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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this all due to differences in what students bring with them to school - socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the like? Or do school systems make a difference? This essay...
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The importance of school systems : evidence from international differences in student achievement
Woessmann, Ludger - 2016
Students in some countries do far better on international achievement tests than students in other countries. Is this all due to differences in what students bring with them to school – socio-economic background, cultural factors, and the like? Or do school systems make a difference? This...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011493943
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Whither education? : the long shadow of pre-unification school systems into Italy's Liberal Age (1861-1911)
Bozzano, Monica; Cappelli, Gabriele; Vasta, Michelangelo - 2022
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Unveiling school effectiveness : Progress 8, parental choices and closing the achievement gap
Britton, Jack; Clark, Damon; Lee, Ines - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014414340
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Snooze or lose : high school start times and academic achievement
Groen, Jeffrey A.; Pabilonia, Sabrina Wulff - 2017
Many U.S. high schools start classes before 8:00 A.M., yet research on circadian rhythms suggests that students … high schools based on the prospect that this would increase students' sleep and academic achievement. This paper examines … allocation. Results indicate that female students who attend schools with later start times get more sleep and score higher on …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011763924
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the academic achievement of elementary and junior high school students : analysis using administrative data from Amagasaki city
Asakawa, Shinsuke; Ōtake, Fumio; Sano, Shinpei - 2023
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014429156
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Obstacles on the road to school: the impacts of mobility restrictions on educational performance
Miaari, Sami H.; Lee, Ines - 2020
This paper examines the impact of mobility restrictions on educational performance in the West Bank over 2000-2006 during the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. This conflict is characterized by a system of mobility restrictions enforced through physical barriers such as checkpoints. Using novel data...
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Children in the aftermath of the Great Recession
Andersen, Carsten; Houmark, Mikkel Aagaard; Nielsen, … - 2022
In this paper we study effects of mass layoffs on parents and their children in the aftermath of the Great Recession using staggered difference-in-differences (DiD). We exploit quasi-experimental variation in announcements of mass layoffs in Danish firms in 2008-2019. We document that parents...
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Wirtschaftsethik für die Schule
Pies, Ingo - 2009
Dieser Beitrag wendet sich an Lehrer und ist daher primär didaktisch orientiert. Das Ziel besteht darin, einige Kernüberlegungen aus dem Forschungsprogramm einer "ökonomischen Theorie der Moral" so vorzustellen, dass sie für den Schulunterricht adaptiert werden können. Mit Hilfe des...
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The role of social capital in competition and gender-matching environments : evidence from East Asian countries
Cho, Seo-Young - 2017 - Updated in March 2018
This paper investigates the role of social trust in determining one's willingness to compete in math competitions in school, observing how competitive occupational choices often require higher quantitative skills. Using the data of the PISA test in math, the empirical results highlight that a...
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