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The impact of physical education on obesity among elementary school children
Cawley, John H.; Frisvold, David; Meyerhoefer, Chad D. - 2012
have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However … spillovers to achievement test scores. -- obesity ; physical activity ; physical education ; children ; health …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581227
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The Impact of Physical Education on Obesity Among Elementary School Children
Cawley, John - 2012
have advocated increasing the time that elementary school children spend in physical education (PE) classes. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013099766
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Economic perspectives on the implications of public child care and schooling for educational outcomes in childhood and adult life
Zierow, Larissa - 2017
Child care and education are important inputs in the human capital production function. The research of Nobel prize … inputs, in short: skill begets skill. Therefore, it is crucial for a society to know how the public education system can … on the effects of some important aspects of education policies. It comprises an introduction and four core chapters which …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011741826
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The Great Migration and educational opportunity
Baran, Cavit; Chyn, Eric; Stuart, Bryan A. - 2022
estimate selection-corrected place effects on education for children of Black migrants. On average, Black children gained 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013278874
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The Great Migration and educational opportunity
Baran, Cavit; Chyn, Eric; Stuart, Bryan A. - 2023
estimate selection-corrected place effects on education for children of Black migrants. On average, Black children gained 0 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014229408
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The Causal Impact of Removing Children from Abusive and Neglectful Homes
Bald, Anthony; Chyn, Eric; Hastings, Justine S.; … - 2021
This paper measures impacts of removing children from families investigated for abuse or neglect. We use removal tendencies of child protection investigators as an instrument. We focus on young children investigated before age six and find that removal significantly increases test scores and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013214128
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Effects of age at school entry (ASE) on the development of non-cognitive skills : evidence from psychometric data
Mühlenweg, Andrea M.; Blomeyer, Dorothea; Laucht, Manfred - 2011
high degree of malleability in the considered non-cognitive skills after school entrance. -- Education ; identification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008901830
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Whose Children Gain from Starting School Later? Evidence from Hungary
Hámori, Szilvia - 2011
We look at the effect of school starting age on standardized test scores using data covering all grade four and grade eight students in Hungary. Instrumental variables estimates of the local average treatment effect suggest that children generally gain from starting school one year later and the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013128750
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Early Bird Catches the Worm : The Causal Impact of Pre-School Participation and Teacher Qualifications on Year 3 National Naplan Cognitive Tests
Warren, Diana - 2013
Numeracy, Reading, Spelling, Writing and Grammar. We additionally disaggregate the impact of specific teacher qualifications on … time the crucial nature of teacher qualifications in driving nationally representative long-run pre-school treatment …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013074037
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Why Does Height Matter for Educational Attainment? Evidence from German Pre-Teen Children
Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim K. - 2021
respect to education policy, our findings suggest that early school tracking might increase disadvantages for students with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316231