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Peer Effects and Students’ Self-Control
Buechel, Berno; Mechtenberg, Lydia; Petersen, Julia - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2014
We conducted a multi-wave field experiment to study the interaction of peer effects and self-control among …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011259285
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Peer Effects and Students’ Self-Control
Buechel, Berno; Mechtenberg, Lydia; Petersen, Julia - Sonderforschungsbereich 649: Ökonomisches Risiko, … - 2014
We conducted a multi-wave field experiment to study the interaction of peer effects and selfcontrol among undergraduate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011277267
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Cash Transfers and Child Schooling: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation of the Role of Conditionality
Akresh, Richard; de Walque, Damien; Kazianga, Harounan - Spears School of Business, Oklahoma State University - 2013
We conduct a randomized experiment in rural Burkina Faso to estimate the impact of alternative cash transfer delivery …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010686641
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Centre-based versus home-based childcare
Bauchmüller R. - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2013
Centrebased childcare is seen as a public investment to facilitate maternalemployment. Recent theoretical research proposes that such investmentspotentially lead to substantial gains in child development and thus to high returnsfor society as a whole. However, the empirical evidence is still...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011261256
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Diálogos com o ensino médio 6 : o estudante de ensino médio no Brasil analisado a partir de dados do INEP
Golgher, André Braz - Centro de Desenvolvimento e Planejamento Regional … - 2010
This working paper discusses the correlation between different factors and school performance in the secondary school with the use of data from INEP, such as the ENEM, and also the Demographic Census. We compared state, municipal, federal and private schools in topics, such as: student...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008676590
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Literacy Profile of Ontario’s Youth
Kapsalis, Constantine - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2000
This study develops a literacy profile of Ontario's youth (ages 17 to 25) using data from the International Adult … Literacy Survey. The analysis concentrates on Canadian-born youth only. Because of sample limitations, it was not possible to … explore the literacy skills of foreign-born youth. IALS classifies respondents into 5 levels of literacy, across 3 literacy …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008685376
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Chinese Un-Exceptionalism? The Case of Chinese Youths in Spain and their Low Educational Ambitions
Yiu, Jessica - Center for Migration and Development Studies, Woodrow … - 2011
The children of Chinese immigrants in the U.S. have been held up as exemplars for their academic prowess and their high levels of educational attainment. Although recent U.S.-based studies have attempted to debunk the ‘model minority’ hypothesis, showing that the actual educational...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010720786
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Leisure Behavior of Young People: Education-Oriented Activities Becoming Increasingly Prevalent
Hille, Adrian; Arnold, Annegret; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 4 (2014) 1, pp. 26-36
Young people's leisure activities are significantly different today than they were ten years ago. The obvious use of communication and entertainment electronics, such as cell phones, computers, and games consoles is only one aspect - there are also less visible changes: informal activities such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128077
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Freizeitverhalten Jugendlicher: bildungsorientierte Aktivitäten spielen eine immer größere Rolle
Hille, Adrian; Arnold, Annegret; Schupp, Jürgen - In: DIW Wochenbericht 80 (2013) 40, pp. 15-25
. Jugendliche gestalten ihre Freizeit heute deutlich anders als noch vor zehn Jahren. Die augenfällige Nutzung von Kommunikationsund … sozialen Schichten hinweg. Dennoch haben die deutlich identifizierbaren sozialen Unterschiede nicht abgenommen. Jugendliche aus …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011128682
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Child Labor and School Attendance: Two Joint Decisions.
Nielsen, H.S. - School of Economics and Management, Institut for Økonomi - 1998
In this paper, a variety of potentially explanatory indicators for child labor and school attendance in Zambia is scrutinized. By analysing the results from a bivariate probit model, new doubt is raised with regard to the income sensitivity of the child labor choice. Different factors in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005675171