economics, psychology, policy

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The Economic Logic blog links to research on the impact of financial support on study duration and success. Daniela Glocker (DIW Berlin) u...

I discussed student time use with one of my professors several weeks ago. He mentioned the importance of considering how time is allocated a...

Your attention is a scarce resource. In the Information Economy , this is more critical than ever. Before I elaborate on the economics of at...

University students in the UK study for two hours and 12 minutes more (per wek) now than they did two years ago, according to the Higher Edu...

Does Facebook hurt your grades ? This may be the question that parents everywhere will soon be asking their children. There is the argument ...

In a recent IZA working paper , Billari and Pellizzari show that the youngest students in an Italian university perform better compared to t...

Jeffrey S. DeSimone ( NBER Working Paper 14006; May 2008 ) looks at the impact of employment during college on academic performance. DeSimon...