of Undergraduates who Study Economics : Insights from a New Introductory Course at Harvard
Bayer, Amanda - 2020
There is widespread concern that economics does not attract as broad or diverse a pool of talent as it could. For example, less than one-third of undergraduates who receive degrees in economics are women, significantly lower than in math or statistics. This article presents a case study of a new...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012481918
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Gender and the Dynamics of Economics Seminars
Dupas, Pascaline; Sasser, Alicia; Niederle, Muriel; … - Seminar Dynamics Collective; National Bureau of … - 2021
This paper reports the results of the first systematic attempt at quantitatively measuring the seminar culture within economics and testing whether it is gender neutral. We collected data on every interaction between presenters and their audience in hundreds of research seminars and job market...
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