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Understanding the mechanisms through which an influential early childhood program boosted adult outcomes

Heckman, James J.; Pinto, Rodrigo; Savelyev, Peter - 2012

A growing literature establishes that high quality early childhood interventions targeted toward disadvantaged children have substantial impacts on later life outcomes. Little is known about the mechanisms producing these impacts. This paper uses longitudinal data on cognitive and personality...

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Understanding the Mechanisms Through Which an Influential Early Childhood Program Boosted Adult Outcomes

Heckman, James J. - 2012

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Gender-matching school effects on girls' cognitive and non-cognitive performance : empirical evidence from South Korea

Cho, Seo-Young - 2017

Gender-matching school environments may provide benefits for girls to enhance their performance. By using PISA data … from South Korea, this paper suggests that the effects of single-sex schooling and a student-teacher's gender matching are … heterogeneous across different student groups. The gender-matching school environments are most positive to non-cognitive outcomes …

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Smog in Our Brains : Gender Differences in the Impact of Exposure to Air Pollution on Cognitive Performance

Chen, Xi - 2017

. Interestingly, the negative effect is stronger for men than for women. Specifically, the gender difference is more salient among the …

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Fetal pollution exposure, cognitive ability, and gender-specific parental investment

Zhang, Xin; Wang, Yixuan; Hu, Xingyi; Chen, Xi - 2024

range, with a focus on gender-specific parental responses to this negative shock. Using data from a nationally … with brothers. Gender-biased human capital investment by families tends to amplify the harmful effects for girls, while …

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Personality, IQ, and lifetime earnings

Gensowski, Miriam - 2014

Talented individuals are seen as drivers of long-term growth, but how do they realize their full potential? In this paper, I show that even in a group of high-IQ men and women, lifetime earnings are substantially influenced by their education and personality traits. I identify a previously...

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Rise to the Challenge or Not Give a Damn : Differential Performance in High vs. Low Stakes Tests

Attali, Yigal - 2011

This paper studies how different demographic groups respond to incentives by comparing performance in the GRE examination in "high" and "low" stakes situations. The high stakes situation is the real GRE examination and the low stakes situation is a voluntary experimental section of the GRE that...

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Rise to the challenge or not give a damn : differential performance in high vs. low stakes tests

Attali, Yigal; Neeman, Zvika; Schlosser, Analia - 2011

. -- gender ; competition ; incentives ; GRE ; high stakes ; low stakes ; test score gap …

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Differential performance in high vs. low stakes tests : evidence from the GRE test

Schlosser, Analia; Neeman, Zvika; Attali, Yigal - 2019

We study how different demographic groups respond to incentives by comparing their performance in "high" and "low" stakes situations. The high stakes situation is the GRE examination and the low stakes situation is a voluntary experimental section of the GRE. We find that Males exhibit a larger...

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Noncognitive Skills, Occupational Attainment, and Relative Wages

Cobb-Clark, Deborah A. - 2011

on the probability of employment in many, though not all, occupations in ways that differ by gender. Consequently, men … gender wage gap that is unexplained …

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