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Rational Students and Resit Exams
Kooreman, Peter - 2012
Resit exams – extra opportunities to do an exam in the same academic year – are widely prevalent in European higher education, but uncommon in the US. I present a simple theoretical model to compare rational student behavior in the case of only one exam opportunity versus the case of two...
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Education and family background : mechanisms and policies
Björklund, Anders; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2010
In every society for which we have data, people’s educational achievement is positively correlated with their parents’ education or with other indicators of their parents’ socioeconomic status. This topic is central in social science, and there is no doubt that research has intensified...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003975757
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Informal unemployment and education
Kolm, Ann-Sofie; Larsen, Birthe - In: IZA Journal of Labor Economics 5 (2016) 8, pp. 1-36
This paper develops a four-sector equilibrium search and matching model with informal sector employment opportunities and educational choice. We show that underground activities reduce educational attainments if informal employment opportunities mainly are available for low-educated workers. A...
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Academic Achievement and Tracking - a Theory Based on Grading Standards
Ehlers, Tim - 2019
We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our … knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability students may be higher in a comprehensive school system, even if there are … compromise standard which exceeds the standard from the low ability track. Moreover, if students with lower initial ability have …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012861399
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Academic Achievement and Tracking – A Theory Based on Grading Standards
Ehlers, Tim - 2016
We present a theory explaining the impact of ability tracking on academic performance based on grading policies. Our … knowledge. We show that achievements of low ability students may be higher in a comprehensive school system, even if there are … no synergy effects from teaching different students together. This arises because the comprehensive school sets a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012984481
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Honest grading, grade inflation and reputation
Ehlers, Tim; Schwager, Robert - 2012
When grades lose their informative value because the percentage of students receiving the best grade rises without any …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009634253
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Delayed graduation and university dropout : a review of theoretical approaches
Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2019
This paper surveys the theoretical approaches used in the literature to study the phenomenon of delayed graduation and university dropout. The classical human capital model does not contemplate failure, which the amended human capital model does. Delayed graduation and university dropout are two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012110312
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Delayed graduation and university dropout : a review of theoretical approaches
Aina, Carmen; Baici, Eliana; Casalone, Giorgia; … - 2019
This paper surveys the theoretical approaches used in the literature to study the phenomenon of delayed graduation and university dropout. The classical human capital model does not contemplate failure, which the amended human capital model does. Delayed graduation and university dropout are two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012149211
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Chapter 3. Education and Family Background : Mechanisms and Policies
Björklund, Anders; Salvanes, Kjell G. - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 3, (pp. 201-247). 2011
In every society for which we have data, people's educational achievement is positively correlated with their parents' education or with other indicators of their parents' socio-economic status. This topic is central in social science, and there is no doubt that research has intensified during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025659
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Education and Family Background : Mechanisms and Policies
Bjorklund, Anders - 2010
In every society for which we have data, people's educational achievement is positively correlated with their parents' education or with other indicators of their parents' socioeconomic status. This topic is central in social science, and there is no doubt that research has intensified during...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141719