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Latent variables and propensity score matching : a simulation study with application to data from the Programme for International Student Assessment in Poland
Jakubowski, Maciej - In: Empirical economics : a journal of the Institute for … 48 (2015) 3, pp. 1287-1325
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011304080
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Latent variables and propensity score matching: a simulation study with application to data from the Programme for International Student Assessment in Poland
Jakubowski, Maciej - In: Empirical Economics 48 (2015) 3, pp. 1287-1325
This paper examines how including latent variables can benefit propensity score matching. Latent variables can be estimated from the observed manifest variables and used in matching. This paper demonstrates the benefits of such an approach by comparing it with a method where the manifest...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011240925
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Capturing the educational and economic impacts of school closures in Poland
Gajderowicz, Tomasz; Jakubowski, Maciej; Patrinos, … - 2022
The effect of school closures in the spring of 2020 on the math, science, and reading skills of secondary school students in Poland is estimated. The COVID-19-induced school closures lasted 26 weeks in Poland, one of Europe's longest periods of shutdown. Comparison of the learning outcomes with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013465940
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The learning crisis : three years after COVID-19
Gajderowicz, Tomasz; Jakubowski, Maciej; Kennedy, Alec; … - 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread disruptions to education, with school closures affecting over one billion children. These closures, aimed at reducing virus transmission, resulted in significant learning losses, particularly in mathematics and science. Using data from TIMSS 2023, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015162732
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The learning crisis : three years after covid-19
Gajderowicz, Tomasz; Jakubowski, Maciej; Kennedy, Alec; … - 2024
The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread disruptions to education, with school closures affecting over one billion children. These closures, aimed at reducing virus transmission, resulted in significant learning losses, particularly in mathematics and science. Using data from TIMSS 2023, which...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015166429
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The learning crisis in the United States three years after Covid-19
Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Jakubowski, Maciej; … - 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread disruptions to education, with school closures affecting over one billion children. These closures, aimed at reducing virus transmission, resulted in significant learning losses, particularly in mathematics and science. Using United States data from TIMSS,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015329912
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The learning crisis in the United States three years after COVID-19
Patrinos, Harry Anthony; Jakubowski, Maciej; … - 2025
The COVID-19 pandemic caused widespread disruptions to education, with school closures affecting over one billion children. These closures, aimed at reducing virus transmission, resulted in significant learning losses, particularly in mathematics and science. Using United States data from TIMSS,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10015327659
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Capturing the educational and economic impacts of school closures in Poland
Gajderowicz, Tomasz; Jakubowski, Maciej; Patrinos, … - 2022
The effect of school closures in the spring of 2020 on the math, science, and reading skills of secondary school students in Poland is estimated. The COVID-19-induced school closures lasted 26 weeks in Poland, one of Europe's longest periods of shutdown. Comparison of the learning outcomes with...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013471222