skills: reading, numeracy, essay writing and Swiss history. We develop an estimation strategy to examine whether the impact … of religious denomination was particularly large with respect to reading capabilities. We find support for this … hypothesis. However, Protestants' education motives went beyond acquiring reading skills. …

through developing effective reading and writing skills that penetrate texts to uncover their central meaning, rather than be …

through developing effective reading and writing skills that penetrate texts to uncover their central meaning, rather than be …

skills: reading, numeracy, essay writing and Swiss history. We develop an estimation strategy to examine whether the impact … of religious denomination was particularly large with respect to reading capabilities. We find support for this … hypothesis. However, Protestants’ education motives went beyond reading the bible. …

We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading … a reading assessment, causing students’ scores to improve by 0.13 standard deviations immediately after the program. The …

We show that a short-term (31 day) reading program, designed to provide age-appropriate reading material, to train … teachers in their use, and to support teachers' initial efforts for about a month improves students' reading skills by 0 …, probably due to a reduced emphasis on reading after the program. We find that the program also encourages students to read more …

We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading … a reading assessment, causing students' scores to improve by 0.13 standard deviations immediately after the program. The …

We evaluate a program that aims to improve children's reading skills by providing classes with age-appropriate reading … a reading assessment, causing students' scores to improve by 0.13 standard deviations immediately after the program. The … ; reading ; development …

intergenerational transmission of reading habits: are children more likely to allocate time to studying and reading when they observe … their parents doing the same activity? The intergeneration transmission of attitudes towards studying and reading can be … fundamental approaches to estimation: a "long run" model, consisting of OLS intergenerational type regressions for the reading …