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Estimating economic impact using ex post econometric analysis : cautionary tales
Baumann, Robert; Matheson, Victor A. - 2011
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010436918
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Gender wage gap and its effect on test scores of immigrant students
Yamamura, Eiji - 2016
incidence of lateness and skipping school compared with boys, which in turn improves girls' test scores in mathematics, science … wage gap results in a 0.20%, 0.13% or 0.06% increase in test scores for mathematics, science, and reading, respectively. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011418509
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The gender gap in mathematics achievement : evidence from Italian data
Di Tommaso, Maria Laura; Mendolia, Silvia; Contini, Dalit - 2016
Gender differences in the STEM (Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics) disciplines are widespread in most OECD … countries and mathematics is the only subject where typically girls tend to underperform with respect to boys. This paper …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011502754
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Simplifying teaching : a field experiment with online "off-the-shelf" lessons
Jackson, Clement; Makarin, Alexey - 2016
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011520472
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Born in the family : preferences for boys and the gender gap in math
Dossi, Gaia; Figlio, David N.; Giuliano, Paola; … - 2019
We study the correlation between parental gender attitudes and the performance in mathematics of girls using two … when we study the correlations between girls' performance in mathematics and maternal gender role attitudes, using evidence … the observed gender disparities in mathematics performance and document that maternal gender attitudes correlate with …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011979664
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Born in the family : preferences for boys and the gender gap in math
Dossi, Gaia; Figlio, David N.; Giuliano, Paola; … - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011983964
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Does more math in high school increase the share of female STEM workers? : evidence from a curriculum reform
Biewen, Martin; Schwerter, Jakob - 2019
This paper studies the consequences of a curriculum reform of the last two years of high school in one of the German federal states on the share of male and female students who complete degrees in STEM subjects and who later work in STEM occupations. The reform had two important aspects: (i) it...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011993899
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Impact of long school day programs in primary and secondary on mathematics and language standardized tests results: a meta-analysis for 8 countries
Álvarez Ojeda, Andrea; Bayona-Rodríguez, Hernando - 2019
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011996404
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STEM careers and the changing skill requirements of work
Deming, David J.; Noray, Kadeem L. - 2019
Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) jobs are a key contributor to economic growth and national competitiveness. Yet STEM workers are perceived to be in short supply. This paper shows that the "STEM shortage" phenomenon is explained by technological change, which introduces new job...
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High-skilled immigration, stem employment, and non-routine-biased technical change
Jaimovich, Nir; Siu, Henry E. - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011627680