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Does computer-aided instruction improve children’s cognitive and noncognitive skills?

Ito, Hirotake; Kasai, Keiko; Nishiuchi, Hiromu; … - In: Asian development review 38 (2021) 1, pp. 98-118

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Gender gaps in cognitive and noncognitive skills: roles of SES and gender attitudes

Hervé, Justine; Mani, Subha; Behrman, Jere R.; Nandi, … - 2021

Gender gaps in skills exist around the world but differ remarkably among the high and low-and-middle income countries. This paper uses a unique data set with more than 20,000 adolescents in rural India to examine whether socioeconomic status and gender attitudes predict gender gaps in cognitive...

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Does Computer-Aided Instruction Improve Children’s Cognitive and Noncognitive Skills?

Ito, Hirotake; Kasai, Keiko; Nishiuchi, Hiromu; … - 2021

This paper examines the causal effects of computer-aided instruction (CAI) on children’s cognitive and noncognitive …

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Creativity, education or what? : on the measurement of regional human capital

Bode, Eckhardt; Pérez-Villar, Lucia - 2014

This paper substantiates the debate following Richard Florida’s suggestion to measure regional human capital by creative occupations rather than education. Consistent with Florida’s notion of creativity, it suggests a microfoundation that relates creativity to workers’ cognitive and...

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Sex-differences in language and socio-emotional skills in early childhood

Bando Grana, Rosangela; López Bóo, Florencia; Li, Xia - 2016

This study explores sex differences in language and socio-emotional skills. It focuses on children 7 months old to 6 … years old in Chile in 2012 and Nicaragua in 2013. A focus on young children allowed for ruling out a set of environmental …

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Sex-differences in language and socio-emotional skills : evidence from large scale studies of very young children

Bando Grana, Rosangela; López Bóo, Florencia; Li, Xia - 2016

This study explores sex differences in language and socio-emotional skills on children 7 months to 6 years old in Latin …

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Effects of childhood peers on personality skills

Feng, Shuaizhang; Kim, Jun Hyung; Yang, Zhe - 2021

Despite extensive literature on peer effects, the role of peers on personality skill development remains poorly understood. We fill this gap by investigating the effects of having disadvantaged primary school peers, generated by random classroom assignment and parental migration for employment....

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The causal impact of socio-emotional skills training on educational success

Sorrenti, Guiseppe; Zölitz, Ulf; Ribeaud, Denis; … - 2020

We study the long-term effects of a randomized intervention targeting children's socio-emotional skills. The classroom …-based intervention for primary school children has positive impacts that persist for over a decade. Treated children become more likely … to complete academic high school and enroll in university. Two mechanisms drive these results. Treated children show …

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The causal impact of socio-emotional skills training on educational success

Sorrenti, Giuseppe; Zölitz, Ulf; Ribeaud, Denis; … - 2020

We study the long-term effects of a randomized intervention targeting children’s socio-emotional skills. The classroom …-based intervention for primary school children has positive impacts that persist for over a decade. Treated children become more likely … to complete academic high school and enroll in university. Two mechanisms drive these results. Treated children show …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012196311

The causal impact of socio-emotional skills training on educational success

Sorrenti, Giuseppe; Zölitz, Ulf; Ribeaud, Denis; … - 2020

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012175897