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The Impact of College Admissions Policies on the Performance of High School Students
Grau, Nicolas - 2013
This paper empirically evaluates the effects of college admissions policies on high school student performance. To this end, I build a model where high school students decide their level of effort and whether to take the college admissions test, taking into consideration how those decisions may...
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Tutoring in (online) higher education : experimental evidence
Hardt, David; Nagler, Markus; Rincke, Johannes - 2022
Demand for personalized online tutoring in higher education is growing but there is little research on its effectiveness. We conducted an RCT offering remote peer tutoring in micro- and macroeconomics at a German university teaching online due to the Covid-pandemic. Treated students met in small...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012813853
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What is at Stake Without High-Stakes Exams? Students' Evaluation and Admission to College at the Time of Covid-19
Arenas, Andreu; Calsamiglia, Caterina; Loviglio, Annalisa - 2021
The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 inhibited face-to-face education and constrained exam taking. In many countries worldwide, high-stakes exams happening at the end of the school year determine college admissions. This paper investigates the impact of using historical data of school and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315022
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on teaching outcomes in higher education
Hansen, Philipp; Struth, Lennart; Thon, Max; Umbach, Tim - 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic forced much of the world to adapt suddenly to severe restrictions. In this study, we attempt to quantify the impact of the pandemic on student performance in higher education. To collect data on important covariates, we conducted a survey among first-year students of...
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Higher education financing and the educational aspirations of teenagers and their parents
Anderberg, Dan; Chevalier, Arnaud; Hassani-Nezhad, Lena; … - 2020
We study the impact of higher education financing on the academic aspirations of teenagers and of their parents. We exploit a reform which introduced a large increase in the maximum university tuition fees and a more redistributive student loan system, both of which varied across the UK's...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012305217
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What is at stake without high-stakes exams? : students' evaluation and admission to college at the time of COVID-19
Arenas, Andreu; Calsamiglia, Caterina; Loviglio, Annalisa - 2020
The outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020 inhibited face-to-face education and constrained exam taking. In many countries worldwide, high-stakes exams happening at the end of the school year determine college admissions. This paper investigates the impact of using historical data of school and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012306356
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The schooling and labor market effects of eliminating university tuition in Ecuador
Molina, Teresa; Rivadeneyra, Ivan - 2020
This paper estimates the effects of a 2008 policy that eliminated tuition fees at public universities in Ecuador. We use a difference-in-differences strategy that exploits variation across cohorts differentially exposed to the policy, as well as geographic variation in access to public...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012272034
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Choice of majors : are women really different from men?
Kugler, Adriana D.; Tinsley, Catherine H.; Ukhaneva, Olga - 2017
whether negative feedback in the form of relatively low grades in major-related classes explains gender differences in the … 2009-2016 to test whether women are more sensitive to grades than men, and whether the gender composition of major … school student performance, gender of faculty, and economic returns of majors. Finally, we examine how students’ decisions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011724439
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Higher education access and outcomes for the 2008 South African national matric cohort
Broekhuizen, Hendrik van; Berg, Servaas van der; … - 2016
outcomes by race, gender and province. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011580921
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Unequal uptake of higher education mobility in the UK : the importance of social segregation in universities and subject areas
Schnepf, Sylke V. - 2018
Student mobility is the most recognised element of Erasmus+, a major EU policy which celebrated its 30th anniversary in 2017. It is clearly popular with an increase in student uptake from 3.2 to 272.5 thousands from 1987 to 2014. Recent studies show that studying abroad provides benefits like...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012054751