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Same-sex role model effects in education
Gendre, Alexandra de; Feld, Jan; Salamanca, Nicolás; … - 2023
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Same-sex role model effects in education
Gendre, Alexandra de; Feld, Jan; Salamanca, Nicolás; … - 2023
We study same-sex role model effects of teachers with a meta-analysis and our own study of three million students in 90 countries. Both approaches show that role model effects on performance are, on average, small: 0.030 SD in the meta-analysis and 0.015 SD in our multi-country study. Going...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014288998
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Same-sex teacher effects
Gendre, Alexandra de; Feld, Jan; Salamanca, Nicolás; … - 2024 - Revised version, May 2024
The idea that students benefit from same-sex teachers has motivated policies around the world aimed at reducing gender inequalities. However, we do not know the size or generalizability of such same-sex teacher effects. We fill this gap by conducting a meta-analysis and our own study using data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014531321
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Determinants and probability prediction of college student retention : new evidence from the Probit model
Lin, Tin-Chun; Yu, Wei-choun; Chen, Yi-Chi - In: International journal of education economics and development 3 (2012) 3, pp. 217-236
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009696245
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Entrepreneurship, human capital, and labor demand : a story of signaling and matching
Bublitz, Elisabeth; Nielsen, Kristian; Noseleit, Florian; … - 2015
Contrary to employees, there is no clear evidence that entrepreneurs' education positively effects income. In this study we propose that entrepreneurs can benefit from their education as a signal during the recruitment process of employees. This process is then assumed to follow a matching of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011303480
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The economics of eco-labeling : theory and empirical implications
Mason, Charles F. - In: International review of environmental and resource economics 6 (2012) 4, pp. 341-372
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Returns to open source software engagement : an empirical test of the signaling hypothesis
Bitzer, Jürgen; Geishecker, Ingo; Schröder, Philipp J. H. - 2010
Job-Market signaling is ranked high among the explanations why individuals engage voluntarily in OSS projects. If true …, signaling implies the existence of a wage premium for OSS engagement. However, due to a lack of data this issue has not been … employees, this paper fills this gap. In the empirical analysis, however, we find no support for the signaling hypothesis, a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010442768
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Modeling approaches in educational research
Ehlers, Tim - 2017
Die vorliegende Dissertation beschäftigt sich modelltheoretisch mit drei Themenbereichen aus dem Feld der Bildungsforschung. Das erste Kapitel behandelt die Existenz von Studiengebühren. Bei der persönlichen Entscheidung für oder gegen ein Studium sind Studiengebühren ein Nachteil, vor...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012545025
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The expected (signaling) value of higher education
Ehrmantraut, Laura; Pinger, Pia; Stans, Renske - 2020
on \textit{perceived} signaling and human capital effects. We elicit counterfactual labor market expectations for the … exploiting within-individual variation, we document sizeable expected labor market returns from signaling, whereas perceived …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293120
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The expected (signaling) value of higher education
Ehrmantraut, Laura; Pinger, Pia; Stans, Renske - 2020
on perceived signaling and human capital effects. We elicit counterfactual labor market expectations for the hypothetical …-individual fixed effects models, we document substantial expected labor market returns from signaling, whereas perceived productivity …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012293817