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Gender Peer Effects in University: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Oosterbeek, Hessel; Ewijk, Reyn van - Tinbergen Instituut - 2010
This discussion paper resulted in an article in <I>Economics of Education Review</I>. Volume 38, pages 51-63.<P> Recent … studies for primary and secondary education find positive effects of the share of girls in the classroom on achievement of … boys and girls. This study examines whether these results can be extrapolated to post-secondary education. We conduct an …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011255713
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The Role of Information in the Take-up of Student Loans
Booij, Adam; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - Tinbergen Instituut - 2008
="http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0272775711001427">'Economics of Education Review'</A>, 31(1), 33-44.<p>Policies need not only to be well designed to effectively …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011257564
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Ability Peer Effects in University: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Booij, Adam S.; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2015
This paper estimates peer effects originating from the ability composition of tutorial groups for undergraduate students in economics. We manipulated the composition of groups to achieve a wide range of support, and assigned students – conditional on their ability – randomly. The data...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011125867
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The role of information in the take-up of student loans
Booij, Adam S.; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 1, pp. 33-44
We study student loan behavior in the Netherlands where (i) higher education students know little about the conditions …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010573413
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Gender Peer Effects in University: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Oosterbeek, Hessel; Ewijk, Reyn van - Tinbergen Institute - 2010
Recent studies for primary and secondary education find positive effects of the share of girls in the classroom on … achievement of boys and girls. This study examines whether these results can be extrapolated to post-secondary education. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008838613
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Gender Peer Effects in University: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Oosterbeek, Hessel; van Ewijk, Reyn - 2010
Recent studies for primary and secondary education find positive effects of the share of girls in the classroom on … achievement of boys and girls. This study examines whether these results can be extrapolated to post-secondary education. We …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325671
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The Role of Information in the Take-up of Student Loans
Booij, Adam; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2008
Policies need not only to be well designed to effectively address market failures, but their parameters also need to be part of agents’ information sets. This is illustrated by government student loans in the Netherlands which are intended to alleviate liquidity constraints. Despite generous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010326017
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The Role of Information in the Take-up of Student Loans
Booij, Adam; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - Tinbergen Institute - 2008
Policies need not only to be well designed to effectively address market failures, but their parameters also need to be part of agents’ information sets. This is illustrated by government student loans in the Netherlands which are intended to alleviate liquidity constraints. Despite generous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005137146
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Ability Peer Effects in University: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment
Booij, Adam S.; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2015
This paper estimates peer effects originating from the ability composition of tutorial groups for undergraduate students in economics. We manipulated the composition of groups to achieve a wide range of support, and assigned students - conditional on their ability - randomly. The data support a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010481656
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The role of information in the take-up of student loans
Booij, Adam S.; Leuven, Edwin; Oosterbeek, Hessel - 2008 - This version: April 2008
Policies need not only to be well designed to effectively address market failures, but their parameters also need to be part of agents’ information sets. This is illustrated by government student loans in the Netherlands which are intended to alleviate liquidity constraints. Despite generous...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011374404