Self-fulfilling prophecies in the classroom

AJ Hill, DB Jones - Journal of Human Capital, 2021 - journals.uchicago.edu
Do teachers' expectations directly impact student achievement? We draw on administrative
data from North Carolina schools that report both student test scores and teachers' …

Comparing teacher and external assessments: Are boys, immigrants, and poorer students undergraded?

L Gortazar, DM de Lafuente, A Vega-Bayo - Teaching and Teacher …, 2022 - Elsevier
In this paper, we study the presence of systematic differences between teacher non-blind
assessments and external blindly graded standardized tests as a measure of grading …

Comparing Teacher and External Assessments: Are Boys, Immigrants, and Poorer Students Undergraded?

D Martinez de Lafuente, L Gortazar… - Immigrants, and Poorer …, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
In this paper, we study the presence of systematic differences between teacher non-blind
assessments and external quasi-blindly graded standardized tests as a measure of grading …

Gender Convergence in Education Choice: The Role of Institutions and Peers

JS Joensen, HS Nielsen - Available at SSRN 3246074, 2021 - papers.ssrn.com
How do institutions and peer groups shape skills? We exploit a universal free-choice reform
signaling less importance of advanced math-science in high school. We show how it …

Essays in economics of education

D MARTINEZ DE LAFUENTE - 2021 - cadmus.eui.eu
This thesis consists of three independent essays in economics of education. In the first
chapter, I investigate the connection between cultural identities and parental schooling …