We study the impact of a personalized mentoring program on university enrollment choices and academic outcomes. Conducting a randomized controlled trial among 337 high school students, we find that the program significantly influences students' decisions, increasing the likelihood of choosing a...

In this paper, we study the relationship between financial literacy and self-employment. We use established financial knowledge-based questions to measure financial literacy levels. The analysis shows a highly significant correlation between self-employment and financial literacy scores. To...

We live in a time of increasing publication rates and specialization of scientific disciplines. More and more, the research community is facing the challenge of assuring the quality of research and maintaining trust in the scientific enterprise. Replication studies are necessary to detect...

Suppose that (X,A) is a measurable space and Y is a metrizable, Souslin space. Let Au denote the universal completion of A. Given f : X x Y !R and x 2 X, let f (x,xc) be the lower semicontinuous hull of f (x,xc). If f is (Au B(Y),B(R))-measurable, then f is (Au B(Y),B(R))-measurable.

The current study aims to examine the impact of teachers’ job satisfaction and self-efficacy in improving service quality. The results, using clustering, indicated three groups of respondents according to their behavior, as teachers emphasizing on different aspects of marketing: external,...

This paper examines the nature and drivers of Vietnam's paradoxical performance in the Program for International Student Assessment (PISA) – consistently high student achievement despite being the poorest of all participating countries and a centralized education system. We first document...

Der Beitrag zeigt, wie der Gemeinsinn vom bloßen Lückenbüßer in Krisenzeiten zum dynamischen Fundament unserer Wirtschaft und Gesellschaft avancieren kann. Dafür entwickelt und visualisiert die Autorin ein neues Erkenntnisparadigma, das verkrustete ökonomische Denk- und Handlungsweisen...

There may be a significant correlation between the number of pupils in a school and their learning performance. Some studies point to the negative impact of schools with a large number of pupils on the educational results achieved. At the same time, the demographic crisis that has been deepening...

Stress und psychische Belastungen sind dominante Phänomene der modernen westlichen Gesellschaften. Aktuelle Studien der Krankenkassen belegen, dass es auch im Studium zu sehr hohen Stressbelastungen kommt. Dies kann zu schwerwiegenden Krankheiten führen und mindert die Leistungsfähigkeit. Die...