Search Results - "Zölitz, Ulf"

Understanding peer effects: On the nature, estimation, and channels of peer effects by Feld, Jan, Zölitz, Ulf

“…This paper estimates peer effects in a university context where students are randomly assigned to sections. While students benefit from better peers on…”
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"High" Achievers? Cannabis Access and Academic Performance by MARIE, OLIVIER, ZÖLITZ, ULF

“…This paper investigates how legal cannabis access affects student performance. Identification comes from an exceptional policy introduced in the city of…”
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School Quality and the Development of Cognitive Skills between Age Four and Six by Borghans, Lex, Golsteyn, Bart H H, Zölitz, Ulf

“…This paper studies the extent to which young children develop their cognitive ability in high and low quality schools. We use a representative panel data set…”
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Gender Bias in Teaching Evaluations by Mengel, Friederike, Sauermann, Jan, Zölitz, Ulf

“…This paper provides new evidence on gender bias in teaching evaluations. We exploit a quasi-experimental dataset of 19,952 student evaluations of university…”
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The Effect of Peer Gender on Major Choice in Business School by Zölitz, Ulf, Feld, Jan

“…Business degrees are popular and lead to high earnings. Female business graduates, however, earn less than their male counterparts. These gender differences…”
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The effect of higher-achieving peers on major choices and labor market outcomes by Feld, Jan, Zölitz, Ulf

“…This paper investigates how exposure to higher-achieving male and female peers in university affects students’ major choices and labor market outcomes. For…”
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An integrative approach for the analysis of risk and health across the life course: challenges, innovations, and opportunities for life course research by Zuber, Sascha, Bechtiger, Laura, Bodelet, Julien Stéphane, Golin, Marta, Heumann, Jens, Kim, Jung Hyun, Klee, Matthias, Mur, Jure, Noll, Jennie, Voll, Stacey, O’Keefe, Patrick, Steinhoff, Annekatrin, Zölitz, Ulf, Muniz-Terrera, Graciela, Shanahan, Lilly, Shanahan, Michael J., Hofer, Scott M.

“…Life course epidemiology seeks to understand the intricate relationships between risk factors and health outcomes across different stages of life to inform…”
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The Causal Impact of Socio-Emotional Skills Training on Educational Success by Sorrenti, Giuseppe, Zölitz, Ulf, Ribeaud, Denis, Eisner, Manuel

“…Abstract We study the long-term effects of a randomized intervention targeting children's socio-emotional skills. The classroom-based intervention for primary…”
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Achievement Rank Affects Performance and Major Choices in College by Elsner, Benjamin, Isphording, Ingo E, Zölitz, Ulf

“…Abstract In this paper we study how a student's ordinal rank in a peer group affects performance and specialisation choices in university. By exploiting data…”
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Students are almost as effective as professors in university teaching by Feld, Jan, Salamanca, Nicolás, Zölitz, Ulf

“…In a previous paper, we have shown that academic rank is largely unrelated to tutorial teaching effectiveness. In this paper, we further explore the…”
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School Quality and the Development of Cognitive Skills between Age Four and Six: e0129700 by Borghans, Lex, Golsteyn, Bart HH, Zolitz, Ulf

“…This paper studies the extent to which young children develop their cognitive ability in high and low quality schools. We use a representative panel data set…”
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