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Essays on instruction time, grades and parental investments in education

Collins, Matthew LU (2022) In Lund Economic Studies
Abstract
This thesis consists of four self-contained papers in the economics of education. The first chapter examines the importance of instruction time for student achievement on international assessments. The second chapter identifies the effect of sibling gender on education and how this effect varies according to traditional inheritance customs. The third chapter studies the effect of more informative feedback on student performance. The fourth chapter investigates the effect of university grade inflation on graduates’ labour market outcomes.
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author
supervisor
opponent
  • Professor Rainer, Helmut, University of Munich
organization
publishing date
type
Thesis
publication status
published
subject
keywords
instruction time, student achievement, PISA, TIMSS, sibling gender, patriliny, matriliny, educational attainment, grading, feedback, educational outcomes, natural experiment, HBSC, grade inflation, signalling, human capital
in
Lund Economic Studies
issue
229
publisher
Lund University
defense location
EC3:210
defense date
2022-05-06 10:15:00
ISBN
978-91-8039-150-4
978-91-8039-149-8
language
English
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yes
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3c4dbcba-af1d-4d68-b77b-3830ddcbb708
date added to LUP
2022-04-14 09:22:47
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2024-04-11 11:58:56
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  keywords     = {{instruction time; student achievement; PISA; TIMSS; sibling gender; patriliny; matriliny; educational attainment; grading; feedback; educational outcomes; natural experiment; HBSC; grade inflation; signalling; human capital}},
  language     = {{eng}},
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  title        = {{Essays on instruction time, grades and parental investments in education}},
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