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This study examines the gendered effects of early and sustained exposure to high-performing peers on female educational trajectories. Exploiting random allocation to classrooms within middle schools, we measure the effect of male and female high performers on girls' high school placement...
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that feature two novel contributions. Unlike other gender peer effects studies, a) we use a rich sample of schools and …
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that feature two novel contributions. Unlike other gender peer effects studies, a) we use a rich sample of schools and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014447791
Randomized field experiments designed to better understand the production of human capital have increased exponentially over the past several decades. This chapter summarizes what we have learned about various partial derivatives of the human capital production function, what important partial...
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The behavioral revolution within economics has been largely driven by psychological insights, with the sister sciences playing a lesser role. This study leverages insights from sociology to explore the role of neighborhoods on human capital formation at an early age. We do so by estimating the...
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An unsettling stylized fact is that decorated early childhood education programs improve cognitive skills in the short … critique of early childhood programs, our results highlight that fade-out is a key rationale for providing early education to … all children. This is because human capital accumulation is inherently a social activity, leading early education programs …
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This paper considers the impacts of grades and information on gender gaps in college major and college dropout rates at … on college gender gaps but may not fully outweigh the saliency of grades. Finally, we consider the extent to which … aligning economics grading standards with those of competing disciplines would reduce the gender gap in economics graduates but …
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evidence of a narrowing gender gap with the policy. On the contrary, the gender gap in urban areas in post-compulsory schooling …-force participation rate, bring about this widening gender gap. …
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evidence of a narrowing gender gap with the policy. On the contrary, the gender gap in urban areas in post-compulsory schooling …-force participation rate, bring about this widening gender gap …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013058728
degrees. We show annual earnings and hours worked while enrolled in graduate school vary a lot by gender and degree. Finally …
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