We study the impact of COVID-19 school closures on differences in online learning usage by regional academic … academic performance increased their searches for e-learning tools more than higher-performing regions. Analysing school … less e-learning tools than higher performing ones. These two findings suggest that the COVID-19 shock widened the e-learning …

We econometrically evaluate the performance effects of a six month e-learning programme in a large retail chain with …

We econometrically evaluate the performance effects of a six month e-learning programme in a large retail chain with …

We construct a general dynamic structural model of two-sided learning between a firm and its workers. We estimate an … American workers). The type of data that we use also generates information on the value of learning and on whether and how the … the increases in the firm?s value from learning about its workers? behavior and to infer the extent of biases in estimated …

institutions reinforce each other in slowing or preventing people from learning the correct underlying parameters. …

district-level data on the incidence of various types of crime with a nationally representative survey on learning achievement … the crime-learning gradient. We show that an increase in violent crime is associated with lower achievement in reading and … math, while non-violent crimes have no discernible correlation with learning outcomes. The effects are short-lived, driven …

This paper investigates the impact of working while in school on learning outcomes through the use of a unique micro … learning outcomes is addressed through the use of a difference-in-difference estimator and it is shown that the results are … robust. A negative and significant effect of working on learning outcomes in both math and Portuguese is found. The effects …

family income, parents' education, race/ethnicity and gender, being better-looking raised subsequent changes in measurements … of objective learning outcomes. The gains imply a long-run impact on cognitive achievement of about 0.04 standard …

experimental evidence shows that families' misperceptions about the returns to education play a large role in their low investment … levels. This paper builds a model of human capital and growth that incorporates an adaptive learning mechanism to capture the … way agents form perceptions about returns to education. In an economy where human capital investments have both private …