A large body of literature shows that first-generation immigrants born in developing countries experience a higher likelihood of being overeducated than natives (i.e. immigrant overeducation). However, evidence is remarkably scarce when it comes to the overeducation of second-generation...

This paper assesses the effect of teachers on the gender gap in student test scores. It combines different empirical strategies from the value-added and labor economics literature to estimate teacher value-added and its contribution to the math and reading gender gaps. We use rich administrative...

Recently, technology has been increasingly integrated into higher education through gamified learning, which applies game design principles to educational content. The purpose of the present paper is to assess and depict the engagement of students in the field of economics and business in...

In the context of the educational transition toward a competency-based approach, this study aimed to identify trends, challenges, and emerging opportunities generated by the intersection of Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Competency-Based Education (CBE). The research was carried out using a...

Since the start of the global COVID-19 pandemic, most higher education institutions have been forced to exchange the traditional teaching environment for online education, and many chose to continue to use digital education platforms after its end, especially through the use of artificial...

This research explores educators' perceptions of their role in shaping competencies and also presents the key challenges and measures perceived by educators in the AI system development landscape. The study employs a partial least square - structural equation modelling (PLS-SEM) as the primary...

The literature on adaptive learning suggests that it can provide significant improvements to the educational process and numerous studies have found a necessity for personalised learning, which is one of the strong suits of adaptive learning. Adaptive learning platforms require that content be...

Purpose -This investigates the effects of the historical prevalence of infectious diseases on contemporary entrepreneurship. Previous studies reveal numerous proximate causes of entrepreneurship, but little is known about the fundamental determinants of this widespread economic concern....

A large body of literature shows that first-generation immigrants born in developing countries experience a higher likelihood of being overeducated than natives (i.e. immigrant overeducation). However, evidence is remarkably scarce when it comes to the overeducation of second-generation...

Pop-Eleches and Urquiola (2013) apply a regression discontinuity to the Romanian secondary school system, and notably find that (a) students who go to a better school get higher scores on an exam used for university admission, (b) parents of students who get into a better school help their kids...