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Family background and children's schooling outcomes
Haan, Monique de - 2008
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003779951
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Class size, student performance and Tiebout bias
Jirjahn, Uwe; Pfeifer, Christian; Tsertsvadze, Georgi - In: Applied economics letters 16 (2009) 10/12, pp. 1049-1052
If students tend to choose instructors with high teaching ability, a negative link between class size and student performance may remain obscured until this kind of sorting has been taken into account. Using data from student evaluation surveys, we confirm that it is crucial to control for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003886626
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Student networks and long-run educational outcomes . the strenght of strong ties
Patacchini, Eleonora; Rainone, Edoardo; Zenou, Yves - 2012
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009664287
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The Good, the Bad and the Average : Evidence on the Scale and Nature of Ability Peer Effects in Schools
Lavy, Victor - 2009
of pupils taking their age-14 national tests, and measure students‟ ability by their prior achievements at age-11. We … average peer quality and very good peers significantly affect pupils‟ academic achievements. However, these results mask some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012463049
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The Good, the Bad and the Average : Evidence on the Scale and Nature of Ability Peer Effects in Schools
Lavy, Victor - 2010
of pupils taking their age-14 national tests, and measure students‟ ability by their prior achievements at age-11. We … average peer quality and very good peers significantly affect pupils‟ academic achievements. However, these results mask some …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013149658
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Extended Families and Child Well-Being
LaFave, Daniel - 2014
family members. Drawing on theoretical models of collective decision-making, we use extremely rich data from Indonesia to … establish that child health- and education-related human capital outcomes are affected by resources of extended family members … who co-reside with the child and those who are not co-resident. Extended family members are not completely altruistic but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013043609
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The length of schooling and the timing of family formation
Koebe, Josefine; Marcus, Jan - In: CESifo economic studies : a joint initiative of the … 68 (2022) 1, pp. 1-45
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012876567
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Extended families and child well-being
Thomas, Duncan; LaFave, Daniel - In: Journal of development economics 126 (2017), pp. 52-65
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Cohabitation vs marriage: mating strategies by education in the USA
Blasutto, Fabio - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012429325
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Extended Families and Child Well-being
LaFave, Daniel - 2014
family members. Drawing on theoretical models of collective decision-making, we use extremely rich data from Indonesia to … establish that child health- and education-related human capital outcomes are affected by resources of extended family members … who co-reside with the child and those who are not co-resident. Extended family members are not completely altruistic but …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012457964