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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 … the effects of language of instruction on reading skills and early labour market outcomes. The results indicate that the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011447269
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Improving school-to-work transitions in New Zealand
Ivanchuk Bibbee, Alexandra I. - 2013
student needs and learning approaches to keep children in school. A related problem is the apparently large divergence between …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010231025
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School curricula, educational trajectories, and labor market outcomes
Arold, Benjamin W. - 2022
children and participating in the labor market. Chapter 3 provides evidence that the content of science education standards in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013342692
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Early skill gap effects on long-run outcomes and parental investments
Celhay, Pablo A.; Gallegos, Sebastián - 2019
-income children. Our findings suggest that parental time investments are neutral to early skills gaps, while monetary investments are …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012152937
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Inequality in education : evidence for Latin America
Cruces, Guillermo; García Domench, Carolina; … - 2012
This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for all Latin American countries over the decades of 1990 and 2000. The analysis covers a wide range of issues on differences in educational outcomes and opportunities across the population, including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009576998
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Inequality in education : evidence for Latin America
Cruces, Guillermo; García Domench, Carolina; … - 2011
This paper provides original empirical evidence on the evolution of education inequality for the Latin American countries over the decades of 1990 and 2000. The analysis covers a wide range of issues on the differences in educational outcomes and opportunities across the population, including...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009408892
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School quality and the development of cognitive skills between age four and six
Borghans, Lex; Golsteyn, Bart H. H.; Zölitz, Ulf - 2015
This paper studies the extent to which young children develop their cognitive ability in high and low quality schools … is measured by the school's average achievement test score at age 12. Our results indicate that children in high …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011307980
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Much ado about nothing? : school curriculum reforms and students' educational trajectories
Strazzeri, Maurizio; Oggenfuss, Chantal; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
language classes in compulsory school on students' subsequent educational choices in upper secondary school. Using … more foreign language classes during compulsory school has only minor effects on educational choices of the overall student … education. The effect of foreign language classes on the educational trajectory of low-track male students is particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013362380
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Much ado about nothing? : school curriculum reforms and students' educational trajectories
Strazzeri, Maurizio; Oggenfuss, Chantal; Wolter, Stefan C. - 2022
language classes in compulsory school on students' subsequent educational choices in upper secondary school. Using … more foreign language classes during compulsory school has only minor effects on educational choices of the overall student … education. The effect of foreign language classes on the educational trajectory of low-track male students is particularly …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013347044
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Starting off on the right foot : language learning classes and the educational success of immigrant children
Höckel, Lisa Sofie; Schilling, Pia - 2022
This study is the first empirical analysis to identify the causal effect of a separate preparatory language learning … class on the academic success of newly immigrated primary school-aged children in comparison to their direct integration … 2019, we use the quasi-random allocation of refugee children to neighborhoods and therewith schools to measure the effect …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013435090