A5026167429- Innovations in Educational Methods
- Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Online and Blended Learning
- Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis
- Statistics Education and Methodologies
- Higher Education Research Studies
- Crime Patterns and Interventions
- Online Learning and Analytics
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Law, Economics, and Judicial Systems
- Labor market dynamics and wage inequality
- Migration and Labor Dynamics
- Geotechnical and Geomechanical Engineering
- Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses
- Accounting Education and Careers
- Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
- Monetary Policy and Economic Impact
- Learning Styles and Cognitive Differences
- Financial Markets and Investment Strategies
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Cornell University
2013-2024
University of Delaware
2020
Pennsylvania State University
2020
National Bureau of Economic Research
2020
University of Oklahoma
2020
University of Pennsylvania
2020
Western University
2016
In this paper, I estimate the impact of language courses on wages new immigrants. develop a model immigrants' investment in skills which affect directly, but also increase proportion pre-immigration transferred into host-country economy. model, employing instrumental variables to address endogeneity course participation. Attending for six months leads an average wage 11.3 percent. The transfer cognitive economy accounts 6.1 percentage points and direct channel - 5.2 points.
Math skills are critical for success in economics courses. However, instructors often lack information about the level and extent of their students' underpreparedness mathematics. In this paper, we describe development two new assessments math relevant introductory intermediate The may be used early semester to evaluate students identify those with weak skills. With data from microeconomics courses, employ different methodologies, a simple threshold analysis more sophisticated LASSO logit...
Abstract The Becker model of crime establishes the importance probability apprehension as a key factor in rational individual's decision to commit crime. In this respect, most empirical studies based on US data have relied variation number police officers estimate impact or capture. We measure by clearance rates and study their effects rates, employing panel Canadian provinces from 1986 2005. OLS, GMM, GLS IV estimates yield statistically significant elasticities ranging −0.2 −0.4 for...
An invention activity is a teaching technique that involves giving students difficult substantive problem cannot be readily solved with any methods they have already learned.The work of Dan Schwartz and colleagues (Schwartz & Bransford, 1998;Schwartz Martin, 2004), suggests such activities prepare to learn the "expert's solution" better than starting lecture on solution.In this paper, we present six new appropriate for college econometrics course.We describe how introduce each activity,...
In this article, the author describes use of primary literature readings in an upper-division undergraduate field course. One two main learning goals course was to teach students how read academic articles economics with a critical eye. This accomplished by providing structured framework for summarizing methods and results each paper feedback provided on short written reports during in-class discussion activities. Based his experiences course, offers observations suggestions instructors...
While the field of economics lacks diversity, there is little consensus on underlying causes or most effective solutions to this problem. The authors article combine data from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) with their own survey U.S. departments identify institution and department characteristics associated observed variation in gender racial diversity undergraduate students across departments. They focus attention student support, role modeling, course content, use...
The article gives a detailed characterization of geological formations the Southern part Hamar-Daban Slyudyanka district, represented by: regional and contact metamorphism, dynamometamorphism different facies, intrusive effusive rocks, geomorphological description glacial morphosculptures paleo-glaciers, as well content geomapping practice during four weeks.
The Becker (1968) model of crime establishes the importance probability apprehension as a key factor in rational individual’s decision to commit crime. In this respect, most empirical studies have used U.S. data study effects more police officers on rates. We add relatively thin literature impacts clearance rates, which we think is an equally important measure apprehension. Our are drawn from panel Canadian provinces 1986-2005. Reduced form and IV estimates yield statistically significant...