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Child mental health : impact of introducing earlier compulsory school grades
Linder, Anna; Gerdtham, Ulf-G.; Heckley, Gawain - 2023
The prevalence of mental ill-health is increasing among young people in many developed countries, raising concerns about their well-being. Experts have pointed to several potential contributing factors, including a heightened emphasis on educational achievement and performance evaluation, as...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014232558
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Education system reform in Pakistan : why, when, and how?
Aziz, Mehnaz; Bloom, David E.; Humair, Salal; Jiménez, … - 2014
Pakistan's education system faces long-standing problems in access, quality, and equal opportunity at every level …: primary and secondary schools, higher education and vocational education. In spite of recent encouraging trends, such as the … rapid spread of private schooling and an expansion of higher education opportunities, systemic reform remains stubbornly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010354550
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Education and Health for Inclusiveness
Filmer, Deon; Gatti, Roberta; Rogers, F. Halsey; … - 2021
improve: the quality, and not just the quantity, of education and health care; outcomes for disadvantaged groups; and lifelong …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013226438
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The effect of banning affirmative action on human capital accumulation prior to college entry
Antonovics, Kate L.; Backes, Benjamin - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-20
This paper examines how banning affirmative action in university admissions affects both overall academic achievement and the racial gap in academic achievement prior to college entry. Focusing on college-bound high school students, we use a difference-in-difference methodology to analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011603321
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Modeling the effects of grade retention in high school
Cockx, Bart; Picchio, Matteo; Baert, Stijn - 2017
A dynamic discrete choice model is set up to estimate the effects of grade retention in high school, both in the short-run (end-of-year evaluation) and in the long-run (drop-out and delay). In contrast to other evaluation approaches, this model captures essential treatment heterogeneity and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012124743
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The impact of a One Laptop per Child Program on learning : evidence from Uruguay
Melo, Gioia de; Machado, Alina; Miranda, Alfonso - 2014
We present evidence on the impact on students' math and reading scores of one of the largest deployments of an OLPC program and the only one implemented at a national scale: Plan Ceibal in Uruguay. We have unique data that allow us to know the exact date of laptop delivery for every student in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010420042
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College expansion and the marginal returns to education : evidence from Russia
Belskaya, Olga; Sabirianova Peter, Klara; Posso, Christian - 2014
This paper evaluates whether the expansion of higher education is economically worthwhile based on a recent surge in … policies targeting the expansion of higher education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010462897
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The effect of banning affirmative action on human capital accumulation prior to college entry
Antonovics, Kate; Backes, Benjamin - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 3 (2014), pp. 1-20
This paper examines how banning affirmative action in university admissions affects both overall academic achievement and the racial gap in academic achievement prior to college entry. Focusing on college-bound high school students, we use a difference-in-difference methodology to analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010463702
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Theory-based evaluation of the curriculum Lgr 11a
Wahlström, Ninni; Sundberg, Daniel - 2015
This report presents and describes an evaluation project of the most recent Swedish curriculum reform, Curriculum for the compulsory school, preschool class and the recreation centre, Lgr 11. The purpose of the evaluation project is to generate new knowledge concerning the influences of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011297458
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Improving school results and equity in compulsory education in Sweden
Pareliussen, Jon; André, Christophe; Hwang, Hyunjeong - 2019
education, strengthening continuous learning and instigating more cooperation, feedback and support between colleagues. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012202939