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This paper evaluates the impacts of a public program that introduced access to part-time childcare centers for children younger than four years of age in poor urban areas in Nicaragua. We explore the effects of this program on several measures of children's and parental outcomes. Our...
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This paper evaluates the impacts of a public program that introduced access to part-time childcare centers for children younger than four years of age in poor urban areas in Nicaragua. We explore the effects of this program on several measures of children's and parental outcomes. Our...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012167653
English Abstract: In this paper, we study the effects of entry into the public teacher career on salaries and health … relation to health outcomes, we found that teachers admitted into the public teacher career get sicker than their peers who are …
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In this paper, we analyze the impact that the reforms introduced by the Law 142 of 1994, for the modification of the potable water and sewerage systems, had on the child mortality rate. These reforms, for one side, allowed the entrance of private companies into the public services provision...
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Argentina. In 1993 the government implemented an education reform (Ley Federal de Educación) that among several features …
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Gamification, or the introduction of game elements to non-game contexts, has the potential to improve learning by increasing student motivation. However, there is little rigorous evidence about its effectiveness. In this paper, we experimentally evaluate an innovative technology program that...
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Argentina. In 1993 the government implemented an education reform (Ley Federal de Educación) that among several features …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010465405
Based on the theory of personality BIS / BAS (Carver and White, 1994) and the motivational theory of Self-determination theory (Gagné and Deci, 2005), studied the relationship between both models in order to identify profiles that allow us to understand the characteristics and motivational...
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Gamification, or the introduction of game elements to non-game contexts, has the potential to improve learning by increasing student motivation. However, there is little rigorous evidence about its effectiveness. In this paper, we experimentally evaluate an innovative technology program that...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012028345