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This study deals with educational production in Austria and is focused on the potential impact of schoolmates on students' academic outcomes. We used PISA 2000 data to estimate peer effects for 15 and 16 year old students. The estimations yield substantial positive effects of the peer groups'...
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better education outcomes, especially for children. The causal impact of tenure, in particular of homeownership, on education …
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In a globalized, knowledge-based economy, education and training is of great importance for increasing economic and …. According to Eurostat, Romania allocates less money to education than most European Union countries. These allocations reflect … the low level of attention paid to the education and training system. This paper analyses the situation and trends that …
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We study the long-run effects of income inequality within adolescent peer compositions in schools. We propose a theoretical framework based on reference dependence where inequality in peer groups can generate aspiration gaps. Guided by predictions from this framework we find that an increase in...
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key factor to economic, social and environmental progress, are a sufficient element to trigger a revolution in education … - the world education systems suffering from the process of McDonaldization which impedes them from evolving towards the XXI …
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In a globalized, knowledge-based economy, education and training is of great importance for increasing economic and …. According to Eurostat, Romania allocates less money to education than most European Union countries. These allocations reflect … the low level of attention paid to the education and training system. This paper analyses the situation and trends that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012055492
From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through … experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through …. The proximate determinants of education are experiences or inputs into knowledge and skills production functions. Within a …
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We study the long-run effects of income inequality within adolescent peer compositions in schools. We propose a theoretical framework based on reference dependence where inequality in peer groups can generate aspiration gaps. Guided by predictions from this framework we find that an increase in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471214
There exists considerable evidence from educational measurement theorists that constructed-response questions add little new information about student achievement beyond that provided by multiple- choice questions. The purpose of this paper is to view this issue through the eyes of an economist,...
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been especially rapid for women who are, today, better educated than men. The importance of the education and income of …
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