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Where Do Stem Graduates Stem from? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages
Hanushek, Eric A.; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2023
The standard economic model of occupational choice following a basic Roy model emphasizes individual selection and comparative advantage, but the sources of comparative advantage are not well understood. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014344756
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Where do STEM graduates stem from? : the intergenerational transmission of comparative skill advantages
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023
The standard economic model of occupational choice following a basic Roy model emphasizes individual selection and comparative advantage, but the sources of comparative advantage are not well understood. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014283095
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Where do STEM graduates stem from? : the intergenerational transmission of comparative skill advantages
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - 2023
The standard economic model of occupational choice following a basic Roy model emphasizes individual selection and comparative advantage, but the sources of comparative advantage are not well understood. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014276960
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The Impact of Alternative Grade Configurations on Student Outcomes through Middle and High School
Schwerdt, Guido - 2011
school attended in grades 3 and 6, respectively. Consistent with recent evidence from other settings, we find that students … confirm that these achievement drops occur in non-urban areas and persist through grade 10, by which time most students have … students' performance trajectories …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013121868
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Do role models matter in large classes? : new evidence on gender match effects in higher education
Maurer, Stephan; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon - 2023
We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects … larger classes. This difference suggests that direct and frequent interactions between students and professors are important … increase performance of female students. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013486141
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Do role models matter in large classes? : new evidence on gender match effects in higher education
Maurer, Stephan; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2023
It is well established that female students perform better when taught by female professors. However, little is known …, but are absent in larger classes. These results suggest that direct and frequent interactions between students and … sufficient to increase performance of female students. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014283173
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Do role models matter in large classes? : new evidence on gender match effects in higher education
Maurer, Stephan; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon - 2023
We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects … larger classes. This difference suggests that direct and frequent interactions between students and professors are important … increase performance of female students. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013499191
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Do role models matter in large classes? : new evidence on gender match effects in higher education
Maurer, Stephan; Schwerdt, Guido; Wiederhold, Simon - 2023
We study whether female students benefit from being taught by female professors, and whether such gender match effects … larger classes. This difference suggests that direct and frequent interactions between students and professors are important … increase performance of female students. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013492990
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The Impact of Alternative Grade Configurations on Student Outcomes Through Middle and High School
Schwerdt, Guido - 2011
that students moving from elementary to middle school suffer a sharp drop in student achievement in the transition year … achievement but do not alter students' performance trajectories …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013117182
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Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
The standard economic model of occupational choice following a basic Roy model emphasizes individual selection and comparative advantage, but the sources of comparative advantage are not well understood. We employ a unique combination of Dutch survey and registry data that links math and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250203