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Education, political discontent, and emigration intentions : evidence from a natural experiment in Turkey
Gevrek, Z. Eylem; Kunt, Pinar; Ursprung, Heinrich W. - 2019 - Revised: 10 June 2019
effect of education on emigration intentions. Our IV estimates indicate that an additional year of schooling increases the … effect of education on emigration intentions does not operate through financial dissatisfaction but rather through …
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Effects of teaching practices on life satisfaction and test scores : evidence from the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA)
Bartolini, Stefano; O'Connor, Kelsey J. - 2022
Schools are ripe for policy intervention. We demonstrate that implementing different teaching practices is effective, finding a greater prevalence of group discussion used in schools positively affects students’ life satisfaction and noncognitive skills but has no impact on test scores. The...
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Keep calm and carry on : the short- vs. long-run effects of mindfulness meditation on (academic) performance
Cassar, Lea; Fischer, Mira; Valero, Vanessa - 2022
business world and in education. While the scientific literature has largely documented the benefits of mindfulness meditation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013449256
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Keep calm and carry on : the short- vs. long-run effects of mindfulness meditation on (academic) performance
Cassar, Lea; Fischer, Mira; Valero, Vanessa - 2022
business world and in education. While the scientific literature has largely documented the benefits of mindfulness meditation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013455246
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Keep calm and carry on : the short- vs. long-run effects of mindfulness meditation on (academic) performance
Cassar, Lea; Fischer, Mira; Valero, Vanessa - 2022
business world and in education. While the scientific literature has largely documented the benefits of mindfulness meditation …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013455698
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Inequalities in educational outcomes : how important is the family?
Bredtmann, Julia; Smith, Nina - 2016
In this paper, we investigate sibling correlations in educational outcomes, which serve as a broad measure of the importance of family and community background. Making use of rich longitudinal survey and register data for Denmark, our main aim is to identify the parental background...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011541013
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The long-term effect of age at school entry on competencies in adulthood
Görlitz, Katja; Penny, Merlin; Tamm, Marcus - 2019
The previous literature has shown that children who enter school at a more advanced age outperform their younger classmates on competency tests taken between kindergarten and Grade 10. This study analyzes whether these effects of school starting age continue into adulthood. Based on data on math...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979737
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Does student work really affect educational outcomes? : a review of the literature
Neyt, Brecht; Omey, Eddy; Verhaest, Dieter; Baert, Stijn - 2017
We review the theories put forward, methodological approaches used, and empirical conclusions found in the multidisciplinary literature on the relationship between student employment and educational outcomes. A systematic comparison of the empirical work yields new insights that go beyond the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012119627
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One-to-one technology and student outcomes
Hull, Marie; Duch, Katherine - 2017
New technologies offer many promises to improve student learning, but efforts to bring them to the classroom often fail to produce improvements to student outcomes. A notable exception to this pattern is one-to-one laptop programs. While early evaluations of these programs have been encouraging,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011704290
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The effects of compulsory military service exemption on education and labor market outcomes : evidence from a natural experiment
Torun, Huzeyfe; Tumen, Semih - 2015
empirical strategy to estimate the intention-to-treat effect of this paid exemption on the education and labor market outcomes … reduction in education when we implement the same exercises with (i) data on females and (ii) placebo reform dates. The … interpretation is that the reform has reduced the incentives to continue education for the purpose of deferring military service. We …
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