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The impact of peer personality on academic achievement
Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Non, Jan Adrianus; Zölitz, Ulf - 2017
This paper provides evidence of a novel facet of peer effects by showing how peer personality affects educational … persistence of their peers. The personality peer effects that we document are distinct from other observable peer characteristics … and suggest that the personality traits of peers causally affect human capital accumulation. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011752330
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Behavioral economics of education
Koch, Alexander K.; Nafziger, Julia; Nielsen, Helena Skyt - 2014
of education. By now research recognizes cognitive skills (as measured by achievement tests) and soft skills (personality …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010408879
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Non-cognitive peer effects in secondary education
Shure, Nikki - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 73 (2021), pp. 1-26
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013273486
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Students' grit and their post-compulsory educational choices and trajectories : evidence from Switzerland
Albiez, Janine; Strazzeri, Maurizio; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2024
We examine the association between the personality trait grit and post-compulsory educational choices and trajectories …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014520766
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Students' grit and their post-compulsory educational choices and trajectories: evidence from Switzerland
Albiez, Janine; Strazzeri, Maurizio; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2024
We examine the association between the personality trait grit and post-compulsory educational choices and trajectories …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014528207
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How a universal music education program affects time use, behavior, and school attitude
Hille, Adrian - 2015
present these programs as innovative policies that are important for the personality development of young children. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011441643
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The effect of teenage employment on character skills, expectations and occupational choice strategies
Fuchs, Benjamin - 2016 - This draft: September 22, 2016
A growing body of research suggests that, even after controlling for cognitive abilities, personality predicts economic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011554485
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Conscription and educational outcomes : quasi-experimental evidence from the Republic of Cyprus
Savčić, Ružica; Theodoropoulos, Nikolaos; Xefteris, … - 2020
Peacetime military service has both positive and negative effects on human capital. While it depreciates academic abilities it also enhances non-cognitive skills. The net effect of conscription is hard to identify due to issues of self-selection, endogenous timing and omitted variables bias. We...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012262207
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Time preferences, study effort, and academic performance
Non, Jan Adrianus; Tempelaar, Dirk T. - 2015
We analyze the relation between time preferences, study effort, and academic performance among first-year business and … economics students. Time preferences are measured by stated preferences for an immediate payment over larger delayed payments …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011343736
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Preferred field of study and academic performance
Berlingieri, Francesco; Diegmann, André; Sprietsma, Maresa - Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung Halle - 2022
This paper investigates the impact of studying the first-choice university subject on dropout and switching field of study for a cohort of students in Germany. Using detailed survey data, and employing an instrumental variable strategy based on variation in the local field of study availability,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013205578