Empirical methods in the economics of education

Schwerdt, Guido; Woessmann, Ludger

doi:10.1016/b978-0-12-815391-8.00001-x

Cited by 26 publications

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“…Third, the investigation took place in a short period during the pandemic, the results cannot be applied in another context (pre-and postpandemic). The difference in different methodology can be used to make comparisons over time [106]. Further research could apply this method to examine the variation in customers' perspectives towards CSR and its effect on brand attitude and purchase intent before, during, and after crises.…”

Section: Limitations and Further Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consumers’ Perspectives and Behaviors towards Corporate Social Responsibility—A Cross-Cultural Study

Hsu

Bui

2022

Sustainability

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This study measured consumers’ perspectives and behaviors with respect to corporate social responsibility (CSR). Specifically, we explored the components of CSR, including CSR aimed towards the environment, society, customers, employees, suppliers, and shareholders. We also examined the impact of CSR practices on brand attitude and purchase intention. The study surveyed 616 consumers across three locations, with detailed questionnaires in four languages. A total of 564 samples (186 from Vietnam, 189 from Indonesia, and 189 from Taiwan) qualified for data analysis. Additionally, statistics software including LISREL 8.8, STATISTICA 10, and MINITAB 19 were utilized to evaluate our hypotheses and construct a structural model. The results indicated that the consumers across the three areas were not concerned about CSR aimed towards shareholders, while all consumers considered CSR aimed towards themselves. Vietnamese customers prioritized a company’s care for its employees, while both Indonesian and Taiwanese consumers concentrated on the environment and society. In addition, suppliers’ benefits and rights attracted Indonesians’ attention. Furthermore, CSR had a positive significant impact on brand reputation in all three cultures. However, while CSR had a positive influence on customer purchase intention in Indonesia and Taiwan, it did not in Vietnam.

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Section: Limitations and Further Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Consumers’ Perspectives and Behaviors towards Corporate Social Responsibility—A Cross-Cultural Study

Hsu

Bui

2022

Sustainability

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“…With this, we sought to compare the regression coefficients across activities (models) as evidence of change in the collaborative effect over physics grades. We further checked the robustness of our findings by following difference-and-difference [65] procedure and tested whether the observed differences in the collaborative effects hold (see Supplementary Material). We found no contradicting evidence from this analysis.…”

Section: B Data Collection and Analysismentioning

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Long-term collaboration with strong friendship ties improves academic performance in remote and hybrid teaching modalities in high school physics

Pulgar,

Ramírez,

Umanzor

et al. 2022

Preprint

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Collaboration among students is fundamental for knowledge building and competency development. Nonetheless, the effectiveness of student collaboration depends on the extent that these interactions take place under conditions that favor commitment, trust, and decision-making among those who interact. The sanitary situation and the transition to emergency remote teaching have added new challenges for collaboration, mainly because now, students' interactions are wholly mediated by Information and Communication Technologies. This study first explores the effectiveness of different collaborative relationships on physics from a sample of secondary students from two schools located in rural and urban areas in southern Chile. We used Social Network Analysis to map students' academic prestige, collaboration, and friendship ties. We define a strong association if two students are declared mutually as friends. Using multiple linear regression models, we found positive effects of collaboration on grades, particularly among students working with friends (strong ties). Then, the second study corresponds to a quasi-experiment on four classes at the analyzed urban school during the following academic year. Here, students attended hybrid sessions to test whether the effects of collaboration found on the first study were stable throughout two semesters. We followed the same procedures as in the exploratory phase. We found that the initial effects of collaboration on grades are negative for all collaborative variables, while strong working ties afford academic gains later into the year. These results contribute to the literature of collaboration in physics education and its effectiveness, taking into account social relationships and the needed time for developing beneficial collective processes among students in the classroom. We discuss these results and their implications for instructional design and guidelines for constructive group-level processes.

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“…Hence, this concern leads to the problem of self-selection. To solve the endogeneity problem and estimate the causal effects of education, a common approach has been to use randomised controlled trials (RCT) or to exploit natural experiments and use quasiexperimental methods, such as instrumental-variable (IV), regression discontinuity (RD), or difference-in-differences (DD) approaches (Card, 1999;Webbink, 2005;Schwerdt and Woessmann, 2020). The former approach has ethical issues and is costly to conduct in educational research, thus, papers focus on the latter quasiexperimental methods.…”

Section: Causal Estimates Of Returns To Educationmentioning

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“…While the causal effects of higher education for high-income countries are estimated in the literature (Webbink, 2007;Maurin and McNally, 2008;Heckman et al, 2018;Gunderson and Oreopolous, 2020), papers on the causal estimates of economic returns to education for low-and middle-income countries are scarce due to the unavailability of appropriate data (Arteaga, 2018;Patrinos and Psacharopoulos, 2020). Natural experiments are a useful tool to evaluate such causal effects (Card, 1999;Webbink, 2005;Schwerdt and Woessmann, 2020). In Russia, the Bologna reform transformed higher education programmes from 5 to 4 years, while some programmes were not affected by the reform, i.e.…”

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Zero Returns To Higher Education: Evidence From A Natural Experiment

Avdeev

2020

SSRN Journal

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Although many papers estimate returns to education, little causal evidence has been found for low-and middle-income countries. This paper estimates the causal effect of one year of university education on wages and employment in Russia. In 2011, the Bologna reform shortened the university study period by one year and reduced the content of the curricula but did not change the quality of admitted students. I exploit this reform as a natural experiment and use a difference-in-differences design. I find no adverse effect of a one-year reduction on wages and on the probability of being employed. This suggests that the reform lowered the opportunity costs of education but did not affect the accumulation of specific skills relevant for the labour market.

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Empirical methods in the economics of education

Cited by 26 publications

References 77 publications

Consumers’ Perspectives and Behaviors towards Corporate Social Responsibility—A Cross-Cultural Study

Consumers’ Perspectives and Behaviors towards Corporate Social Responsibility—A Cross-Cultural Study

Long-term collaboration with strong friendship ties improves academic performance in remote and hybrid teaching modalities in high school physics

Zero Returns To Higher Education: Evidence From A Natural Experiment

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