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Are we wasting our children's time by giving them more homework?

Eren, Ozkan; Henderson, Daniel J. - 2011

examine the effect of homework on math, science, English and history test scores for eighth grade students in the United … States. Noting that failure to control for these effects yields selection biases on the estimated effect of homework, we find … that math homework has a large and statistically meaningful effect on math test scores throughout our sample. However …

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Estimating and testing a quantile regression model with interactive effects

Harding, Matthew; Lamarche, Carlos - 2012

This paper proposes a quantile regression estimator for a panel data model with interactive effects potentially correlated with the independent variables. We provide conditions under which the slope parameter estimator is asymptotically Gaussian. Monte Carlo studies are carried out to...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009581319

The Introduction of Bachelor Degrees and the Under-Representation of Students from Low Social Origin in Higher Education in Germany : A Pseudo-Panel Approach

Neugebauer, Martin - 2015

In the course of the Bologna Process, European higher education systems have experienced major reforms. In Germany as in several other countries, the main novelty was a reduction of the length of study to get a first level degree (Bachelor), together with the introduction of a second level...

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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 the number of campuses and college graduates in Russia. Our empirical strategy relies on the marginal treatment effect method in both normal and semi‐parametric versions, and...

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Social interactions and schooling decisions

Lalive, Rafael (contributor); … - 2006

The aim of this paper is to study whether schooling choices are affected by social interactions. Such social interactions may be important because children enjoy spending time with other children or parents learn from other parents about the ability of their children. Identification is based on...

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Comprehensive versus selective schooling in England and Wales : what do we know?

Manning, Alan (contributor); … - 2006

British secondary schools moved from a system of extensive and early selection and tracking in secondary schools to one with comprehensive schools during the 1960s and 70s. Before the reform, students would take an exam at age eleven, which determined whether they would attend an academically...

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Rates of return to university education : the regression discontinuity design

Fan, Elliott; Meng, Xin; Wei, Zhichao; Zhao, Guochang - 2010

Estimating the rate of return to a university degree has always been difficult due to the problem of omitted variable biases. Benefiting from a special feature of the University Admission system in China, which has clear cutoffs for university entry, combined with a unique data set with...

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Determinants of student achievements in the primary education of Paraguay

Otter, Thomas; Villalobos Barría, Carlos - 2009

The idea that schooling scores depend on a combination of family background characteristics, ability and school (institutional) variables is quite clear. Regarding the issue of intergenerational transmission of inequality in the educational system, the most important question would be if and to...

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Whose children gain from starting school later? : evidence from Hungary

Hámori, Szilvia; Köllő, János - 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...

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University rankings in action? : The importance of rankings and an excellence competition for university choice of high-ability students?

Horstschräer, Julia - 2011

This paper analyzes how high-ability students respond to different indicators of university quality when applying for a university. Are some quality dimensions of a ranking, e.g. research reputation or mentoring more important than others? I estimate a random utility model using administrative...

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