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Abramitzky, Ran; Lavy, Victor – National Bureau of Economic Research, 2011
This paper uses a novel dataset to test the important theoretical prediction that the level of investment in schooling is increasing in the rate of return to education. We exploit a unique episode where different Israeli kibbutzim shifted from equal sharing to productivity-based wages in different years, resulting in sharp increases in the return…
Descriptors: Evidence, Control Groups, Outcomes of Education, Prediction
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Cahan, Sorel; Greenbaum, Charles; Artman, Lavee; Deluya, Nilly; Gappel-Gilon, Yael – Cognitive Development, 2008
Using the ''between-grade levels'' regression discontinuity design, this study examined the hypothesized differential sensitivity of logico-mathematical (LM) and infralogical (IL) operational tasks to the effects of chronological age and first grade schooling in a sample of 580 1st and 2nd grade Israeli children. The results indicate that the…
Descriptors: Age, Grade 2, Grade 1, Foreign Countries
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Shulman, Shmuel; Kalnitzki, Esther; Shahar, Golan – Journal of Adolescent Research, 2009
A one-year follow-up study examined the role of developmental challenges, personality (dependency, self-criticism, and personal efficacy), and support systems in adaptation among Israeli emerging adults (N = 236) participating in a preparatory academic program. Participants were assessed during their enrollment in the preparatory academic program…
Descriptors: Academic Failure, Criticism, Young Adults, Family Relationship
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Nasser, Fadia; Fresko, Barbara – Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 2006
This study examined the relationship between student ratings and instructors' predictions of these ratings, taking into account other instructor, student, and course characteristics. Participants in the study were 198 instructors in the School of Education at a major teacher training college in Israel. Data corresponding to one randomly selected…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Evaluation of Teacher Performance, Preservice Teacher Education, Prediction