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Kinek használ az évvesztés? : iskolakezdési kor és tanulói teljesítmények Magyarországon
Hámori, Szilvia; Köllő, János - 2010
through school. -- education ; student test scores ; enrolment age ; identification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008697058
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The effect of school starting age on academic performance in Hungary
Hámori, Szilvia - 2007
The study estimates the effect of school starting age on academic performance for Hungarian grade four students using the "Progress in International Reading Literacy Study" (PIRLS) and the "Trends in Mathematics and Science Study" (TIMMS). The study uses the control function approach, exploiting...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010494679
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Chapter 15 Drinking from the Fountain of Knowledge: Student Incentive to Study and Learn – Externalities, Information Problems and Peer Pressure
Bishop, John - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 2, (pp. 909-944). 2006
Students face four decision margins: (a) How many years to spend in school, (b) What to study, (c) How much effort to devote to learning per year and (d) Whether to disrupt or assist the learning of classmates. The thousands of studies that have applied human capital theory to the first two...
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Does the early bird catch the worm? : Instrumental variable estimates of educational effects of age of school entry in Germany
Puhani, Patrick A. (contributor);  … - 2005
, sampling pupils at the end of primary school, in the middle of secondary school and several years after secondary school … robust and significant positive effects on educational attainment for pupils who enter school at seven instead of six years … schooling increase by almost half a year. -- education ; immigration ; policy ; identification …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003280722
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Does the Early Bird Catch the Worm? Instrumental Variable Estimates of Educational Effects of Age of School Entry in Germany
Puhani, Patrick A. - 2006
, sampling pupils at the end of primary school, in the middle of secondary school and several years after secondary school … robust and significant positive effects on educational attainment for pupils who enter school at seven instead of six years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012782708
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Does the Early Bird Catch the Worm? Instrumental Variable Estimates of Educational Effects of Age of School Entry in Germany
Puhani, Patrick A.; Weber, Andrea Maria - 2021
, sampling pupils at the end of primary school, in the middle of secondary school and several years after secondary school … robust and significant positive effects on educational attainment for pupils who enter school at seven instead of six years …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013318152
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Parental and school responses to student performance : evidence from school entry rules
Fredriksson, Peter; Öckert, Björn; Tilley, J. Lucas - 2024
We examine whether parental and school investments reinforce or compensate for student performance. Our analysis exploits school-starting-age rules in 34 countries, capturing achievement variation that arises because younger children typically underperform their older peers. Parents respond to...
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Do teachers' college majors affect students' academic achievement in the sciences? : a cross-subfields analysis with student-teacher fixed effects
Inoue, Atsushi; Tanaka, Ryūichi - 2022
We examine whether and how teachers' major fields of study affect students' achievement, exploiting within-student variation across subfields in natural science (i.e., physics, chemistry, biology, and Earth science). Using middle-school students' data from the Trends in International Mathematics...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013163502
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The role of labour market expectations and admission probabilities in students' application decisions on higher education : the case of Hungary
Varga, Júlia - 2003
strategies to higher education. The starting hypothesis of this study is that students consider the expected utility of their …-priced education. The results of this paper confirm that both expected wages and admission probabilities determine students …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011521985
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Student aid, academic achievement and labor market behavior
Joensen, Juanna Schrøter; Mattana, Elena - 2017
discrete choice model of simultaneous education, work, and student loan take-up decisions. We use administrative panel data and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011796430