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Parents can tell! : evidence on classroom quality differences in German primary schools
Araujo P., Maria Daniela; Quis, Johanna Sophie - 2021
The value-added to student achievement model has become a key tool for estimating the effects of individual teachers and their classrooms on students’ short-term academic success, and more importantly, on later-life outcomes. We use primary school data from the German National Educational...
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Parents can tell! : evidence on classroom quality differences in German primary schools
Araujo P., Maria Daniela; Quis, Johanna Sophie - 2021
The value-added to student achievement model has become a key tool for estimating the effects of individual teachers and their classrooms on students' short-term academic success, and more importantly, on later-life outcomes. We use primary school data from the German National Educational Panel...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013341640
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Does schooling affect health behavior? : evidence from the educational expansion in Western Germany
Jürges, Hendrik; Reinhold, Steffen; Salm, Martin - 2009
During the postwar period German states pursued policies to increase the share of young Germans obtaining a university entrance diploma (Abitur) by building more academic track schools, but the timing of educational expansion differed between states. This creates exogenous variation in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003879364
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More teachers, smarter students? : potential side effects of the German educational expansion
Westphal, Matthias - 2017
In this paper, I evaluate potential side effects of the educational expansion in Germany on the learning outcomes of today's students. The educational expansion was a demand shock in the labor market of teachers, which could have thus encouraged individuals with different teaching abilities to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011770582
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Erfolg und Misserfolg bei der Ausbildungsplatzsuche : eine empirische Untersuchung von Hauptschülern im Landkreis Nürnberger Land
Lista, Juliane; Schnabel, Claus; Klaus, Anton - 2010
A survey of all pupils attending general-education lower secondary schools (Hauptschulen) in the Bavarian district … Nürnberger Land conducted in spring and fall of 2009 shows that three out of four pupils intended to take up vocational training … in fall. Probit analyses suggest that the probability of getting an apprenticeship is significantly higher for pupils …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003966636
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Students' behavioural responses to a fallback option : evidence from introducing interim degrees in German schools
Obergruber, Natalie; Zierow, Larissa - 2018
Without a school degree, students can have difficulty in the labor market. To improve the lives of upper-secondary school dropouts, German states instituted a school reform that awarded an interim degree to high-track students upon completion of Grade 9. Using retrospective spell data on school...
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Institutional determinants of student achievement : microeconometric evidence
Link, Susanne - 2013
This volume was prepared by Susanne Link during her stay at the Ludwig-Maximilians-University of Munich and the Department of Human Capital and Innovation of the Ifo Institute of Economic Research. It was accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Economics Departure of the University of Munich in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011744092
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Early Childcare Duration and Students' Later Outcomes in Europe
Boca, Daniela Del; Monfardini, Chiara; See, Sarah Grace - 2022
The importance of investment in early childhood education (ECE) has been widely documented in the literature. Among the benefits, particularly for children from disadvantaged backgrounds, is its potential to mitigate educational inequality. However, some evidence also suggests that the positive...
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Peer effects in European primary schools: evidence from pirls
Ammermüller, Andreas; Pischke, Jörn-Steffen - 2006
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003321553
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Peer effects in European primary schools : evidence from PIRLS
Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor);  … - 2006
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003309274