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The Role of Specific Subjects in Education Production Functions: Evidence from Morning Classes in Chicago Public High Schools
Cortes, Kalena E.; Bricker, Jesse; Rohlfs, Chris - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2010
Absences in Chicago Public High Schools are 3-7 days per year higher in first period than at other times of the day … classes over the day to measure how the returns to classroom learning vary by course subject, and how much attendance in one … having a class in first period on test scores in that subject and in related subjects, particularly for math classes. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008466033
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The role of specific subjects in education production functions : evidence from morning classes in Chicago Public High Schools
Cortes, Kalena E.; Bricker, Jesse; Rohlfs, Chris - 2010
-experimental ; attendance ; absenteeism ; Chicago ; high school …. -- Education production ; subject-specific ; math ; English ; morning classes ; first period ; course schedule ; quasi …Absences in Chicago Public High Schools are 3-7 days per year higher in first period than at other times of the day …
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The Role of Specific Subjects in Education Production Functions : Evidence from Morning Classes in Chicago Public High Schools
Bricker, Jesse; Cortes, Kalena E.; Rohlfs, Chris - 2011
Absences in Chicago Public High Schools are 3-7 days per year higher in first period than at other times of the day … classes over the day to measure how the returns to classroom learning vary by course subject, and how much attendance in one … having a class in first period on test scores in that subject and in related subjects, particularly for math classes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014043028
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The Role of Specific Subjects in Education Production Functions : Evidence from Morning Classes in Chicago Public High Schools
Cortes, Kalena E. - 2010
Absences in Chicago Public High Schools are 3-7 days per year higher in first period than at other times of the day … classes over the day to measure how the returns to classroom learning vary by course subject, and how much attendance in one … having a class in first period on test scores in that subject and in related subjects, particularly for math classes …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013141234
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Are student absences worth the worry in US primary schools?
Gershenson, Seth; Jacknowitz, Alison; Brannegan, Andrew - 2015
both low-income students and English language learners, particularly for reading achievement. Also, in North Carolina …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011407798
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Microeconometric Analyses of Education Production in Germany
Piopiunik, Marc - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …
This volume was prepared by Marc Piopiunik while he has been working at the Ifo Institute. It was completed in June 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich. It includes four self-contained empirical studies. All studies aim at...
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Extracurricular Educational Programs and School Readiness : Evidence from a Quasi-Experiment with Preschool Children
Makles, Anna - 2016
This paper adds to the literature on extracurricular early childhood education and child development by exploiting unique data on an educational project in Germany, the Junior University (JU). Utilizing a quasi-experimental study design, we estimate the causal short-run effect of JU enrollment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012996262
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Extracurricular educational programs and school readiness : evidence from a quasi-experiment with preschool children
Makles, Anna; Schneider, Kerstin - 2016
This paper adds to the literature on extracurricular early childhood education and child development by exploiting unique data on an educational project in Germany, the Junior University (JU). Utilizing a quasi-experimental study design, we estimate the causal short-run effect of JU enrollment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011434454
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Extracurricular educational programs and school readiness : evidence from a quasi-experiment with preschool children
Makles, Anna; Schneider, Kerstin - 2014
This paper adds to the literature on extracurricular early childhood education and child development by exploiting unique data on an educational project in Germany, the Junior University (JU). Utilizing a quasi-experimental study design, we estimate the causal short-term effect of JU enrollment...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010428057
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The impact of truancy on educational attainment : a bivariate ordered probit estimator with mixed effects
Buscha, Franz; Conte, Anna - 2010
This paper investigates the relationship between educational attainment and truancy. Using data from the Youth Cohort Study of England and Wales, we estimate the causal impact that truancy has on educational attainment at age 16. Problematic is that both truancy and attainment are measured as...
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