Search Results - subject:"math skills"

Math skills, selection in training firms, and post-training wages

Gholami, Mahdi; Mühlemann, Samuel - 2024

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Math Skills and Labor-Market Outcomes: Evidence from a Resume-Based Field Experiment

Koedel, Cory; Tyhurst, Eric - Economics Department, University of Missouri - 2010

We examine the link between math skills and labor-market outcomes using a resume-based field experiment. Specifically … skills, and measure employer responses. The resumes that are randomly assigned to indicate stronger math skills receive more … interest from employers than the comparison resumes. Our findings add to the body of evidence showing that stronger math skills …

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When Behavioral Barriers Are Too High or Low: How Timing Matters for Parenting Interventions

Cortes, Kalena E.; Fricke, Hans; Loeb, Susanna; Song, … - 2019

The time children spend with their parents affects their development. Parenting programs can help parents use that time more effectively. Text-messaged-based parenting curricula have proven an effective means of supporting positive parenting practices by providing easy and fun activities that...

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Should we trust math preparatory courses? An empirical analysis on the impact of students' participation and attendance on short- and medium-term effects

Büchele, Stefan - 2019

Remedial courses, particularly in math, have become indispensable in today's higher education landscape. However, large scale evaluation studies investigating the effectiveness of such courses find mixed results which is only one reason why remedial courses should not be trusted as a functional...

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Should we trust math preparatory courses? : an empirical analysis on the impact of students' participation and attendance on short- and medium-term effects

Büchele, Stefan - 2019

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012117635

When behavioral barriers are too high or low : how timing matters for parenting interventions

Cortes, Kalena E.; Fricke, Hans; Loeb, Susanna; Song, … - 2019

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012022770

When behavioral barriers are too high or low : how timing matters for parenting interventions

Cortes, Kalena E.; Fricke, Hans; Loeb, Susanna; Song, … - 2019

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012055498

Alfabetismo financiero y matemáticas: un estudio entre jóvenes preparatorianos en México

Villagómez, Alejandro; Hidalgo, José Antonio - Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE) - 2015

This work analyzes the incidence of mathematical abilities in financial literacy for Mexicans between 15 and 18 years old attending school in Mexico City and the State of Mexico. Our results confirm that the levels of financial literacy are low. Considering the “L&M Focus”, only 6.6% of the...

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