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Are we wasting our children's time by giving them more homework?
Eren, Ozkan; Henderson, Daniel J. - 2011
examine the effect of homework on math, science, English and history test scores for eighth grade students in the United … States. Noting that failure to control for these effects yields selection biases on the estimated effect of homework, we find … that math homework has a large and statistically meaningful effect on math test scores throughout our sample. However …
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Are We Wasting Our Children's Time by Giving Them More Homework?
Eren, Ozkan; Henderson, Daniel J. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2011
examine the effect of homework on math, science, English and history test scores for eighth grade students in the United … States. Noting that failure to control for these effects yields selection biases on the estimated effect of homework, we find … that math homework has a large and statistically meaningful effect on math test scores throughout our sample. However …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008854772
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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
, teachers setting higher standards and more time devoted to homework. Taking more rigorous courses and studying harder increase …
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Assessing the Effect of Schooling on Earnings Using a Social Experiment
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten - Economics Institute for Research (SIR), … - 1999
The implementation of the 1950 Swedish comprehensive school reform was preceded by a unique social experiment. During this experiment between 1949 and 1962 the new school system was implemented in stages. This allows us to study the same cohort of individuals going through two different school...
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The effects of the bologna process on college enrollment and drop-out rates
Horstschräer, Julia; Sprietsma, Maresa - 2010
This paper estimates the short-term effects of the introduction of the Bachelor degree in the framework of the Bologna Process on college enrollment and drop-out rates. We use variation in the timing of the Bachelor implementation at the department level to identify the effect of the reform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010300011
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The Faster the Better? The Effect of Ultra-Fast Broadband on Students' Performance
Cambini, Carlo; Sabatino, Lorien; Zaccagni, Sarah - 2021
In this paper, we study the impact of ultra-fast broadband (UBB) access on student performance. These networks are based on optical fiber, allowing significantly higher speed compared to traditional copper-line connections. Our empirical analysis leverages on a unique dataset that combines...
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Closing the achievement gap in mathematics: Evidence from a remedial program in Mexico City
Gutiérrez, Emilio; Rodrigo, Rodimiro - In: Latin American Economic Review 23 (2014) 1, pp. 1-30
This paper evaluates the impact of an intervention targeted at marginalized low-performance students in public secondary schools in Mexico City. The program consisted in offering free additional math courses, taught by undergraduate students from some of the most prestigious Mexican...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010500572
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Estimating and testing a quantile regression model with interactive effects
Harding, Matthew; Lamarche, Carlos - 2012
This paper proposes a quantile regression estimator for a panel data model with interactive effects potentially correlated with the independent variables. We provide conditions under which the slope parameter estimator is asymptotically Gaussian. Monte Carlo studies are carried out to...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010287671
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The effects of the bologna process on college enrollment and drop-out rates
Horstschräer, Julia; Sprietsma, Maresa - 2010
This paper estimates the short-term effects of the introduction of the Bachelor degree in the framework of the Bologna Process on college enrollment and drop-out rates. We use variation in the timing of the Bachelor implementation at the department level to identify the effect of the reform...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003951038
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Closing the achievement gap in mathematics : evidence from a remedial program in Mexico City
Gutiérrez, Emilio Fernandez; Rodrigo, Rodimiro - In: Latin American economic review : LAER ; official … 23 (2014), pp. 1-30
This paper evaluates the impact of an intervention targeted at marginalized low-performance students in public secondary schools in Mexico City. The program consisted in offering free additional math courses, taught by undergraduate students from some of the most prestigious Mexican...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010483767