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November 15, 2019

How traffic pollution affects children’s academic performance

Lower test scores, more behavioral incidents, and more absences

  • absences
  • academic performance
  • education
  • pollution
  • school
  • test scores
  • Claudia Persico
  • David Simon
  • Jennifer Heissel
Research

May 10, 2019

Being bullied in school leads to poorer outcomes later in life

Persistent or violent types of bullying have the worst consequences

  • adolescents
  • bullying
  • education
  • outcomes
  • school
  • school achievement
  • unemployment
  • Anita Staneva
  • Colm P. Harmon
  • Emma Gorman
  • Ian Walker
  • Silvia Mendolia
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May 4, 2019

Children benefit from school construction and conditional cash transfers

3rd annual workshop of IZA's Family and Gender program

  • cash transfer
  • child development
  • cognitive development
  • familiy economics
  • gender
  • school
Research

April 24, 2019

How day-to-day violence affects children’s educational attainment

Innovative study based on detailed crime data from São Paulo, Brazil

  • Brazil
  • crime
  • educational attainment
  • human capital
  • school
  • violence
  • Lívia Menezes
  • Martin F. Koppensteiner
Research

April 11, 2019

How four-day school weeks affect student achievement

Oregon study finds negative effects on test scores particularly for boys and low-income students

  • academic achievement
  • education policy
  • educational outcomes
  • math
  • public spending
  • reading
  • school
  • Paul N. Thompson
Research

January 18, 2019

Revealing stereotypes to teachers can improve student outcomes

Immigrant students receive lower grades despite same performance as natives

  • discrimination
  • education
  • immigrantion
  • Italy
  • school
  • stereotype
  • teaching
  • Alberto Alesina
  • Eliana La Ferrara
  • Michela Carlana
  • Paolo Pinotti
Research

September 17, 2018

School reforms and socioeconomic inequality in Germany

15 years after the PISA shock

  • achievement
  • education
  • education policy
  • Germany
  • inequality
  • migration background
  • PISA
  • reforms
  • school
  • Horst Entorf
  • Maddalena Davoli
Research

December 1, 2017

Do boys benefit from male teachers in elementary school?

The scarcity of male teachers in schools has led to a debate on whether young boys require more male role models.

  • boys
  • discrimination
  • early tracking
  • education
  • elementary school
  • gender
  • Germany
  • school
  • teachers
  • Patrick A. Puhani
Research

June 21, 2017

The economic value of Breaking Bad: How misbehavior in school pays off for some kids

By Nicholas W. Papageorge (Johns Hopkins University and IZA) There is growing interest in how schools can shape children’s non-cognitive […]

  • behavioral traits
  • classroom
  • earnings
  • education
  • non-cognitive skills
  • personality
  • school
  • schooling
  • skills
  • Flavio Cunha
  • Greg J. Duncan
  • James Heckman
  • Jora Stixrud
  • Nicholas W. Papageorge
  • Rachel Dunifon
  • Sergio Urzua
  • Susanne M. Schennach
  • Tim Kautz
  • Victor Ronda
  • Yu Zheng
Research

September 22, 2014

Grades and rank: How do they affect student effort?

The educational system is built upon a sequence of tests to measure student performance. Improving student performance is a key […]

  • grades
  • incentive
  • motivation
  • performance
  • ranking
  • school
  • students
  • Sweden
  • teachers
  • test scores
  • Elin Pellas
  • Juanna Schrøter Joensen
  • Nina Jalava
Research

July 11, 2014

Having a successful start-up: How your team should be composed

Entrepreneurship is an important source of innovation and technological change. And as standard macro theory suggests, these are main drivers […]

  • children
  • entrepreneurship
  • field experiment
  • generalist
  • Netherlands
  • school
  • skill
  • specialist
  • start-ups
  • team
  • Laura Rosendahl Huber
  • Mirjam C. van Praag
  • Randolph Sloof
Research

June 20, 2014

A culture of crime: growing up with the mafia next door

Organized crime generates about two percent of global GDP. While this is already a considerable share, the mafia and other […]

  • behavior
  • crime
  • education
  • Italy
  • mafia
  • school
  • student
  • Antonino Vaccaro
  • Lamar Pierce
  • Stephan Meier
Research

May 23, 2014

Job information centers improve students’ career choice

In many countries high school students visit job information centers before they graduate. They learn about job prospects, earnings and […]

  • education
  • educational mobility
  • Germany
  • job information
  • labor market entry
  • school
  • Nils Saniter
  • Thomas Siedler
Research

November 15, 2013

Extending paid maternity leave makes no sense economically

Paid maternity leave has become more and more popular over the past few decades as mothers have increasingly entered the […]

  • fertility
  • financial costs
  • government budget
  • labor market effects
  • marriage
  • maternity leave
  • Norway
  • OECD
  • paid maternity leave
  • redistribution
  • school
  • taxes
  • Gordon B. Dahl
  • Kari Vea Salvanes
  • Katrine Vellesen Loken
  • Magne Mogstad
Research

July 1, 2013

How being a victim of school bullying affects your labor market career

Do victims of bullying at school still suffer later in their working lives? A new IZA Discussion Paper by Nick […]

  • bullying
  • employment
  • labor market outcomes
  • mental health
  • productivity
  • school
  • wages
  • Nick Drydakis

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