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For most studies that have been carried out, a country's level of income and aggregate wealth go a long way in shaping the overall welfare of citizens therein. This study seeks to investigate the relationship between wealth status and educational attainment, as a manifestation of income...
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This study examines the effect of family structure on high school graduation by race and gender using data from the first twenty-one waves of the Panel Study of Income Dynamics and recently available retrospective marital histories. The nature of the data allows for a more complete specification...
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This paper addresses the issue of school students' part-time employment in the last year of compulsory education, and …
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In Germany and many other countries, students are tracked into various secondary school types. This paper studies … whether parents or teachers assess students potential educational performance more adequately. Educational attainment is … recommendations cause less grade retentions. The effect is mainly driven by students from better situated districts. This finding may …
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We explore the forces that shape the development of aspirations and the achievement of grades during high school and the role that these aspirations, grades, and other variables play in educational outcomes such as going to university and graduating. We find that parental expectations and peer...
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