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Where Do STEM Graduates Stem From? The Intergenerational Transmission of Comparative Skill Advantages
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Jacobs, Babs; Schwerdt, Guido; … - National Bureau of Economic Research - 2023
comparative advantages in math of parents are significantly linked to those of their children. A causal interpretation follows … quality. Finally, we show the strong influence of family skill transmission on children's choices of STEM fields …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014250203
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Does peer ability affect student achievement?
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Kain, John F.; Markman, Jacob M.; … - In: Journal of applied econometrics 18 (2003) 5, pp. 527-544
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10001802596
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Long-run trends in the U.S. SES-achievement gap
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Peterson, Paul E.; Talpey, Laura M.; … - 2020
Rising inequality in the United States has raised concerns about potentially widening gaps in educational achievement by socio-economic status (SES). Using assessments from LTT-NAEP, Main-NAEP, TIMSS, and PISA that are psychometrically linked over time, we trace trends in achievement for U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012171330
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Long-run trends in the U.S. SES-achievement gap
Hanushek, Eric Alan; Peterson, Paul E.; Talpey, Laura M.; … - 2020
Rising inequality in the United States has raised concerns about potentially widening gaps in educational achievement by socio-economic status (SES). Using assessments from LTT-NAEP, Main-NAEP, TIMSS, and PISA that are psychometrically linked over time, we trace trends in achievement for U.S....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012171844
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The labor market returns to computer skills : evidence from a field experiment and California UI earnings records
Fairlie, Robert W.; Bahr, Peter Riley - 2017
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011775590
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The economic value of higher teacher quality
Hanushek, Eric Alan - 2010
"Most analyses of teacher quality end without any assessment of the economic value of altered teacher quality. This paper combines information about teacher effectiveness with the economic impact of higher achievement. It begins with an overview of what is known about the relationship between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008779815
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The economic value of higher teacher quality
Hanushek, Eric Alan - In: Economics of education review 30 (2011) 3, pp. 466-479
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009297159
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The effects of home computers on educational outcomes : evidence from a field experiment with community college students
Fairlie, Robert W.; London, Rebecca A. - In: The economic journal : the journal of the Royal … 122 (2012) 561, pp. 727-753
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009669615
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The effects of home computers on educational outcomes : evidence from a field experiment with community college students
Fairlie, Robert W.; London, Rebecca A. - 2013
first-ever field experiment involving the provision of free computers to students for home use. Financial aid students … not large. We also provide some evidence that students initially living farther from campus benefit more from the free … computers than students living closer to campus. Home computers appear to improve students ́computer skills and may increase the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010223045
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The Effects of Home Computers on Educational Outcomes : Evidence from a Field Experiment with Community College Students
Fairlie, Robert W.; London, Rebecca A. - 2021
first-ever field experiment involving the provision of free computers to students for home use. Financial aid students … not large. We also provide some evidence that students initially living farther from campus benefit more from the free … computers than students living closer to campus. Home computers appear to improve students’ computer skills and may increase the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013315659