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Does Being Excluded From School Harm Student Achievement? Evidence From Siblings in English Population Data

open access: yesThe Manchester School, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT A growing number of quasi‐experimental and individual fixed effects studies suggest that school exclusion adversely affects educational performance. Using population‐wide administrative data and a sibling fixed effects approach, we add to the evidence base by estimating the achievement penalties associated with exclusion, focussing on high ...
Andrew McLean, Duncan McVicar
wiley   +1 more source

Reproducing National Distinction: How Cultural Capital Shapes Estonia's Russian School Field

open access: yesNations and Nationalism, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Research on nationalism has long emphasized the homogenizing role of education in producing shared language, history and identity, while studies in the sociology of education have examined how cultural capital and social class structure school hierarchies.
Léo Henry
wiley   +1 more source

Harnessing Systems Science to Strengthen Community‐Based Childhood Obesity Prevention: An Overview of the Literature

open access: yesObesity Reviews, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Introduction Addressing the obesity epidemic requires understanding the complex and multilevel dynamics that shape it. Systems science can help researchers and practitioners move beyond linear causal logic. This overview identifies empirical studies using explicit systems science methods or broader systems‐informed approaches to design ...
Travis R. Moore   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

The Role of Skills and Tasks in Gender Gaps in Latin America

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT In this paper, we explore gender gaps in the labor market in Latin America, incorporating two relevant factors often overlooked: skills and the type of tasks performed at work. The study is based on data from the 2018 Program for the International Assessment of Adult Competencies (PIAAC) for four Latin American countries.
Cristian Bonavida, Leonardo Gasparini
wiley   +1 more source

Men's Support for Women's Education in Afghanistan: The Roles of Income and Insecurity

open access: yesReview of Development Economics, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This study examines men's attitudes toward women's education in Afghanistan across primary, secondary, and tertiary levels, as well as women pursuing studies in other provinces or abroad. Using nationally representative repeated cross‐sectional survey data from over 69,000 respondents collected by the Asia Foundation (2014–2021) across all 34 ...
Mohammad Haroon Asadi   +1 more
wiley   +1 more source

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