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Birth cohort size variation and the estimation of class size effects

Bach, Maximilian; Sievert, Stephan - 2019

We present evidence that the practice of holding back poorly performing students affects estimates of the impact of class size on student outcomes based on within-school variation of cohort size over time. This type of variation is commonly used to identify class size effects. We build a...

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Understanding the response to high-stakes incentives in primary education

Bach, Maximilian; Fischer, Mira - 2020

This paper studies responses to high-stakes incentives arising from early ability tracking. We use three complementary research designs exploiting differences in school track admission rules at the end of primary school in Germany's early ability tracking system. Our results show that the need...

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Intelligence and slave exports from Africa

Asongu, Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2019

This article examines the role of cognitive ability or intelligence on slave expor ts from Africa. We test a hypothesis that countries which were endowed with higher levels of cognitive ability were more likely to experience lower levels of slave exports from Africa probably due to comparatively...

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This one is 400 Libyan dinars, this one is 500 : insights from cognitive human capital and slave trade

Asongu, Simplice; Kodila-Tedika, Oasis - 2018

regressions. We substantiate why from the perspective of massive sensitisation and education, the non-contemporary relationship …

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Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación

Ruiz, Antonio Caparrós (contributor) - Asociación de Economía de la Educación - AEDE

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Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación

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Investigaciones de Economía de la Educación

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Mapping and Analysing Prospective Technologies for Learning - Results from a Consultation with European Stakeholders and Roadmaps for Policy Action

Aceto, Stefania; Borotis, Spiros; Devine, Jim; Fischer, … - Institute for Prospective Technological Studies (IPTS), … - 2013

Education and Training systems and technologies for learning will be a key enabler of educational innovation and change. This … learning strategies in the short to medium term (5-10 years from now) in three main learning domains: formal education and … potential use in education, the relevant market trends and ongoing policy initiatives. Three roadmaps, one for each learning …

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High School Vocational Counseling Role in Leveraging Students` Professional Inclinations

Bratucu, Gabriel; Madar, Anca; Neacsu, Nicoleta Andreea; … - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 16 (2014) 37, pp. 1014-1014

role of vocational counselling, from the perspective of increasing the efficiency of investment in education and …

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Model to Evaluate Attrition/Retention Decisions by Accountancy Diploma Students: Case Study Evidence from Sudan

Osman, Diaeldin; O'Leary, Conor; Brimble, Mark - In: Business Education and Accreditation 6 (2014) 2, pp. 71-88

Research to date which has analyzed attrition at universities and community colleges has tended to focus on clusters of factors which may or may not impact attrition. This paper extends the current literature and develops a model to evaluate attrition. Three core groups of factors which impact...

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