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Academic Performance and Single-Sex Schooling:Evidence from a Natural Experiment in Switzerland
Eisenkopf, Gerald - Thurgauer Wirtschaftsinstitut <Kreuzlingen> - 2011
We study the effects of random assignment to coeducational andsingle-sex classes on the academic performance of female highschool students. Our estimation results show that single-sexschooling improves the performance of female students inmathematics. This positive effect increases if the...
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Mentoring, educational services, and economic incentives : longer-term evidence on risky behaviors from a randomized trial
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2010
This paper is the first to use a randomized trial in the US to analyze the short- and long-term impacts of an after-school program that offered disadvantaged high-school youth: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards to attend program activities, complete high-school and enroll in...
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Mentoring, educational services, and incentives to learn : what do we know about them?
Rodríguez-Planas, Núria - 2010
This paper reviews recent studies on the effectiveness of services and incentives offered to disadvantaged youth. We focus our analysis on three types of interventions: mentoring, educational services, and financial rewards. The objective of this article is threefold. First, we explain...
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Educational policies and the gender gap in test scores : a cross-country analysis
Hermann, Zoltán; Kopasz, Marianna - 2018
gender gap varies to a great extent between countries. While the existing literature explains these differences as being … like tracking, grade retention, and individualised teaching practices. The gender test score gap is analysed in math … extent of the gender gap is indeed associated with certain characteristics of the various education systems. First, applying …
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Children Left Behind : Self-Confidence of Pupils in Competitive Environments
Federičová, Miroslava - 2016
-confidence among girls is long lasting and implies that gender gaps in self-confidence can be a result of the competitive environment …
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Political Inclusion and Educational Investment : Estimates from a National Policy Experiment in India
O'Connell, Stephen D. - 2018
In this paper, I examine whether the "role model effect" of female politicians on adolescent girls' school enrollment comes only from female representation in the lowest level of local government. To do this, I exploit variation in the implementation of seat quotas for women applied to a...
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Child Poverty and Compulsory Elementary Education in India : Policy Insights from Household Data Analysis
Chaudhri, Dharam Pal; Jha, Raghbendra - 2014
Children (under 15 years of age) growing up in poor and/or nutritionally deprived households also live with a number of layers of deprivations that stifle their freedom to actively participate in and benefit from elementary school education. Lack of health care, limited access to quality...
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Overeducation in the Swiss labour market : does anything go wrong?
Wirz, Aniela (contributor); Atukeren, Erdal (contributor) - 2004 - [Elektronische Ressource]
We examine the determinants of overeducation in Switzerland - an economy generally characterised by excess qualified labor demand. We define those who are overeducated more precisely, and include in our sample only those who work in occupations relating to their educational background. Failing...
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Female Education and Employment : A Waste of Talent
Casarico, Alessandra - 2009
We develop a general equilibrium OLG growth model where women are heterogeneous with respect to the child care costs they bear, there is imperfect information along this dimension and education decisions are endogenous. We show that there is a number of women who have invested in education and...
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Are returns to education on the decline in Venezuela and does mission sucre have a role to play?
Gonzales, Naihobe; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2009
There is anecdotal evidence that the standard of living for the educated has fallen in Venezuela over the last few years. This evidence comes as a surprise because after experiencing an economic downturn in 2002 and 2003, Venezuela's economy has boomed (gross domestic product growth has hovered...
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