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(Not) going to school in times of climate change : natural disasters and student achievement

Gust, Sarah - 2024

Climate change poses significant risks due to rising frequency and severity of natural disasters. These disasters can disrupt education through school closures, infrastructure damage, financial stress, and health issues. This study assesses their impact on student achievement by combining US...

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The value of smarter teachers : international evidence on teacher cognitive skills and student performance

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014

Differences in teacher quality are commonly cited as a key determinant of the huge international student performance gaps. However, convincing evidence on this relationship is still lacking, in part because it is unclear how to measure teacher quality consistently across countries. We use unique...

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The value of smarter teachers : international evidence on teacher cognitive skills and student performance

Hanushek, Eric Alan; Piopiunik, Marc; Wiederhold, Simon - 2014

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Impacts of grade configuration on Brazilian student outcomes

Wink Junior, Marcos Vinício; Paese, Luis Henrique … - In: Revista brasileira de economia : RBE ; publicação de … 75 (2021) 1, pp. 91-115

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Educational data mining : predictive analysis of academic performance of public school students in the capital of Brazil

Fernandes, Eduardo; Holanda, Maristela; Victorino, Marcio; … - In: Journal of business research : JBR 94 (2019), pp. 335-343

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The effect of class assignment on academic performance and the labour market : evidence from a public federal university in Brazil

Motte, Henrique Z.; Oliveira, Rodrigo Carvalho - 2020

Can students' rank in the ability distribution of their class impact their academic achievement? We aim to answer this … question using a discontinuity generated by a rule for the distribution of students between classes at a prestigious Brazilian … the best students in the university entrance exam to the group that starts in the first semester, and the other 50 per …

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Racial and Low-Income Quotas in Brazilian Universities : Impact on Academic Performance

Rocha-Vidigal, Claudia - 2016

students from the North region of Brazil and among those with very low family income, whereas a negative impact is observed for … private universities in Brazil. Using data from the National Examination of Student Performance (ENADE) conducted in 2012, the … results indicate that there is no statistically significant difference in academic performance between students admitted under …

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Racial quotas in higher education and pre-college academic performance : evidence from Brazil

Leal, Guilherme Strifezzi; Choi, Álvaro - In: Education economics 31 (2023) 6, pp. 735-754

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More schooling and more learning? : effects of a three-year conditional cash transfer program in Nicaragua after 10 years

Barham, Tania Catherine Jane; Macours, Karen; Maluccio, … - 2013

CCT programs have become the anti-poverty program of choice in many developing countries. Numerous evaluations, often based on rigorous experimental designs, leave little doubt that such programs can increase enrollment and grades attained––in the short term. But evidence is notably lacking...

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Quasi-experimental evidence on the effects of mother tongue-based education on reading skills and early labour market outcomes

Argaw, Bethlehem A. - 2016

Prior to the introduction of mother tongue based education in 1994, the language of instruction for most subjects in Ethiopia's primary schools was the official language (Amharic) - the mother tongue of only one third of the population. This paper uses the variation in individual's exposure to...

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