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intergenerational transmission of educational attainment, income and health vary when a child is being raised by adoptive rather than …
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Information provided at the moment a person makes a decision can influence behavior in predictable ways. The United Kingdom's Behavioural Insights Team have used this idea to help improve the insulation of lofts, collect taxes, and even reduce litter. The authors of this article developed...
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Our study focuses on the effect of personality type and personality preferences measured by the Myers–Briggs typology, on higher education students' choice of profession and on their academic performance. We statistically analyzed a sample from two slightly similar bachelor majors studied at...
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In this paper, we investigate the impact of the abrupt switch to online teaching which occurred in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. By using responses from 362 professors and students from 13 European countries, we find that universities and students were very quick to adapt to the new changes...
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We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our identification strategy relies on quasi-random variation in the proportion of returning dropouts. The estimated average zero effect of dropouts on first- time students' success...
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Our study focuses on the effect of personality type and personality preferences measured by the Myers-Briggs typology, on higher education students' choice of profession and on their academic performance. We statistically analyzed a sample from two slightly similar bachelor majors studied at the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014135993
We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our identification strategy relies on quasi-random variation in the proportion of returning dropouts. The estimated average zero effect of dropouts on first-time students’ success...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081431
We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our identification strategy relies on quasi-random variation in the proportion of returning dropouts. The estimated average zero effect of dropouts on first- time students' success...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014081872
We investigate the impact of the presence of university dropouts on the academic success of first-time students. Our identification strategy relies on quasi-random variation in the proportion of returning dropouts. The estimated average zero effect of dropouts on first-time students' success...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013266013
One would expect that family income is an important positive factor in the school attainment of children. However … unobserved parental ability. In the end, family income still has a significant effect, which must therefore be causative. It …
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