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The effect of early noncognitive skills on social outcomes in adolescence
Coneus, Katja (contributor); Laucht, Manfred (contributor) - 2008
epidemiological cohort study of 384 children at risk from the Rhine-Neckar Region in Germany. Our results indicate that noncognitive …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003793903
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The impact of parents migration on the well-being of children left behind : initial evidence from Romania
Botezat, Alina; Pfeiffer, Friedhelm - 2014
Many children grow up with parents working abroad. Economists are interested in the achievement and well-being of these … paper examines the causal effects of parents' migration on their children left home in Romania, a country where increasingly … "home alone" children to better understand the positive and negative aspects of migration in the sending countries. This …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010348742
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Self-productivity and complementarities in human development : evidence from MARS
Blomeyer, Dorothea; Coneus, Katja; Laucht, Manfred; … - 2008
well as academic achievement. Our data are taken from the Mannheim Study of Children at Risk (MARS), an epidemiological …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003751476
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Impacts of parental health on children's development of personality traits and problem behavior : evidence from parental health shocks
Morefield, Brant; Mühlenweg, Andrea M.; Westermaier, Franz - 2011
In this paper, we examine how parental health affects children's development of personality traits and problem behavior … significant impacts on children's emotional symptoms, hyperactivity and neuroticism. Paternal health seems to be less relevant for … the development of these non-cognitive characteristics. However, we observe that paternal health shocks cause children to …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009244239
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Susceptibility and influence in social media word-of-mouth
Claussen, Jörg; Engelstätter, Benjamin; Ward, Michael R. - 2014
Peer influence through word-of-mouth (WOM) plays an important role in many information systems but identification of causal effects is challenging. We identify causal WOM effects in the empirical setting of game adoption in a social network for gamers by exploiting differences in individuals’...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467832
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Peer effects in collaborative content generation : the evidence from German Wikipedia
Slivko, Olga - 2014
On Wikipedia, the largest online encyclopedia, editors who contribute to the same articles and exchange comments on articles’ talk pages work in collaborative manner engaging in communication about their work. Thus they can be considered as peers who are likely to influence each other. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010467845
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Peer effects in language training for migrants
Sprietsma, Maresa; Pfeil, Lisa - 2015
We investigate the effect of peer group composition on language improvement in language classes for adults. Using unique survey data of migrants participating in an intensive language course in Germany, we find that the age and skill composition of groups affect skill acquisition as assessed by...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010527127
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Peer effects in collaborative content generation : the evidence from German Wikipedia
Slivko, Olga - 2015 - This version: March 3, 2015
On Wikipedia, the largest online encyclopedia, editors who contribute to the same articles and exchange comments on articles’ talk pages work in collaborative manner engaging in communication about their work. Thus they can be considered as peers who are likely to influence each other. In this...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010529456
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Peer effects in European primary schools : evidence from PIRLS
Ammermüller, Andreas (contributor);  … - 2006
We estimate peer effects for fourth graders in six European countries. The identification relies on variation across classes within schools. We argue that classes within primary schools are formed roughly randomly with respect to family background. Similar to previous studies, we find sizeable...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003314712
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Self-productivity in early childhood
Coneus, Katja (contributor); Pfeiffer, Friedhelm (contributor) - 2007
Self-productivity is a crucial feature in the process of skill formation. It means that skills and health acquired at one stage in the life cycle enhance skills and health formation at later stages. This paper presents an empirical investigation of self-productivity in early childhood in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003528851