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The Impact of a Primary School Reform on Educational Stratification : A Norwegian Study of Neighbour and School Mate Correlations
Raaum, Oddbjorn; Salvanes, Kjell G.; Sørensen, Erik Ø. - 2021
primary schools and neighbourhoods on adult educational attainment controlling for family characteristics. Instead of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013319604
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Sibling health, schooling and longer-term developmental outcomes
Ryan, Chris; Zhu, Anna - 2016
We explore the extent to which starting primary school earlier by up to one year can help shield children from the detrimental, long-term developmental consequences of having an ill or disabled sibling. Using data from the Longitudinal Study of Australian Children, we employ a Regression...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011543661
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The Effects of School Quality and Family Functioning on Youth Math Scores : A Canadian Longitudinal Analysis
Lefebvre, Pierre; Merrigan, Phil; Verstraete, Matthieu - 2008
the quality of schools has a positive impact on achievement in mathematics …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014214759
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Heterogeneous effects of mass academisation in England
Neri, Lorenzo; Pasini, Elisabetta - 2018
The 2010 primary school reform in the UK aimed at giving schools more autonomy and freedom from local council's control …, by giving them the option to become academies. Once converted, schools need to choose between remaining a standalone …. Survey data on academies suggest that schools belonging to chains are more likely to change leadership and entrust the …
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The impact of a primary school reform on educational stratification : a Norwegian study of neighbour and school mate correlations
Raaum, Oddbjørn (contributor);  … - 2003 - [Elektronische Ressource]
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001869287
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Inequality in pupils' educational attainment: How much do family, sibling type and neighbourhood matter?
Nicoletti, Cheti; Rabe, Birgitta - 2010
We explore the relative influence of family and neighbourhood on educational attainment and how this varies by sibling type. Using English register data we find sibling correlations in exam scores of 0.563 at the end of primary school and of 0.621 at the end of compulsory schooling. The...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010288927
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Parental migration, investment in children, and children's non-cognitive development : evidence from rural China
Jiang, Hanchen; Yang, Xi - 2019
Many children worldwide are left behind by parents who are migrating for work. While previous literature has studied the effect of parental migration on children's educational outcomes and cognitive achievements, this study focuses on how parental migration affects children's non-cognitive...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149247
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Cross-national surveys of learning achievement : how robust are the findings?
Brown, Giorgina; Micklewright, John; Schnepf, Sylke V.; … - 2005
International surveys of learning achievement and functional literacy are increasingly common. We consider two aspects of the robustness of their results. First, we compare results from four surveys: TIMSS, PISA, PIRLS and IALS. This contrasts with the standard approach which is to analyse a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003011506
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Childhood family structure and schooling outcomes : evidence for Germany
Francesconi, Marco (contributor);  … - 2005
We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003280834
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Childhood Family Structure and Schooling Outcomes : Evidence for Germany
Francesconi, Marco - 2006
We analyze the impact on schooling outcomes of growing up in a family headed by a single mother. Growing up in a non-intact family in Germany is associated with worse outcomes in models that do not control for possible correlations between common unobserved determinants of family structure and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012783574