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Behavioral nudges prevent student dropouts in the pandemic
Lichand, Guilherme; Christen, Julien - 2021 - Revised version
, behavioral nudges sent to parents' cell phones through text messages had shown promise in preventing student dropouts in … developing countries before the pandemic. Having said that, such nudges typically work by leading parents to show up in school to …, Brazil, randomizing 2/3 of them to receive behavioral nudges through text messages, between June and December 2020. The …
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Behavioral Nudges Prevent Student Dropouts in the Pandemic
Lichand, Guilherme; Christen, Julien - 2021
nudges sent through text messages directly to students’ phones decreased dropout risk by 26% over the course of the 2020 … school year. Additional experiments varied the content of nudges at the student level, randomizing whether messages were …
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Psychological-pedagogical problems and prospects of distance learning of students during the Covid-19 pandemics
Abuselidze, George; Radzivilova, Inna; Mohylevska, Olga - In: E3S Web of Conferences 258 (2021)
The article analyses the psychological and pedagogical problems and prospects of the distance learning of students during the pandemic period. Studies have shown that the learning process during the quarantine in the spring of 2020 was stressful for all participants in the educational process....
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Empowering youth : the impact of comprehensive sex education on teenage pregnancy in Ecuador
Aguirre, Kamila; Carrión-Yaguana, Vanessa D. - 2023
This paper analyses the impact of comprehensive sex education on teenage pregnancy rates in Ecuador, specifically examining its implementation in schools. The inclusion of sex education as a mandatory cross-cutting theme in the updated and strengthened educational curriculum of 2010 provides a...
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A Lost Generation? Impact of COVID-19 on High School Students' Achievements
Contini, Dalit; Di Tommaso, Maria L.; Piazzalunga, Daniela - 2023
This paper estimates the effect of a full year of the COVID-19 pandemic on school performance, focusing on students at the end of upper secondary school who are about to enter the labour market or start university without having had the opportunity to recover. Using longitudinal data from...
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A lost generation? : impact of COVID-19 on high school students' achievements
Contini, Dalit; Di Tommaso, Maria Laura; Muratori, Caterina - 2023
This paper estimates the effect of a full year of the COVID-19 pandemic on school performance, focusing on students at the end of upper secondary school who are about to enter the labour market or start university without having had the opportunity to recover. Using longitudinal data from...
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Do disadvantaged students benefit from attending classes with more skilled colleagues? : evidence from a top university in Brazil
Motte, Henrique Z.; Oliveira, Rodrigo Carvalho - 2021
Peers play an essential role in cognitive and non-cognitive skills formation. Ordinal rank may also change incentives and environment, impacting students' efforts. Using two rich administrative data sets and a rule of admission at one top university in Brazil, we apply a regression discontinuity...
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The effects of differential exposure to COVID-19 on educational outcomes in Guatemala
Ham, Andrés; Vazquez, Emmanuel; Yáñez-Pagans, Mónica - 2023 - This version: February 2023
This paper studies the effects of differential exposure to COVID-19 on educational outcomes in Guatemala. The government adopted a warning index (ranging from 0 to 10) to classify municipalities by infection rates in 2020, which was then used by the Ministry of Education in 2021 to establish a...
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Learning loss due to university closures during the COVID-19 pandemic : evidence from Thailand’s largest public university
Wannaphong Durongkaveroj - In: Thailand and the world economy 41 (2023) 2, pp. 103-122
The COVID-19 pandemic has affected all segments of the population, including college students in higher education institutions. This paper examines the survey of 400 undergraduate students at the largest public university in Thailand between March and June 2021 to identify the causal impacts of...
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The Gendered Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on Adolescent Literacy and Schooling Outcomes : New Evidence from National Survey Data in India
Nandi, Arindam; Haberland, Nicole; Kozak, Meredith; … - 2023
The COVID-19 pandemic disrupted education delivery around the world, with school closures affecting over 1.6 billion students worldwide. In India, schools were closed for over 18 months, affecting 248 million students. This study estimates the effect of the pandemic on adolescent literacy and...
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