Posts tagged with 'student performance'
November 21, 2016
Money to study? Research on motivation and incentives for students
Differences in educational outcomes based on socioeconomic background is a well-documented phenomenon and a key driver of inequalities later in […]
November 7, 2016
Terrorism, hurricanes, economic crises: Learning through exogenous shocks
Economists seem to have a conspicuous interest in unexpected, far-reaching or even catastrophic events. In most cases, though, this interest […]
September 7, 2016
Different sleep cycles can explain part of the gender performance gap in education
Girls largely outperform boys academically in middle and high school. Performance gaps begin to arise as early as in third […]
May 24, 2016
High times for students
When a U.S. state passes a medical marijuana law (MML), effectively lowering the costs of obtaining marijuana for both patients […]
April 22, 2014
A stitch in time saves nine: procrastination and academic success
Every student knows how hard it can be to pull yourself together and study. From a short-run perspective, being lazy […]
February 14, 2014
Better high school, better university performance
In recent years, many states in the U.S., including California, Texas, and Oregon, have changed admissions policies to increase access […]