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This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education … which positive and negative performance feedback is provided, matters for study motivation and to some extent also exam …
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The purpose of this study is to examine the three-way interaction of gender, media presentation, and concern with the correct use of words in affecting student performance in accounting. Prior research is presented to support an expectation that verbal cues and descriptions are more important to...
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In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls’ disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the …)equality also contributes to girls’ disadvantage. For reading, at the upper end of the talent distribution, girls’ advantage can be …
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In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls' disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the …)equality also contributes to girls' disadvantage. For reading, at the upper end of the talent distribution, girls' advantage can be …
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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...
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