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different cohorts and grades up to the end of secondary education. We show that the effect of original school entry age on a …In Germany, the streaming of students into an academic or nonacademic track at age 10 can be revised at later stages of … secondary education. To investigate the importance of such revisions, we use administrative data on the student population in …
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, higher education sector has developed rapidly and contributed to the growth of the economy significantly. In this study …, using the 1990 input-output tables and the input-output technique, the impact of the expenditures of the Turkish students … (TS), other overseas students (OOS) studying at the Eastern Mediterranean University (EMU) in the academic year of 1994 …
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-term attrition from higher education differ for students who initially enrolled part-time as compared to for students who initially …, academic performance, parental education, household characteristics, and economic factors had a substantially greater impact on … compared with at-risk part-time students …
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In recent years, many countries have experienced a significant expansion of higher education enrolment. There is a …. This study estimates the effect of class size on academic performance of university students, distinguishing between STEM … and non-STEM fields. Using administrative data from a large UK higher education institution, we consider a sample of 25 …
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policy to improve student performance. In particular, it suggests that the lowest-achieving students have the most to gain …
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College completion rates declined from the 1970s to the 1990s. We document that this trend has reversed - since the 1990s, college completion rates have increased. We investigate the reasons for the increase in college graduation rates. Collectively, student characteristics, institutional...
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Due to the prevalence and important consequences of student work, the topic has seen an increased interest in the literature. However, to date the focus has been solely on measuring the effect of student employment on later labour market outcomes, relying on signalling theory to explain the...
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paper, we further explore the effectiveness of the lowest-ranked instructors: students. We confirm that students are almost … instructors. We conclude that hiring moderately more student instructors would not harm students, but exclusively using them will …
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We study a college admissions problem in which colleges accept students by ranking students' efforts in entrance exams …. Students' ability levels affect the cost of their efforts. We solve and compare equilibria of "centralized college admissions …" (CCA) where students apply to all colleges and "decentralized college admissions" (DCA) where students only apply to one …
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preparing students for a very flexible labour market. Education is key for development and progress. The goal of this paper is … that consisted of demographic and economic data and information about previous education. Students' efficacy is measured by … different approach to education. Efficient education is the foundation of modern society and it has the most important role in …
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