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Home versus school learning : a new approach to estimating the effect of class size on achievement

Lindahl, Mikael - 2001

I estimate the effect of class size on scholastic achievement using that schools are only in session during the school year and out of session during the summer. This seasonal feature of the schooling system makes it possible to control for unobservable pupil characteristics affecting both the...

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Does class size matter for school tracking outcomes after elementary school? : quasi-experimental evidence using administrative panel data from Germany

Argaw, Bethlehem Asres; Puhani, Patrick A. - 2017

We use administrative panel data on about a quarter of a million students in the German state of Hesse to estimate the causal effect of class size on school tracking outcomes after elementary school. Our identification strategy relies on the quasi-random assignment of students to different class...

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Does class size matter for school tracking outcomes after elementary school? : quasi-experimental evidence using administrative panel data from Germany

Argaw, Bethlehem Asres; Puhani, Patrick A. - 2017

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Advisor value-added and student outcomes : evidence from randomly assigned college advisors

Canaan, Serena; Deeb, Antoine; Mouganie, Pierre - 2019

graduating with a STEM degree. Our results indicate that allocating resources towards improving the quality of academic advising …

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The impact of the “Coding Girls” program on high school students' educational choices

Basiglio, Stefania; Del Boca, Daniela; Pronzato, Chiara … - 2023

underrepresentation of women and girls in the fields of science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) in Italy by stimulating young … female students' interest in programming and science and encouraging them to consider careers in STEM-related fields …-based computer programming instruction as well as introductory talks on specific topics in STEM. The program was evaluated by …

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Computer science for all? : the impact of high school computer science courses on college majors and earnings

Liu, Jing; Conrad, Cameron; Blazar, David - 2024

This study provides the first causal analysis of the impact of expanding Computer Science (CS) education in U.S. K-12 schools on students' choice of college major and early career outcomes. Utilizing rich longitudinal data from Maryland, we exploit variation from the staggered rollout of CS...

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The impact of the "Coding Girls" program on high school students' educational choices

Basiglio, Stefania; Del Boca, Daniela; Pronzato, Chiara … - 2023

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Centralized admission and the student-college match

Machado, Cecilia; Szerman, Christiane - 2016

Decentralized assignments in the education market have been increasingly replaced by centralized ones. However, empirical evidence on these transitions are scarce. This paper examines the adoption of centralized admissions in the Brazilian higher education market. Using rich administrative data,...

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Testing means-tested aid

Murphy, Richard; Wyness, Gill - 2016

Inequalities do not end once students enter higher education. Yet, the majority of papers on the effectiveness of education aid examine its impact on college enrolment. In this paper, we provide evidence on the causal impact of means-tested financial aid on the outcomes of students who have...

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Gender separation and academic achievement in higher education : evidence from a natural experiment in Iran

Kamal, Zahra - 2021

In 2011, a large university in Tehran launched a policy of gender separation at classroom level without publicly announcing it beforehand. The current paper utilizes this natural experiment to identify the causal impact of participation in single-sex versus mixed classrooms on students’...

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