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Do friendship networks improve female education?

Hahn, Youjin; Islam, Asad; Patacchini, Eleonora; Zenou, Yves - 2017

We randomly assign more than 6,000 students from 150 primary schools in Bangladesh to work on math assignments in one of three settings: individually, in groups with random schoolmates, or in groups with friends. The groups consist of four people and are balanced by average cognitive ability and...

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Identity and learning : a study on the effect of student-teacher gender matching on learning outcomes

Bhattacharya, Sukanta; Dasgupta, Aparajita; Mandal, Kumarjit - 2020

. Specifically, we ask if a student benefits by learning from a teacher of her same gender. Unlike the existing literature which … explains such interaction through role model effect or Pygmalion effect, we explain such interaction in terms of gender based … returns to education accrued to their parents; for girl students, a lower fraction of the return comes to their parental …

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Technology and education : computers, software, and the internet

Bulman, George; Fairlie, Robert W. - 2015

computers at home have ambiguous implications for educational achievement: expenditures devoted to technology necessarily offset …A substantial amount of money is spent on technology by schools, families and policymakers with the hope of improving … educational outcomes. This chapter explores the theoretical and empirical literature on the impacts of technology on educational …

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One-to-one technology and student outcomes

Hull, Marie; Duch, Katherine - 2017

impact of a one-to-one technology program implemented on a large scale over a multiyear period. With administrative school …

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Parental background and other-regarding preferences in children

Bauer, Michal; Chytilová, Julie; Pertold-Gebicka, Barbara - 2012

children of parents with low education are more spiteful, more selfish and less altruistic. This link is robust to controlling …

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The effect of supplemental instruction on academic performance : an encouragement design experiment

Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Rogan, Sally; Siminski, Peter - 2016

While randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the “gold standard” for impact evaluation, they face numerous practical barriers to implementation. In some circumstances, a randomized-encouragement design (RED) is a viable alternative, but applications are surprisingly rare. We discuss the...

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The effect of supplemental instruction on academic performance : an encouragement design experiment

Paloyo, Alfredo R.; Rogan, Sally; Siminski, Peter - 2016

While randomized controlled trials (RCTs) are the "gold standard" for impact evaluation, they face numerous practical barriers to implementation. In some circumstances, a randomized-encouragement design (RED) is a viable alternative, but applications are surprisingly rare. We discuss the...

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The evolution of the relationship between delay of gratification and socioeconomic status during COVID-19-induced online education

Keller, Tamás; Kiss, Hubert János - 2020

home-based online education by exploiting data from two waves of voluntary online surveys. Students with the highest …

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The causal impact of socio-emotional skills training on educational success

Sorrenti, Guiseppe; Zölitz, Ulf; Ribeaud, Denis; … - 2020

We study the long-term effects of a randomized intervention targeting children's socio-emotional skills. The classroom-based intervention for primary school children has positive impacts that persist for over a decade. Treated children become more likely to complete academic high school and...

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Self-perceptions about academic achievement : evidence from Mexico City

Bobba, Matteo; Frisancho Robles, Verónica - 2020

A growing body of evidence suggests that people exhibit large biases when processing information about themselves, but less is known about the underlying inference process. This paper studies belief updating patterns regarding academic ability in a large sample of students transitioning from...

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