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Disruptions in family life can take many forms, but all have the potential to impact student learning. With school administrative data matched to birth records, I estimate the effect of unexpected changes in the home environment, or family shocks, on achievement. Identification comes from...
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This work uses a set of panel data to contribute new evidence on the impacts of socioeconomic determinants on academic achievement in Chile. Socioeconomic determinants are found to have a statistically significant effect, which rises over time, on academic achievement. The evidence shows that...
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This paper studies heterogeneity in schooling decisions by socio-economic status (SES) in response to a repeal of achievement-based admissions requirements (i.e. binding track recommendations) in Germany's between-school tracking system. The main contribution is to show that while previously...
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This paper studies the impact of gender and ethnicity on educational outcomes using cross-country evidence from Bolivia … estimation method analogous to difference-in-differences, the paper finds that gender-based differences in literacy, primary … gender and ethnicity confers cumulative disadvantage for minority groups, especially in Latin America. The paper discusses …
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socio-economic gap and the gender gap in intentions to continue in full-time education. …
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socio-economic gap and the gender gap in intentions to continue in full-time education. …
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