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IC technology and learning : an impact evaluation of cl ssi2.0

Checchi, Daniele; Rettore, Enrico; Girardi, Silvia - 2015

In this paper we present a counterfactual evaluation of the effect of ICT resources at school on student achievements conducted in Italy. In 2009 156 classes at 6th grade were endowed with additional resources earmarked for purchasing ICT equipments only. By selecting an equivalent number of...

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Isolating the "Tech" from EdTech : experimental evidence on computer assisted learning in China

Ma, Yue; Fairlie, Robert W.; Loyalka, Prashant; … - 2020

EdTech which includes online education, computer assisted learning (CAL), and remote instruction was expanding rapidly … even before the current full-scale substitution for in-person learning at all levels of education around the world because …-based instruction, but often additional non-technology based inputs such as more time on learning and instructional support by …

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Multi-task learning and the reorganization of work : from Tayloristic to holistic organization

Lindbeck, Assar; Snower, Dennis J. - 1999

" organization (featuring job rotation, integration of tasks and learning across tasks). We examine four driving forces behind this …

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Distance learning in higher education : evidence from a randomized experiment

Cacault, Maria Paula; Hildebrand, Christian; … - 2019

Using a randomized experiment in a public Swiss university, we study the impact of online live streaming of lectures on student achievement and attendance. We find that (i) students use the live streaming technology only punctually, apparently when random events make attending in class too...

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Teacher quality and learning outcomes in kindergarten

Araujo, María Caridad; Carneiro, Pedro; Cruz Aguayo, … - 2016

We assigned two cohorts of kindergarten students, totaling more than 24,000 children, to teachers within schools with a rule that is as-good-as-random. We collected data on children at the beginning of the school year, and applied 12 tests of math, language and executive function (EF) at the end...

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Cognitive ability, character skills, and learning to play equilibrium : a level-k analysis

Gill, David; Prowse, Victoria L. - 2014

understand better how subjects with different cognitive abilities learn differently, we estimate a structural model of learning … ability to that of character skills, and find that both cognition and personality affect behavior and learning. More agreeable …

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Upside-down down-under: cold temperatures reduce learning in Australia

Johnston, David; Knott, Rachel; Mendolia, Silvia; … - 2021

Understanding how variation in weather and climate conditions impact productivity, performance and learning is of …

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The dynamics of domestic violence: learning about the match

Anderberg, Dan; Mantovan, Noemi; Sauer, Robert M. - 2021

We present a dynamic lifecycle model of women's choices with respect to partnership status, labour supply and fertility when they cannot directly observe whether a given male partner is of a violent type or not. The model is estimated by the method of simulated moments using longitudinal data...

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Individual rationality and learning : welfare expectations in East Germany post-reunification

Frijters, Paul; Haisken-DeNew, John P.; Shields, Michael - 2002

In this paper we test the Rational Expectations hypothesis using longitudinal data on expectations and realizations of individual welfare for East Germans in the years following reunification. German reunification was unexpected and delivered a large shock to the future prospects of the...

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Does learning beget learning throughout adulthood? : evidence from employees' training participation

Kramer, Anica; Tamm, Marcus - 2016

Individuals with more years of education generally acquire more training later on in life. Such a relationship may be due to skills learned in early periods increasing returns to educational investments in later periods. This paper addresses the question whether the complementarity between...

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