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Homework assignment and student achievement in OECD countries
Falch, Torberg; Rønning, Marte - 2012
This paper analyzes the effect of assigning homework on student achievement using data from 16 OECD countries that participated in TIMSS 2007. The model exploits withinstudent variation in homework across subjects in a sample of primary school students who have the same teacher in two related...
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Demographic transition, family size and child schooling
Mari Bhat, P.N. - National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) - 2002
This paper first presents evidence to show that in recent years there has been a substantial fall in fertility among illiterate women in India. Subsequently, using the data from the Human Development Profile Survey of 1994, it shows that child schooling among illiterate parents is inversely...
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Earning and education among ethnic groups in rural India
Unni, Jeemol - National Council of Applied Economic Research (NCAER) - 2001
In rural India access to education could act as a catalyst to change. Persons acquiring education could break through … some of the social and cultural norms associated with certain occupations. However, access to education and the capacity to … reservation of seats in higher education and jobs in the public sector were intended to help break some of these entry barriers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009245529
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Surveying Romanian Migrants in Italy Before and After the EU Accession: Migration Plans, Labour Market Features and Social Inclusion
Mara, Isilda - 2012
been a trend towards jobs distinguished as medium and low skilled. Moreover, a comparison between education level and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012100114
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Natural Resources, Demand for Skills, and Schooling Choices
Bütikofer, Aline; Dalla-Zuanna, Antonio; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2023
new needs of the industry by enrolling more in vocational secondary education. We also observe a decrease in academic high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377189
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Review of National Competition Policy Reforms
Commission, Productivity - Productivity Commission, Government of Australia
education and training are also needed. …
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Annual Review of Regulatory Burdens on Business: Social and Economic Infrastructure Services
Commission, Productivity - Productivity Commission, Government of Australia
, education, information media and telecommunications, energy and transport. The Commission found that much of the regulation in … to their operation. Inconsistency of regulations across jurisdictions in the transport, education and energy sectors …
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School Management: Norwegian Legacies Bowing to New Public Management
Tjeldvoll, Arild - In: Managing Global Transitions 6 (2008) 2, pp. 177-205
education policies and strategies. A specific question was asked: How relevant is the teaching professors’ understanding of …
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Natural resources, demand for skills, and schooling choices
Bütikofer, Aline; Dalla-Zuanna, Antonio; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2023
new needs of the industry by enrolling more in vocational secondary education. We also observe a decrease in academic high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014311599
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The impact of alternative grade configurations on student outcomes through middle and high school
Schwerdt, Guido; West, Martin R. - In: Journal of public economics 97 (2013) 1, pp. 308-326
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