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After a decade of correlational research, this study is the first to measure the causal impact of (general) smartphone use on educational performance. To this end, we merge survey data on general smartphone use, exogenous predictors of this use, and other drivers of academic success with the...
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After a decade of correlational research, this study is the first to measure the causal impact of (general) smartphone use on educational performance. To this end, we merge survey data on general smartphone use, exogenous predictors of this use, and other drivers of academic success with the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011843956
endogeneity, we present a field experiment in which various forms of student work experience are randomly disclosed by more than …
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field experiment in which we sent 1,248 fictitious, but realistic, resumes to real job openings. We find that applicants …
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the peerreviewed literature, we conducted a scenario experiment with 445 genuine recruiters. Results show that, compared …
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field experiment in which we sent 1,248 fictitious, but realistic, resumes to real job openings. We find that applicants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011985978
This study investigates whether the choice for a vocationally versus a generally oriented higher education program entails a trade-off between higher employment chances and better matches at the start of the career (when opting for a vocational orientation) and a lower risk of bad match...
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endogeneity, we present a field experiment in which various forms of student work experience are randomly disclosed by more than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307399
A dynamic discrete choice model is set up to estimate the effects of grade retention in high school, both in the short- (end-of-year evaluation) and long-run (drop-out and delay). In contrast to regression discontinuity designs, this approach captures treatment heterogeneity and controls for...
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We contribute to the literature on relative age effects on pupils' (non-cognitive) skills formation by studying students' social network. We investigate data on European adolescents from the Health Behaviour in School Aged Children survey and use an instrumental variables approach to account for...
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