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relation between class size and grit. Using data from follow-up surveys of Project STAR, we show that fourth-grade pupils who … likely to graduate from high school on time and are more likely to take a college entrance exam …
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In this paper, I evaluate potential side effects of the educational expansion in Germany on the learning outcomes of today's students. The educational expansion was a demand shock in the labor market of teachers, which could have thus encouraged individuals with different teaching abilities to...
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It is unclear whether teachers with a degree in education are more effective than those who are not trained in an education-related field. To further examine this issue, we analyze the relationship between teachers' college major and student achievement by using unique data from Ecuador, which,...
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This research examines whether teacher licensure test scores and other teacher qualifications affect middle school … significant effects on student achievement. Teachers with elementary school credentials had slightly better success in the …
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This study examines the impact of school choice on academic achievement. I use differences in the number of schools … across similar Romanian towns, generating variation in school choice for local students, who compete for seats via test … scores. I find that more school choice results in increased sorting of students by admission scores across different schools …
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This study examines the impact of school choice on academic achievement. I use differences in the number of schools … across similar Romanian towns, generating variation in school choice for local students, who compete for seats via test … scores. I find that more school choice results in increased sorting of students by admission scores across different schools …
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school-based financial education programs for youth. The intervention improves students' and teachers' financial knowledge by …
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group discussion and lecturing used in their school, including a battery of individual, teacher, and school controls, as … well as random intercepts by school. For robustness we use instrumental variables and methods to account for school …
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school-based financial education programs for youth. The intervention improves students’ and teachers’ financial knowledge by …
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