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Class composition effects and school welfare : evidence from Portugal using panel data

Firmino, João - 2018

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011959713

Decomposing international gender test score differences

Munir, Farzana; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - 2018

In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls' disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the …)equality also contributes to girls' disadvantage. For reading, at the upper end of the talent distribution, girls' advantage can be …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011869035

The long-run and gender-equalizing impacts of school access : evidence from the First Indochina War

Dang, Hai-Anh; Hoang Trung Xuan; Nguyen, Ha - 2018

Very few studies currently exist on the long-term impacts of schooling policies in developing countries. We examine the impacts-half a century later-of a mass education program conducted by the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in the occupied areas during the First Indochina War....

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012131211

Decomposing international gender test score differences

Munir, Farzana; Winter-Ebmer, Rudolf - In: Journal for labour market research 52 (2018) 12, pp. 1-17

In this paper, we decompose worldwide PISA mathematics and reading scores. While mathematics scores are still tilted … towards boys, girls have a larger advantage in reading over boys. Girls’ disadvantage in mathematics is increasing over the …)equality also contributes to girls’ disadvantage. For reading, at the upper end of the talent distribution, girls’ advantage can be …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012147251

Reading to Young Children: A Head-Start in Life?

Kalb, Guyonne; van Ours, Jan C. - 2013

This paper investigates the importance of parents reading to their young children. Using Australian data we find that … parental reading to children at age 4 to 5 has positive and significant effects on reading skills and cognitive skills of these …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010319467

Reading to Young Children : A Head-Start in Life?

van Ours, Jan; Kalb, G. - Tilburg University, Center for Economic Research - 2013

Abstract: This paper investigates the importance of parents reading to their young children. Using Australian data we … find that parental reading to children at age 4 to 5 has positive and significant effects on reading skills and cognitive …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011092213

Reading to Young Children: A Head-Start in Life?

Kalb, Guyonne; Ours, Jan C. van - Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social … - 2013

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010902160

Reading to Young Children: A Head-Start in Life?

Kalb, Guyonne; Ours, Jan C. van - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010884138

Sraffa, Marx y la teoría del valor-trabajo : réplica a la interpretación de Sraffa

López Ibarra, Omar - In: Economía informa (2018) 408, pp. 47-62

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012006263

Stakeholders’ perceptions of book piracy’s benefits to society in Lithuania

Grigas, Vincas; Gudinavičius, Arūnas - In: Global Knowledge, Memory and Communication 71 (2021) 6/7, pp. 605-618

Purpose Book piracy represents a threat to the publishing industry, while for the society, book piracy provides some benefits. The purpose of this study is to examine views of readers, authors and publishers in Lithuania on book piracy’s benefits to society. Design/methodology/approach This...

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