Search Results - subject:"Learning intensity"

The paradox of wealthy nations’ unhappy adolescents

Bethmann, Dirk; Rudolf, Robert - 2021

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Essays in labor and public economics

Camarero Garcia, Sebastian - 2020

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Inequality of educational opportunities and the role of learning intensity: Evidence from a quasi-experiment in Germany

Camarero Garcia, Sebastian - 2018

identify the causal effect of increased learning intensity on Inequality of Educational Opportunity (IEOp), the share in … learning intensity had no short-term effect on IEOp. In the medium term, however, IEOp increased as differences in parental … increasing the efficiency of educational systems and to the role of learning intensity for explaining changes in educational …

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Inequality of educational opportunities and the role of learning intensity : evidence from a quasi-experiment in Germany

Camarero Garcia, Sebastian - 2018

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011840590

The causal effects of an intensified curriculum on cognitive skills: Evidence from a natural experiment

Andrietti, Vincenzo - 2016

This paper exploits a unique universal educational policy - implemented in most German states between 2001 and 2008 - that compressed the academic-track high school curriculum into a (one year) shorter time span, thereby increasing time of instruction and share of curriculum taught per grade....

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The causal effects of an intensified curriculum on cognitive skills : evidence from a natural experiment

Andrietti, Vincenzo - 2016

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Human capital returns to education : three essays on the causal effects of schooling on skills and health

Dahmann, Sarah C. - 2016

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Moving up a gear: The impact of compressing instructional time into fewer years of schooling

Huebener, Mathias; Marcus, Jan - 2015

Policy-makers face a trade-off between the provision of higher levels of schooling and earlier labour market entries. A fundamental education reform in Germany tackles this trade-off by reducing high school by one year while leaving the total instructional time unchanged. Employing...

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Auswirkungen der G8-Schulzeitverkürzung: Erhöhte Zahl von Klassenwiederholungen, aber jüngere und nicht weniger Abiturienten

Huebener, Mathias; Marcus, Jan - In: DIW Wochenbericht 82 (2015) 18, pp. 447-456

Kaum eine Bildungsreform der vergangenen Jahre ist umstrittener als die G8-Reform zur Verkürzung der Gymnasialschulzeit. Obwohl es bisher nur sehr wenige verlässliche empirische Befunde zur Wirkung der G8-Reform gibt, erwägen mehrere Bundesländer bereits eine Rückkehr von der zwölf- zur...

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G8 high school reform results in higher grade repetition rates and lower graduate age, but does not affect graduation rates

Huebener, Mathias; Marcus, Jan - In: DIW Economic Bulletin 5 (2015) 18, pp. 247-255

The G8 high school reform to reduce the total number of years spent at Gymnasium (Germany's academic-track secondary school) has been more controversial than almost any other education reform in recent years. Although there are few reliable empirical findings on the effects of the G8 reform,...

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