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The determinants of university dropout : a review of the socio-economic literature
Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - In: Socio-economic planning sciences : the international … 79 (2022), pp. 1-16
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013327238
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Who has the time? : community college students' time-use response to financial incentives
Barrow, Lisa; Rouse, Cecilia Elena; McFarland, Amanda - 2020
effort and whether these effects are different for students we hypothesize may be more or less responsive to incentives. To … - place less weight on future benefits - were more responsive to the incentives, but we find no evidence that students who are … arguably more time constrained were less responsive to the incentives. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012150301
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Did the "Bologna Process" achieve its goals? : 20 years of empirical evidence on student enrolment, study success and labour market outcomes
Kroher, Martina; Leuze, Kathrin; Thomsen, Stephan L.; … - 2021
In 1999, the "Bologna Process" was initiated to improve higher education enrolment, study success and students' employability across Europe, mainly by introducing the two-cycle degree structure of Bachelor (BA) and Master (MA). More than 20 years later, we examine whether these goals were met by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012648244
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Making the (letter) grade : the incentive effects of mandatory pass/fail courses
Butcher, Kristin F.; McEwan, Patrick J.; Weerapana, Akila - 2022
In Fall 2014, Wellesley College began mandating pass/fail grading for courses taken by first-year, first-semester students, although instructors continued to record letter grades. We identify the causal effect of the policy on course choice and performance, using a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013472233
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Financial student aid and enrollment into higher education : new evidence from Germany
Steiner, Viktor (contributor);  … - 2008
those reported in previous studies for the United States and other countries. -- Higher education ; financial incentives …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003737644
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The effect of financial rewards on students' achievement : evidence from a randomized experiment
Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel; Klaauw, Bas van der - In: Journal of the European Economic Association 8 (2010) 6, pp. 1243-1265
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Late interventions matter too : the case of college coaching New Hampshire
Carrell, Scott E.; Sacerdote, Bruce - 2013
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009748522
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Financial incentives and study duration in higher education
Gunnes, Trude; Kirkebøen, Lars J.; Rønning, Marte - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 25 (2013), pp. 1-11
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010365331
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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 …. Our paper contributes to this discussion by investigating the effectiveness of grade incentives in increasing student … that relative grading, by creating a rank-order tournament in the classroom, provides stronger incentives for male students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010399683
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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 …. Our paper contributes to this discussion by investigating the effectiveness of grade incentives in increasing student … that relative grading, by creating a rank-order tournament in the classroom, provides stronger incentives for male students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010403509