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Using microdata on the 1995 cohort of Italian high school graduates, this paper studies the relationship between the type of high school attended (general versus technical; private versus public) and indicators of subsequent performance. Simultaneity issues that potentially bias this type of...
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education. Furthermore, the results seem to be consistent with the technology of skill formation. They indicate a concave …
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development, problem-solving, mathematical concepts and constructing ability. In order to assess a causal link between early care … matters more for naming ability while formal care is more important for problem-solving ability and basic concepts development …
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We study the relationship between education and cognitive functioning at older ages by exploiting compulsory schooling … of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we assess the causal effect of education on old-age memory, fluency …, numeracy, orientation and dementia. We find a positive impact of schooling on memory. One year of education increases the …
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This paper investigates two mechanisms through which education may affect cognitive skills in adolescence: the role of …. Overall, secondary education therefore seems to impact students' cognitive skills in adolescence especially through …
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Despite extensive literature on peer effects, the role of peers on personality skill development remains poorly understood. We fill this gap by investigating the effects of having disadvantaged primary school peers, generated by random classroom assignment and parental migration for employment....
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Despite extensive literature on peer effects, the role of peers on personality skill development remains poorly understood. We fill this gap by investigating the effects of having disadvantaged primary school peers, generated by random classroom assignment and parental migration for employment....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012704643
We study the relationship between education and cognitive functioning at older ages by exploiting compulsory schooling … of Health, Aging and Retirement in Europe (SHARE), we assess the causal effect of education on old-age memory, fluency …, numeracy, orientation and dementia. We find a positive impact of schooling on memory. One year of education increases the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009656615
Peer effects in education production functions are predominantly employed as the mean classroom performance. Based on … in the USA in the TIMSS 2015 student assessment. For students, the likelihood of cooperation increases conditional on …
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