Posts tagged with 'university'
November 13, 2024
Fewer exam retakes, better results?
Policy change at the University of Bologna improved academic performance and reduced dropout rates
May 11, 2021
Higher minimum wage lowers enrollment in academic programs at universities
Study from Canada investigates the impact of the minimum wage on individuals' schooling decisions
March 16, 2020
Do women shy away from public speaking?
Field experiment shows female students are less willing to present to a larger audience
October 10, 2019
Legacy and athlete preferences at Harvard
Admissions advantages of privileged applicants have gone up over time
March 28, 2019
Peer diversity and college performance
Linguistic diversity does not harm native students but enhances non-native speaking students' performance
December 14, 2018
Are professors good teachers?
Lower-ranked instructors are just as good when it comes to tutorial teaching
December 10, 2018
Steering more students into STEM?
Costs of delivering postsecondary instruction differ markedly by field of study
February 16, 2018
Searching on campus: Marriage market effects of the student gender composition
The growing success of online dating platforms seems to indicate that finding your partner in the “real” world becomes harder. […]
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 […]
June 17, 2015
How to increase the attractiveness of STEM for female students
Women have been traditionally under-represented in college major fields of Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). Analyzing the reasons is […]
May 20, 2015
Should colleges share the burden of student loan debt?
Tertiary education is a costly thing. How to design its financing is a major topic in public policy. Around the […]
November 11, 2014
Online quizzes can motivate students to learn more
A large fraction of students fail at university. One potential reason is that students do not exercise enough effort on […]
November 5, 2014
Online quizzes can motivate students to learn more
A large fraction of students fail at university. One potential reason is that students do not exercise enough effort on […]
June 13, 2014
Student internships increase wages later in life
Most university students complete an internship while pursuing an academic degree: some work during the semester breaks, others even take […]
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 […]
December 20, 2013
Women are not scared of competing with males, field experiment shows
Despite increasing female labor market participation, gender differences in labor market outcomes persist: men earn more, have better employment perspectives […]
November 8, 2013
Study abroad programs boost labor market careers
Despite the great popularity of international educational mobility schemes like the European Erasmus scholarship program, relatively little research has been […]
October 28, 2013
High school counselors effectively help students choose the right college major
Choosing the right field of study at college is a very important, but also a very difficult decision. Many prospective […]
June 24, 2013
Do people discriminate others or favor their ownkind?
Discrimination is omnipresent in today’s labor markets: women receive lower wages, foreigner are less likely to be hired. While the […]
March 13, 2013
Don J. DeVoretz on the economics of citizenship
In the latest IZA interview Don J. DeVoretz, IZA Research Fellow and Professor of Economics at the Simon Fraser University […]