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Why does height matter for educational Attainment? : evidence from German pre-teen children
Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim - 2010
Several studies have shown that body height is positively associated with educational attainment. In this paper, we …. In addition, we present some evidence that height and social skills are positively associated already at age 2-3. Our … results imply that controlling for social skills would significantly reduce estimates of the height-school premium. With …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003944687
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Why Does Height Matter for Educational Attainment? Evidence from German Pre-Teen Children
Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim K. - 2021
Several studies have shown that body height is positively associated with educational attainment. In this paper, we …. In addition, we present some evidence that height and social skills are positively associated already at age 2-3. Our … results imply that controlling for social skills would significantly reduce estimates of the height-school premium. With …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013316231
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Why Does Height Matter for Educational Attainment? Evidence from German Pre-Teen Children
Cinnirella, Francesco; Piopiunik, Marc; Winter, Joachim - CESifo - 2010
Several studies have shown that body height is positively associated with educational attainment. In this paper, we …. In addition, we present some evidence that height and social skills are positively associated already at age 2-3. Our … results imply that controlling for social skills would significantly reduce estimates of the height-school premium. With …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008572551
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Student assessment and grade retention : evidence from a natural experiment ; conference paper
Kimura, Marlies; Ochsen, Carsten - 2014
In Germany and many other countries, students are tracked into various secondary school types. This paper studies whether parents or teachers assess students potential educational performance more adequately. Educational attainment is measured by grade retention rates. We take advantage of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010488494
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Graded children: Evidence of longrun consequences of school grades from a nationwide reform
Sjögren, Anna - 2010
Swedish elementary school children stopped receiving written end of year report cards following a grading reform in 1982. Gradual implementation of the reform creates an opportunity to investigate the effects of being graded on adult educational attainments and earnings for children in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273930
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Graded Children: Evidence of Longrun Consequences of School Grades from a Nationwide Reform
Sjögren, Anna - 2010
Swedish elementary school children stopped receiving written end of year report cards following a grading reform in 1982. Gradual implementation of the reform creates an opportunity to investigate the effects of being graded on adult educational attainments and earnings for children in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010320314
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Graded children : evidence of longrun consequences of school grades from a nationwide reform
Sjögren, Anna - 2010
Swedish elementary school children stopped receiving written end of year report cards following a grading reform in 1982. Gradual implementation of the reform creates an opportunity to investigate the effects of being graded on adult educational attainments and earnings for children in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003971382
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Graded children : evidence of longrun consequences of school grades from a nationwide reform
Sjögren, Anna - 2010
Swedish elementary school children stopped receiving written end of year report cards following a grading reform in 1982. Gradual implementation of the reform creates an opportunity to investigate the effects of being graded on adult educational attainments and earnings for children in the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003973482
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Chapter 15 Drinking from the Fountain of Knowledge: Student Incentive to Study and Learn – Externalities, Information Problems and Peer Pressure
Bishop, John - In: Handbook of the economics of education : volume 2, (pp. 909-944). 2006
Students face four decision margins: (a) How many years to spend in school, (b) What to study, (c) How much effort to devote to learning per year and (d) Whether to disrupt or assist the learning of classmates. The thousands of studies that have applied human capital theory to the first two...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014023722
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School Closures and Student Achievement : Evidence from a High Stakes Exam
Riudavets, Marc; Uusitalo, Roope - 2023
We study the effect of school closures and the transition from on-site to on-line teaching during the Covid-19 pandemic in the Finnish upper secondary schools. To identify the effects we exploit variation in the length of school closure periods across schools between autumn 2020 and spring 2021....
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