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adolescent human capital production. Our focus is inspired by the contemporary psychology of education literature, which … of how to lessen racial and gender achievement gaps. One general insight is that students who are falling behind their … peers, whether correlated to race, gender, or school district, are doing so because of academic efficiency rather than time …
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adolescent human capital production. Our focus is inspired by the contemporary psychology of education literature, which … of how to lessen racial and gender achievement gaps. One general insight is that students who are falling behind their … peers, whether correlated to race, gender, or school district, are doing so because of academic efficiency rather than time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012431087
novel aspects of the education production function. First, we document evidence of strong self-productivity in cognitive … executive functioning skills, and that the technology of skill formation itself is impacted by our treatments. We estimate …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013292672
The behavioral revolution within economics has been largely driven by psychological insights, with the sister sciences playing a lesser role. This study leverages insights from sociology to explore the role of neighborhoods on human capital formation at an early age. We do so by estimating the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013252072
usually require competitiveness, competitiveness differences provide an explanation for gender gaps in wages and differences … Harvard College and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011010047
adolescent human capital production. Our focus is inspired by the contemporary psychology of education literature, which … how to lessen racial and gender achievement gaps. One general insight is that students who are falling behind their peers …, whether correlated to race, gender, or school district, are doing so because of academic efficiency rather than time …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014091940
The behavioral revolution within economics has been largely driven by psychological insights, with the sister sciences playing a lesser role. This study leverages insights from sociology to explore the role of neighborhoods on human capital formation at an early age. We do so by estimating the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012389402
The functioning and well-being of any society and organization critically hinges on norms of cooperation that regulate social activities. Empirical evidence on how such norms emerge and in which environments they thrive remain a clear void in the literature. To provide an initial set of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010861721
Psychological insights have made inroads within most areas of study in economics. One area where less advance has occurred is environmental and resource economics. In this study, we examine preference reversals over evaluation modes, in which economic values critically depend on whether a good...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008852041
The behavioral revolution within economics has been largely driven by psychological insights, with the sister sciences playing a lesser role. This study leverages insights from sociology to explore the role of neighborhoods on human capital formation at an early age. We do so by estimating the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012497867