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Time preferences, study effort, and academic performance
Non, Jan Adrianus; Tempelaar, Dirk T. - 2015
We analyze the relation between time preferences, study effort, and academic performance among first-year business and economics students. Time preferences are measured by stated preferences for an immediate payment over larger delayed payments. Data on study efforts are derived from an...
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Does relative grading help male students? : evidence from a field experiment in the classroom
Czibor, Eszter; Onderstal, Sander; Sloof, Randolph; … - 2014
The provision of non-pecuniary incentives in education is a topic that has received much scholarly attention lately …
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Does relative grading help male students? : evidence from a field experiment in the classroom
Czibor, Eszter; Onderstal, Sander; Sloof, Randolph; … - 2014
The provision of non-pecuniary incentives in education is a topic that has received much scholarly attention lately …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403509
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Migration and educational aspirations : another channel of brain gain?
Böhme, Marcus - In: IZA journal of migration : IZAJOM 4 (2015), pp. 1-24
International migration not only enables individuals to earn higher wages but also exposes them to new environments. The norms and values experienced in destination countries can change the behavior of migrants and also of family members left behind. This paper suggests that brain gain can take...
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Do preferences and biases predict life outcomes? : evidence from education and labor market entry decisions
Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Herz, Holger; Kosfeld, Michael; … - 2018
dropping out of upper-secondary education. Further, for students who finish education we show that one month before termination … about human capital acquisition and labor market transition with important implications for education and labor market …
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Do preferences and biases predict life outcomes? : evidence from education and labor market entry decisions
Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Herz, Holger; Kosfeld, Michael; … - 2018
dropping out of upper-secondary education. Further, for students who finish education we show that one month before termination …-making about human capital acquisition and labor market transition with important implications for education and labor market …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011795216
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Gender and race heterogeneity : the impact of increases in students with limited English on native students' performance
Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2013
The influx of immigrants has shifted the ethnic composition of public schools in many states including North Carolina. Recent evidence from North Carolina suggests that increases in Limited English students' concentration have led to a slight decline in performance solely for students at the top...
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Gender and racial differences in peer effects of limited English students : a story of language or ethnicity?
Diette, Timothy M.; Uwaifo Oyelere, Ruth - 2016
There is a perception among native born parents in the U.S. that the increasing number of immigrant students in schools creates negative peer effects on their children. In North Carolina there has been a significant increase in immigrants especially those with limited English language skills and...
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Selective secondary education and school participation in sub-Saharan Africa : evidence from Malawi
Hoop, Jacobus de - 2010 - Version 15 April 2010
have implications for education policy in Sub-Saharan Africa. …
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Understanding the effects of education on health : evidence from China
Huang, Wei - 2015
education on health among working-age population and explores the potential mechanisms. Using the exogenous variation in … and peer effects are important channels in the education-health nexus, and all of these factors explain almost half of the … education's impact. These suggest that CSLs have improved national health significantly in China and the findings help to …
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