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A multi-sensory tutoring program for students at-risk of reading difficulties: Evidence from a randomized field experiment
Bøg, Martin; Dietrichson, Jens; Aldenius, Anna - 2019
on our two primary outcomes measures: a standardized test of decoding and a standardized test of letter knowledge. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012039314
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Parental preferences for primary school characteristics
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Zölitz, Ulf - 2014
Free school choice has often been argued to be a tide that lifts school quality through increased competition. This paper analyzes the underlying assumption that school quality is an important choice criterion for parents. Using a large and representative data set of over 15,000 Dutch primary...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010393977
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A multi-sensory tutoring program for students at-risk of reading difficulties : evidence from a randomized field experiment
Bøg, Martin; Dietrichson, Jens; Aldenius, Anna - 2019
on our two primary outcomes measures: a standardized test of decoding and a standardized test of letter knowledge. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011999189
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Grand advantage : family wealth and grandchildren's educational achievement in Sweden
Hällsten, Martin; Pfeffer, Fabian T. - 2017
We study the role of family wealth for children's educational achievement using novel and unique Swedish register data. In particular, we focus on the relationship between grandparents' wealth and their grandchildren’s educational achievement. Doing so allows us to reliably establish the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011697359
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Strengthening teachers in disadvantaged schools : evidence from an intervention in Sweden's poorest city districts
Hall, Caroline King Barnard; Lundin, Martin; Sibbmark, … - 2018
Children growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods tend to perform significantly worse in school compared to children growing up under more favorable circumstances. We examine the impact of a three-year program ("Coaching for Teaching") targeted at ten poorly performing lower secondary schools...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011951949
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CREATIVE MILIEUS IN THE STOCKHOLM REGION
Johansson, Börje; Klaesson, Johan - Centre of Excellence for Science and Innovation … - 2010
This chapter intends to demonstrate that the Stockholm region is the key centre for knowledge development, innovations … tasks associated with a job. Moreover, the knowledge intensity of an ur-ban region can be related to the absorption capacity … creative ideas and a larger absorptive capacity. This allows the Stockholm region to function as a source of innovation and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008853952
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Does education reduce wage inequality? : quantile regressions evidence from fifteen European countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2000
- the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011325999
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Does Education Reduce Wage Inequality? Quantile Regressions Evidence from Fifteen European Countries
Pereira, Pedro Telhado; Martins, Pedro S. - 2021
- the case of Portugal; 2) a positive but stable role of education in terms of inequality - Austria, Finland, France …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013321313
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Liberalization of European migration and the immigration of skilled people to Sweden
Ejermo, Olof; Zheng, Yannu - In: IZA Journal of development and migration 8 (2018) 5, pp. 1-25
’s innovation development. This paper examines the effects of the liberalization of migration on the skill composition of immigrants …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011821919
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Why Do Some Young Adults Not Graduate from Upper Secondary School? On the Importance of Signals of Labour Market Failure
Gustafsson, Björn Anders; Katz, Katarina; Österberg, Torun - 2016
In high-income countries, not completing secondary school often entails a high risk of social exclusion. Using data on young adults born in 1985 that grew up in metropolitan Sweden, we study factors associated with not graduating from upper secondary school at age 21. Our hypothesis is that if a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011479404