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Three Empirical Essays on the Long-Run Consequences of Early-Life Living Conditions
Neelsen, Sven - ifo Leibniz-Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung an der …
This study was prepared by Sven Neelsen while he was working with the ifo Institute for Economic Research. It was completed in December 2011 and accepted as a doctoral thesis by the Department of Economics at the University of Munich in May 2012. The study investigates long-run effects of...
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Tailoring instruction to improve mathematics skills in preschools: A randomized evaluation
Gallego, Francisco A.; Näslund-Hadley, Emma; Alfonso, … - 2018
Tailoring instruction to each student's needs can produce significant learning gains. However, few programs have successfully implemented this approach. In this paper, we present the results of a randomized evaluation of a program that uses an inquiry with an individualized scaffolding approach...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012141926
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Tailoring instruction to improve mathematics skills in preschools : a randomized evaluation
Gallego, Francisco A.; Näslund-Hadley, Emma; Alfonso, … - 2018
Tailoring instruction to each student’s needs can produce significant learning gains. However, few programs have successfully implemented this approach. In this paper, we present the results of a randomized evaluation of a program that uses an inquiry with an individualized scaffolding...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011882683
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Chapter 73. Investment in EducationInputs and Incentives
Behrman, Jere R. - In: Handbook of development economics : volume 5, (pp. 4883-4975). 2010
From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through … experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through …. The proximate determinants of education are experiences or inputs into knowledge and skills production functions. Within a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014025729
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Investment in Education Inputs and Incentives
Behrman, Jere R. - In: Handbook of Development Economics
From the point of view of economic development, education is the acquisition of knowledge and skills through … experiences from conception onwards over the life cycle that increase productivity broadly defined. Education can occur through …. The proximate determinants of education are experiences or inputs into knowledge and skills production functions. Within a …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010702977
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Fathers Matter: Intra-Household Responsibilities and Children's Wellbeing during the COVID-19 Lockdown in Italy
Mangiavacchi, Lucia; Piccoli, Luca; Pieroni, Luca - 2020
activities has been hetero-geneous over education levels and among schools. Using a real time survey data collected in April 2020 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270197
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Fathers matter: intra-household responsibilities and children's wellbeing during the COVID-19 lockdown in Italy
Mangiavacchi, Lucia; Piccoli, Luca; Pieroni, Luca - 2020
activities has been hetero-geneous over education levels and among schools. Using a real time survey data collected in April 2020 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012255705
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Lowering Barriers to Remote Education: Experimental Impacts on Parental Responses and Learning
Beam, Emily A.; Mukherjee, Priya; Navarro-Sola, Laia - 2022
We conduct a randomized controlled trial with households of secondary school students in Bangladesh to investigate how parents adjust their investments in response to three educational interventions: an informational campaign about an educational phone application, an internet data subsidy, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013426445
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Lowering Barriers to Remote Education : Experimental Impacts on Parental Responses and Learning
Beam, Emily; Mukherjee, Priya; Navarro-Sola, Laia - 2022
We conduct a randomized controlled trial with households of secondary school students in Bangladesh to investigate how parents adjust their investments in response to three educational interventions: an informational campaign about an educational phone application, an internet data subsidy, and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014076387
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Supporting Early Childhood Development Remotely : Experimental Evidence from SMS Messages
Hernandez-Agramonte, Juan Manuel; Namen, Olga; … - 2022
Using a randomized field experiment in Costa Rica, we estimate the effect of providing parents of preschool students with a text message intervention containing information and activities to engage them with their children's learning process at home. After 15 weeks of intervention, the cognitive...
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