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Threat of Grade Retention, Remedial Education and Student Achievement : Evidence from Upper Secondary Schools in Italy
Battistin, Erich - 2013
We use a reform that was recently implemented in Italy to investigate the effects on academic achievement of more stringent requirements for the admission to the next grade at upper secondary school. We study how such effects are mediated by changes in family and school inputs, and in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013089007
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Learning intensity effects in students' mental and physical health : evidence from a large scale natural experiment in Germany
Hofmann, Sarah; Mühlenweg, Andrea M. - 2017
In this study, we analyze health effects of a recent education reform in Germany exposing students to increased … significantly reduced adolescents' self-rated mental health status. The overall effect on the mental component summary score (MCS … vitality and on emotional balance. We also observe significant impacts on self-assessed general physical health. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011812578
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The effect of education on health : evidence from the 1997 compulsory schooling reform in Turkey
Baltagi, Badi H.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Karatas, Haci M. - 2019
This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well … statistically significant favorable effect of education on health outcomes and behavior. However, this relationship becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012005783
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The effect of education on health : evidence from the 1997 compulsory schooling reform in Turkey
Baltagi, Badi H.; Flores-Lagunes, Alfonso; Karatas, Haci M. - 2019
This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well … statistically significant favorable effect of education on health outcomes and behavior. However, this relationship becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012159294
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Attainment and gender equality in higher education : evidence from a large scale expansion
Caner, Asena; Demirel, Merve; Okten, Cagla - 2019
We examine the dramatic expansion in the Turkish higher education system during 2006-2008, which resulted in the establishment of 41 new public universities and a 60% increase in the number of available slots. Using the variation in the exposure intensity of expansion across cohorts and regions,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012127253
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Losing prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits : impact on educational attainment
Cockx, Bart; Declercq, Koen; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2022
Providing income support to unemployed education-leavers reduces the returns to investments in education because it makes the consequences of unemployment less severe. We exploit in a difference-in-differences approach a two-part policy reform in Belgium to study whether conditioning the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013278930
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Losing prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits : impact on educational attainment
Cockx, Bart; Declercq, Koen; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2022
Providing income support to unemployed education-leavers reduces the returns to investments in education because it makes the consequences of unemployment less severe. We evaluate a two-part policy reform in Belgium to study whether conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013285842
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Losing prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits : impact on educational attainment
Cockx, Bart; Declercq, Koen; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2022
Providing income support to unemployed education-leavers reduces the returns to investments in education because it makes the consequences of unemployment less severe. We evaluate a two-part policy reform in Belgium to study whether conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013288066
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Losing prospective entitlement to unemployment benefits : impact on educational attainment
Cockx, Bart; Declercq, Koen; Dejemeppe, Muriel - 2022
Providing income support to unemployed education-leavers reduces the returns to investments in education because it makes the consequences of unemployment less severe. We evaluate a two-part policy reform in Belgium to study whether conditioning the prospective entitlement to unemployment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013357422
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The Effect of Education on Health : Evidence from the 1997 Compulsory Schooling Reform in Turkey
Baltagi, Badi H. - 2019
This paper analyzes the relationship between education and health outcomes using a natural experiment in Turkey. The … attainment to investigate the impact of education on body mass index, obesity, smoking behavior, and self-rated health, as well … statistically significant favorable effect of education on health outcomes and behavior. However, this relationship becomes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012870149