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Disruptive school peers and student outcomes

Kristoffersen, Jannie H. G.; Kraegpøth, Morten Visby; … - 2015

This paper estimates how peers' achievement gains are affected by the presence of potentially disruptive and emotionally sensitive children in the school-cohort. We exploit that some children move between schools and thus generate variation in peer composition in the receiving school-cohort. We...

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The Effect of Teacher’s Aides on Inclusion of Students with Special Needs

Andersen, Simon Calmar; Beuchert, Louise; Nielsen, … - 2022

This study investigates whether successful inclusion of students with special education needs (SEN) in regular … students in regular classrooms and that these students gained academically. While the academic gains evaporated over time, the … treated students were able to stay in regular classrooms throughout compulsory education and largely follow the same …

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Estimating the effect of student aid on college enrollment : evidence from a government grant policy reform

Nielsen, Helena Skyt (contributor); … - 2008

In this paper, we investigate the responsiveness of the demand for college to changes in student aid arising from a Danish reform. We separately identify the effect of aid from that of other observed and unobserved variables such as parental income. We exploit the combination of a kinked aid...

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Estimating the effect of student aid on college enrollment : evidence from a government grant polica reform

Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Sørensen, Torben; Taber, Christopher - In: American economic journal : a journal of the American … 2 (2010) 2, pp. 185-215

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Disruptive school peers and student outcomes

Kristoffersen, Jannie H. G.; Krægpøth, Morten Visby; … - In: Economics of education review 45 (2015), pp. 1-13

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Estimating the Effect of Student Aid on College Enrollment: Evidence from a Government Grant Policy Reform

Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Sørensen, Torben; Taber, Christopher - In: American Economic Journal: Economic Policy 2 (2010) 2, pp. 185-215

In this paper, we estimate the response of college enrollment to changes in student aid arising from a Danish reform. We separately identify the effect of aid from that of other observed and unobserved variables such as parental income. We exploit the combination of a kinked aid scheme and a...

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School starting age and crime

Landersø, Rasmus; Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Simonsen, Marianne - 2013

This paper investigates the effects of school starting age on crime while relying on variation in school starting age induced by administrative rules; we exploit that Danish children typically start first grade in the calendar year they turn seven, which gives rise to a discontinuity in...

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School Starting Age and the Crime-Age Profile

Landerso, Rasmus; Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Simonsen, Marianne - 2015

This paper uses register-based data to investigate the effects of school starting age on crime. Through this, we provide insights into the determinants of crime-age profiles. We exploit that Danish children typically start first grade in the calendar year they turn seven, which gives rise to a...

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The impact of parents' years since migration on children's academic achievement

Nielsen, Helena Skyt; Rangvid, Beatrice Schindler - In: IZA Journal of Migration 1 (2012), pp. 1-23

In this paper, we employ register data for eight cohorts of second-generation immigrant pupils to identify the impact of each parent's years since migration on their children's school achievements. We exploit variation in years since migration and within-family variation. We find evidence of a...

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The Short-Term Effects of School Consolidation on Student Achievement: Evidence of Disruption?

Beuchert, Louise Voldby; Humlum, Maria Knoth; Nielsen, … - 2016

that these effects are most pronounced for students exposed to school closings. Furthermore, students initially enrolled in …

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