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Understanding Peer Effects: On the Nature, Estimation and Channels of Peer Effects
Feld, Jan; Zölitz, Ulf - Nationalekonomiska institutionen, Handelshögskolan - 2014
This paper provides evidence on ability peer effects in university education. Identification comes from the random assignment of students to sections. We find that students on average benefit from better-ability peers. Low-ability students, however, are harmed by high-ability peers. We introduce...
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Intensive Math Instruction and Educational Attainment: Long-Run Impacts of Double-Dose Algebra
Cortes, Kalena E.; Goodman, Joshua; Nomi, Takako - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2014
We study an intensive math instruction policy that assigned low-skilled 9th graders to an algebra course that doubled …
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Math and Gender: Is Math a Route to a High-Powered Career?
Joensen, Juanna Schrøter; Nielsen, Helena Skyt - School of Economics and Management, University of Aarhus - 2013
There is a large gender gap in advanced math coursework in high school that many believe exists because girls are … discouraged from taking math courses. In this paper, we exploit an institutional change that reduced the costs of acquiring … advanced high school math to determine if access is, in fact, the mechanism - in particular for girls at the top of the math …
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Math and Gender: Is Math a Route to a High-Powered Career?
Joensen, Juanna Schrøter; Nielsen, Helena Skyt - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
There is a large gender gap in advanced math coursework in high school that many believe exists because girls are … discouraged from taking math courses. In this paper, we exploit an institutional change that reduced the costs of acquiring … advanced high school math to determine if access is, in fact, the mechanism – in particular for girls at the top of the math …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010960115
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Gender and Race Heterogeneity: The Impact of Increases in Students with Limited English on Native Students' Performance
Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
achievement level lead us to explore in this paper whether the increased immigration has differential effects by gender and race … find heterogeneous peer effects of limited English students on natives' performance in math and reading. Specifically, we …
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Institutional Determinants of Student Achievement - Microeconometric Evidence
Link, Susanne - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …
This volume was prepared by Susanne Link during her stay at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the Department of Human Capital and Innovation of the Ifo Institute of Economic Research. It was accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Economics Departure of the University of Munich in...
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Do Classmate Effects Fade Out?
Fletcher, Jason; Ross, Stephen; Bifulco, Robert; Oh, … - Department of Economics, University of Connecticut - 2012
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study examines the impact of high school cohort composition on the educational and labor market outcomes of individuals during their early 20s and again during their late 20s and early 30s. We find that the positive...
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Do high school peers have persistent effects on college attainment and other life outcomes?
Bifulco, Robert; Fletcher, Jason M.; Oh, Sun Jung; … - In: Labour Economics 29 (2014) C, pp. 83-90
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study examines the impact of high school cohort composition on the educational and labor market outcomes of individuals during their early 20s and again during their late 20s and early 30s. We find that having more high...
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Economic Modeling and Analysis of Educational Vouchers
Epple, Dennis; Romano, Richard - In: Annual Review of Economics 4 (2012) 1, pp. 159-183
The analysis of educational vouchers has evolved from market-based analogies to models that incorporate distinctive features of the educational environment. These distinctive features include peer effects, scope for private school pricing and admissions based on student characteristics, the...
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Do High School Peers Have Persistent Effects on College Attainment and Other Life Outcomes?
Bifulco, Robert; Fletcher, Jason; Oh, Sun Jung; Ross, … - Becker Friedman Institute for Research in Economics, … - 2014
Using data from the National Longitudinal Study of Adolescent Health, this study examines the impact of high school cohort composition on the educational and labor market outcomes of individuals during their early 20s and again during their late 20s and early 30s. We find that the positive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010760372