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Under pressure? : the effect of peers on outcomes of young adults
Black, Sandra E.; Devereux, Paul J.; Salvanes, Kjell G. - 2010
variables (average age, average mother's education) have little impact on the outcomes of teenagers. -- Education ; peer effects …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003965640
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Classroom Grade Composition and Pupil Achievement
Leuven, Edwin - 2011
This paper exploits discontinuous grade mixing rules in Norwegian junior high schools to estimate how classroom grade composition affects pupil achievement. Pupils in mixed grade classrooms are found to outperform pupils in single grade classrooms on high stake central exit tests and teacher set...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013120843
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Under Pressure? The Effect of Peers on Outcomes of Young Adults
Black, Sandra E. - 2010
variables (average age, average mother's education) have little impact on the outcomes of teenagers …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141770
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The impact of teenage motherhood on the education and fertility of their children : evidence for Europe
Navarro, María; Walker, Ian - 2012
schooling changes as the source of exogenous variation. We impose external estimates of the direct effect of maternal education … findings suggest that the child's probability of post compulsory education decreases when born to a teenage mother, and that … ; education ; fertility ; children ; instrumental variables ; compulsory schooling laws …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009665567
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The Impact of Teenage Motherhood on the Education and Fertility of Their Children : Evidence for Europe
Navarro, Maria - 2012
schooling changes as the source of exogenous variation. We impose external estimates of the direct effect of maternal education … findings suggest that the child's probability of post compulsory education decreases when born to a teenage mother, and that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013097870
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Adolescent Depression and Educational Attainment : Results Using Sibling Fixed Effects
Fletcher, Jason M. - 2009
This paper contributes to the literature on the relationship between adolescent depression and educational attainment in several ways. First, while cross sectional data are normally used to assess the importance of the relationship, this paper uses longitudinal data in order to defend against...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014208001
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State merit aid programs and youth labor market attachment
Frisvold, David E.; Pitts, M. Melinda - 2018
This paper examines the impact of state merit-aid programs on the labor market attachment of high school-aged youths. The labor force participation rate of teenagers has fallen substantially in recent decades, coinciding with the introduction of merit-aid programs. These programs reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011874499
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State merit aid programs and youth labor market attachment
Frisvold, David E.; Pitts, Melinda - 2018
This paper examines the impact of state merit-aid programs on the labor market attachment of high school-aged youths. The labor force participation rate of teenagers has fallen substantially in recent decades, coinciding with the introduction of merit-aid programs. These programs reduce the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011868896
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Wandering astray : teenagers' choices of schooling and crime
Fu, Chao; Grau, Nicolás; Rivera Cayupi, Jorge - In: Quantitative economics : QE ; journal of the … 13 (2022) 2, pp. 387-424
arrested by age 18 and a 13% increase in the fraction of those consistently enrolled throughout primary and secondary education. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013382039
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Educational spillovers and parental migration
Clifton-Sprigg, Joanna - In: Labour economics : official journal of the European … 34 (2015), pp. 64-75
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011438212