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Health effects of instruction intensity: Evidence from a natural experiment in German high-schools
Quis, Johanna Sophie; Reif, Simon - 2017
light on this discussion by analyzing the health effects of a reform in Germany where total years of schooling for students …A large literature aims to establish a causal link between education and health using changes in compulsory schooling … health effects for females while they are still in school. However, after graduation, females even seem to benefit from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011653760
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Health effects of instruction intensity: Evidence from a natural experiment in German high-schools
Quis, Johanna Sophie; Reif, Simon - 2017
light on this discussion by analyzing the health effects of a reform in Germany where total years of schooling for students …A large literature aims to establish a causal link between education and health using changes in compulsory schooling … health effects for females while they are still in school. However, after graduation, females even seem to benefit from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011661315
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Health effects of instruction intensity: Evidence from a natural experiment in German high-schools
Quis, Johanna Sophie; Reif, Simon - 2017
light on this discussion by analyzing the health effects of a reform in Germany where total years of schooling for students …A large literature aims to establish a causal link between education and health using changes in compulsory schooling … health effects for females while they are still in school. However, after graduation, females even seem to benefit from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011665815
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Health Effects of Instruction Intensity: Evidence from a Natural Experiment in German High-Schools
Quis, Johanna Sophie; Mehl, Simon - 2018
light on this discussion by analyzing the health effects of a reform in Germany where total years of schooling for students …A large literature aims to establish a causal link between education and health using changes in compulsory schooling … health effects for females while they are still in school. However, a.er graduation, females even seem to benefit from …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011892124
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Why does height matter for educational Attainment? Evidence from German pre-teen children
Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim - 2010
Several studies have shown that body height is positively associated with educational attainment. In this paper, we investigate the mechanisms behind this relationship using data on German pre-teen students. We show that (i) taller children are more likely to enroll in 'Gymnasium', the most...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010270464
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The impact of peer ability and heterogeneity on student achievement: Evidence from a natural experiment
Kiss, David - 2011
This paper estimates the impact of peer achievement and variance on math achievement growth. It exploits exogenous variation in peer characteristics generated at the transition to upper-secondary school in a sample of Berlin fifth graders. Parents and schools are barely able to condition their...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010304297
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Incentives for Students: Evidence from Two Natural Experiments
Beltz, Philipp; Link, Susanne; Ostermaier, Andreas - 2012
Incentives are widely used to increase people's effort and thus performance. Whileacademic achievement depends heavily on effort, there is little empirical evidence onhow students respond to incentives other than grades and monetary rewards. We drawon two natural experiments that occurred at a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010312079
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Central Exams as the "Currency" of School Systems: International Evidence on the Complementarity of School Autonomy and Central Exams
Woessmann, Ludger - In: CESifo DICE Report 01 (2003) 4, pp. 46-56
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The Impact of the War on Human Capital and Productivity in Ukraine
Égert, Balázs; de la Maisonneuve, Christine - 2023
In addition to the humanitarian suffering and huge immediate economic costs, the war in Ukraine will have long-term consequences, among which are losses in human capital that will impact aggregate productivity for many years. Exploiting a new stock measure of human capital combining the quality...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014377487
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Do children benefit from internet access? Experimental evidence from a developing country
Malamud, Ofer; Cueto, Santiago; Cristia, Julian; … - 2018
This paper provides experimental evidence for the impact of home internet access on a broad range of child outcomes in Peru. Children who were randomly chosen to receive laptops with high-speed internet access are compared with i) those who did not receive laptops and ii) those who only received...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141961