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The impact of participation in sports on educational attainment : new evidence from Germany
Cornelißen, Thomas; Pfeifer, Christian - 2007
We analyze the impact of exercising sports during childhood and adolescence on educational attainment. The theoretical framework is based on models of allocation of time and educational productivity. Using the rich information from the German Socio-Economic Panel (GSOEP), we apply generalized...
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Does high school homework increase academic achievement?
Kalenkoski, Charlene; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2014
Although previous research has shown that homework improves students' academic achievement, the majority of these studies use data on students' homework time from retrospective questionnaires, which are less accurate than time-diary data. However, most time-diary data sets do not contain outcome...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010350367
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International Migration, Human Capital, and Entrepreneurship : Evidence from Philippine Migrants' Exchange Rate Shocks
Yang, Dean - 2006
Millions of households in developing countries receive financial support from family members working overseas. How do the economic prospects of overseas migrants affect origin-household investments - in particular, in child human capital and household enterprises? This paper examines Philippine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014071752
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Do preferences and biases predict life outcomes? : Evidence from education and labor market entry decisions
Backes-Gellner, Uschi; Herz, Holger; Kosfeld, Michael; … - In: European economic review : EER 134 (2021), pp. 1-29
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The Texas drilling boom and local human capital investment
Carpenter, Craig Wesley; Anderson, David P.; Dudensing, … - In: Journal of agricultural and applied economics : JAEE 51 (2019) 2, pp. 199-218
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Reinforcement of human capital reducing secondary school dropout : an exploratory analysis with post Covid-19 implications
Rahman, Md. Ataur - In: Bangladesh journal of political economy 37 (2021) 2, pp. 135-153
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Does investment in education and health impact youth employment outcomes? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Anowor, Oluchukwu F.; Ichoku, Hyacinth E.; Onodugo, … - In: Cogent Economics & Finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-16
study investigated the unique relationship between investment in human capital proxied by spending in education and health … investment comprising private and government health expenditures, primary, secondary and tertiary education expenditures were … problem of youth unemployment in SSA would require serial consistent disproportionate investment more in education than in …
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Does investment in education and health impact youth employment outcomes? : evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
Anowor, Oluchukwu F.; Ichoku, Hyacinth E.; Onodugo, … - In: Cogent economics & finance 11 (2023) 1, pp. 1-16
study investigated the unique relationship between investment in human capital proxied by spending in education and health … investment comprising private and government health expenditures, primary, secondary and tertiary education expenditures were … problem of youth unemployment in SSA would require serial consistent disproportionate investment more in education than in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014500475
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Involuntary integration in public education, fertility and human capital
Azarnert, Leonid V. - 2008
This article analyzes the negative side of involuntary integration in public education - its effect on whites. The … model shows that the flight from the integrated multicultural public schools to private education increases private … prosperous parents multicultural integration in public education decreases their children's human capital levels. The analysis …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010336029
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Lost Boys: Access to Secondary Education and Crime
Huttunen, Kristiina; Pekkarinen, Tuomas; Uusitalo, Roope; … - 2019
We study the effect of post-compulsory education on crime by exploiting a regression discontinuity design generated by …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012037617