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Heckman, James Joseph; Masterov, Dimitriy V. - 2004

to remedy. We also show that cognitive ability is not the only determinant of education, labor market outcomes and …

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Interpreting the evidence on life cycle skill formation

Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James Joseph; Lochner, Lance J.; … - 2005

This paper presents economic models of child development that capture the essence of recent findings from the empirical literature on skill formation. The goal of this essay is to provide a theoretical framework for interpreting the evidence from a vast empirical literature, for guiding the next...

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Chapter 12 Interpreting the Evidence on Life Cycle Skill Formation

Cunha, Flavio; Heckman, James J.; Lochner, Lance; … - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 1, (pp. 697-812). 2006

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New Evidence on National Board Certification as a Signal of Teacher Quality

Horoi, Irina - 2017

Using longitudinal data from North Carolina that contains detailed identifiers, we estimate the effect of having a National Boards for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) teacher on academic achievement. We identify the effects of an NBPTS teacher exploiting multiple sources of variation...

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Applied Education, Investment in Social Skills for Better Social Economic Results

Tripunoski, Mirko - 2019

The education and application of skills in it is an essential prerequisite for the growth and development of each … national economy in the future. Investing in education and skills development are essential incentive for raising the growth …. Th e main task of this paper is to answer the question whether with the current method of education we can be a country …

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Importance of Soft Skills on Employability of Finance Graduates

Rajapakse, R. P. C. R. - 2017

BSc Finance is a recently introduced degree program by many National Universities in Sri Lanka. Hence it is important to know what skills are required by Finance graduates in order to make them employable. Our emphasis here is on soft skills. A survey was conducted to gather data from employers...

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Does the precision and stability of value-added estimates of teacher performance depend on the types of students they serve?

Stacy, Brian; Guarino, Cassandra; Reckase, Mark D.; … - 2013

This paper investigates how the precision and stability of a teacher's value-added estimate relates to the characteristics of the teacher's students. Using a large administrative data set and a variety of teacher value-added estimators, it finds that the stability over time of teacher...

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Education, skills & labor-market success : microeconometric analyses using large-scale skills assessments

Hampf, Franziska Bernadette - 2020

Franziska Bernadette Hampf prepared this study while she was working at the ifo Center for the Economics of Education … of Munich. It consists of four distinct empirical essays investigating various aspects of the link between education …

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Culture, feedback, and gender in education

Kinne, Lavinia - 2023

This dissertation consists of four distinct empirical essays that address various aspects of the economics of education …

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Skills, Schools and Credit Constraints : Evidence from Massachusetts

Goodman, Joshua - 2008

Low college enrollment rates among low income students may stem from credit constraints, low academic skill, low quality schools, or some combination of these. Recent Massachusetts data allow the first use of school district fixed effects in the analysis of credit constraints, leading to four...

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