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The Impact of High School Curriculum on Confidence, Academic Success, and Mental and Physical Well-Being of University Students
Yu, Han - 2018
This paper investigates the causal effect of high school curriculum on various student outcomes including academic … attitudes towards studying and learning. We exploit a curriculum reform in China, the implementation of which started in 2004 … new curriculum pivoted away from the old lock-step course structure where all students took the same courses and only …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012919864
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The impact of high school curriculum on confidence, academic success, and mental and physical well-being of university students
Yu, Han; Mocan, Naci - In: Journal of labor research 40 (2019) 4, pp. 428-462
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012304646
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The Impact of High School Curriculum on Confidence, Academic Success, and Mental and Physical Well-Being of University Students
Yu, Han - 2018
This paper investigates the causal effect of high school curriculum on various student outcomes including academic … attitudes towards studying and learning. We exploit a curriculum reform in China, the implementation of which started in 2004 … new curriculum pivoted away from the old lock-step course structure where all students took the same courses and only …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012453144
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Can you leave high school behind?
Black, Sandra E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold; Cullinane, Jenna; … - 2014
In recent years, many states, including California, Texas, and Oregon, have changed admissions policies to increase access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these students will perform. This paper examines the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010236465
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Can you leave high school behind?
Black, Sandra E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold; Cullinane, Jenna; … - 2014
In recent years, many states, including California, Texas, and Oregon, have changed admissions policies to increase access to public universities for students from lower socioeconomic backgrounds. A key concern, however, is how these students will perform. This paper examines the relationship...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010245998
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Can you leave high school behind?
Black, Sandra E.; Lincove, Jane Arnold; Cullinane, Jenna; … - 2014
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010246052
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The effect of a specialized versus a general upper-secondary school curriculum on students' performance and inequality : a difference-in-differences cross-country analysis
Leme, Afonso Câmara; Escardíbul, Josep Oriol; Nunes, … - In: Applied economics 52 (2020) 39, pp. 4317-4331
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012259040
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Does More Math in High School Increase the Share of Female Stem Workers? Evidence from a Curriculum Reform
Biewen, Martin - 2019
This paper studies the consequences of a curriculum reform of the last two years of high school in one of the German …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870228
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The causal effects of an intensified curriculum on cognitive skills : evidence from a natural experiment
Andrietti, Vincenzo - 2016
- that compressed the academic-track high school curriculum into a (one year) shorter time span, thereby increasing time of … instruction and share of curriculum taught per grade. Using 2000-2012 PISA data and a quasi-experimental approach, I estimate the … impacts of this intensified curriculum on cognitive skills. I find robust evidence that the reform improved, on average, the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011473274
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School selectivity, peers, and mental health
Bütikofer, Aline; Ginja, Rita; Landaud, Fanny; Løken, … - 2021
Although many students suffer from anxiety and depression, and often identify school pressure and concerns about their futures as the main reasons for their worries, little is known about the consequences of a selective school environment on students’ mental health. Using a regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012631574