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The intertemporal connection between preschool delay of gratification and later academic performance in primary schools : evidence from China
Li, Zheng - In: Journal of applied economics 25 (2022) 1, pp. 145-155
performance during primary education. An empirical investigation is conducted to explore the potential relation between them. The …
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Learning the hard way : the effect of violent conflict on student academic achievement
Brück, Tilman; Di Maio, Michele; Miaari, Sami H. - 2014
We study the effect of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict on the probability to pass the final high-school exam for Palestinian students in the West Bank during the Second Intifada (2000-2006). By exploiting within-school variation in the number of conflict-related Palestinian fatalities during...
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Chapter 16 Schools, Teachers, and Education Outcomes in Developing Countries
Glewwe, Paul; Kremer, Michael - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 2, (pp. 945-1017). 2006
education they receive. School enrollment rates have increased dramatically in developing counties since 1960, but many children … of education and other policies on the quantity and quality of education obtained by children in developing countries …
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The effect of terrorism on continuing education : evidence from Pakistan
Javeid, Umer; Pratt, Stephen; Li, Han; Zhao, Guochang - In: Education economics 31 (2023) 3, pp. 376-396
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Aiding education? : the effect of international aid on local educational enrolment in Nigeria
Haer, Roos van der; Østby, Gudrun - 2023
Education is associated with a range of positive micro and macro effects. It is hence no surprise that donors have … recently increased the amount of official development aid specifically focused on restoring and maintaining education in less … geographical proximity to aid projects by combining individual-level information on education from six Nigerian Demographic and …
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Math or science? Using longitudinal expectations data to examine the process of choosing a college major
Stinebrickner, Todd R.; Stinebrickner, Ralph - 2011
Due primarily to the difficulty of obtaining ideal data, much remains unknown about how college majors are determined. We take advantage of longitudinal expectations data from the Berea Panel Study to provide new evidence about this issue, paying particular attention to the choice of whether to...
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Literacy traps: Society-wide education and individual skill premia
Atal, Vidya; Basu, Kaushik; Gray, John; Lee, Travis - 2009
Using a model of O-ring production function, the paper demonstrates how certain communities can get caught in a low-literacy trap in which each individual finds it not worthwhile investing in higher skills because others are not high-skilled. The model sheds light on educational policy. It is...
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Peer effects in Austrian schools
Schneeweis, Nicole; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2005
This study deals with educational production in Austria and is focused on the potential impact of schoolmates on students' academic outcomes. We used PISA 2000 data to estimate peer effects for 15 and 16 year old students. The estimations yield substantial positive effects of the peer groups'...
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A Model of Educational Attainment: Application to the German Case
Lauer, Charlotte - 2002
education to decide on the optimal amount of education they want to invest in. In an extension of the model, the educational …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298115
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Migration, remittances and educational outcomes: The case of Haiti
Bredl, Sebastian - 2009
. Household wealth, captured via an asset index, is found to have a signi?cant impact on education as well, supporting the idea …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010301373