Gema Zamarro

University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform

Professor and 21st Century Endowed Chair in Teacher Quality

201 Graduate Education Building

Fayetteville, AR 72701

United States

Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR)

635 Downey Way

Los Angeles, CA 90089-3332

United States

http://works.bepress.com/gema_zamarro/

  • University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform

  • Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR)

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“  My current research focuses on the measurement and development of non-cognitive skills, the study of the determinants of teacher turnover decisions, and the study of gender gaps in Science, Technology and Mathematics (STEM) fields  ”

  • University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform

  • Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR)

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1.

Effects of Dual-Language Immersion on Students’ Academic Performance

EDRE Working Paper No. 2015-09
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 24 Nov 2015 Last Revised: 15 Jan 2016
Jennifer L. Steele, Robert Slater, Gema Zamarro, Trey Miller, Jennifer Li, Susan Burkhauser and Michael Bacon
American University, American Councils for International Education, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation and Portland Public Schools
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Language immersion; English language learners; Student achievement; Urban education; Language education

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Can Parents’ Growth Mindset and Role Modelling Address STEM Gender Gaps?

EDRE Working Paper No. 2017-07
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 20 Feb 2017
Albert Cheng, Katherine Kopotic and Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 520 (66,355)
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STEM gender gaps, growth mindset, role modelling effects

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When Students Don't Care: Reexamining International Differences in Achievement and Non-Cognitive Skills

EDRE Working Paper No. 2016-18
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 22 Oct 2016
Gema Zamarro, Collin Hitt and Ildefonso Mendez
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Murcia - Department of Applied Economics
Downloads 471 (75,043)
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Non-Cognitive Skills, PISA study, Survey Effort, Test Effort

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Gender Gaps in Math Performance, Perceived Mathematical Ability and College STEM Education: The Role of Parental Occupation

EDRE Working Paper No. 2017-21
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 10 Nov 2017
Lina Anaya, Frank P. Stafford and Gema Zamarro
University of Bradford, University of Michigan at Ann Arbor - Department of Economics and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 386 (95,050)
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STEM gender gaps; perceived ability; self-efficacy; college major; parental occupations

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Gender Differences in Couples’ Division of Childcare, Work and Mental Health During COVID-19

CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 003
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 08 Aug 2020
María Prados and Gema Zamarro
University of Southern California and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 365 (101,377)
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Finance for All: The Impact of Financial Literacy Training in Compulsory Secondary Education in Spain

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Finance for All: The Impact of Financial Literacy Training in Compulsory Secondary Education in Spain

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 1502
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 04 Feb 2015
Laura Hospido, Ernesto Villanueva and Gema Zamarro
Banco de España - Research Department, Banco de España - Research Department and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 202 (184,849)
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financial education, impact evaluation, selection bias

Finance for All: The Impact of Financial Literacy Training in Compulsory Secondary Education in Spain

IZA Discussion Paper No. 8902
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 23 Mar 2015
Laura Hospido, Ernesto Villanueva and Gema Zamarro
Banco de España - Research Department, Banco de España - Research Department and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 65 (420,229)
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financial education, impact evaluation, selection bias

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What Explains the Gender Gap in Financial Literacy? The Role of Household Decision-Making

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 762
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Jul 2010
Raquel Fonseca, Kathleen J. Mullen, Gema Zamarro and Julie M. Zissimopoulos
RAND Corporation, RAND Corporation, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Southern California - Sol Price School of Public Policy
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Understanding a Vicious Cycle: Do Out-of-School Suspensions Impact Student Test Scores?

EDRE Working Paper No. 2017-09
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 31 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 30 Apr 2017
Kaitlin Anderson, Gary Ritter and Gema Zamarro
Lehigh University, Saint Louis University School of Education and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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school discipline, exclusionary discipline, academic impacts, causal inference

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An Evaluation of the Educational Impact of College Campus Visits: A Randomized Experiment

EDRE Working Paper No. 2019-002
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 06 Feb 2019
Elise Swanson, Katherine Kopotic, Gema Zamarro, Jonathan Mills, Jay Greene and Gary Ritter
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and Saint Louis University School of Education
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college access, randomized experiment, campus visits, psychological barriers

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Measuring Teacher Conscientiousness and its Impact on Students: Insight from the Measures of Effective Teaching Longitudinal Database

EDRE Working Paper No. 2016-05
Number of pages: 63 Posted: 25 Apr 2016
Albert Cheng and Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 240 (157,067)
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Does Retirement Impact Health Care Utilization?

CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 2015-032
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 13 Jan 2016
Norma Coe and Gema Zamarro
University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 196 (190,178)
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health, retirement, health care utilization, preventive care

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College Readiness, Student Expectations and Success: The Role of Non-Cognitive Skills

EDRE Working Paper No. 2018-04
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 14 May 2018
Malachi Nichols, Julie R. Trivitt and Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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Higher Education, College, Non-cognitive Skills, Expectations, Business, Engineering

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How Does Retirement Impact Health Behaviors? An International Comparison

CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 2015-033
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 13 Jan 2016
Norma Coe and Gema Zamarro
University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 173 (212,217)
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health, retirement, health behaviors, instrumental variables

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Retirement Effects on Health in Europe

RAND Working Paper No. WR-588
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 21 Jun 2008
Norma Coe and Gema Zamarro
University of Pennsylvania - Perelman School of Medicine and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 148 (241,964)
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retirement, health, behaviors

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Family Labor Participation and Child Care Decisions: The Role of Grannies

RAND Working Paper Series WR- 833
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 11 Feb 2011
Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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Binary Choice, Female Labor Participation, Child Care Decisions, Simultaneous Estimation, Panel Data

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Dimensions of Subjective Well-Being

CESR Working Paper No. 2013-005
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 01 Oct 2013
Arie Kapteyn, Jinkook Lee, Caroline Tassot, Hana Vonkova and Gema Zamarro
Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California, University of Southern California - Center for Economic & Social Research, Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California, Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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Subjective Well-Being, Response Scales, Life Satisfaction

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Retirement Patterns of Couples in Europe

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Retirement Patterns of Couples in Europe

IZA Discussion Paper No. 7926
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 15 Feb 2014
Laura Hospido and Gema Zamarro
Banco de España - Research Department and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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joint retirement, social security incentives

Retirement Patterns of Couples in Europe

CESR Working Paper No. 2013-006
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 01 Oct 2013
Laura Hospido and Gema Zamarro
Banco de España - Research Department and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 48 (485,814)
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joint retirement, social ecurity incentives

Retirement Patterns of Couples in Europe

Banco de Espana Working Paper No. 1317
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 15 Nov 2013
Laura Hospido and Gema Zamarro
Banco de España - Research Department and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 29 (585,297)
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Joint retirement, Social security incentives

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Comparing and Validating Measures of Character Skills: Findings from a Nationally Representative Sample

EDRE Working Paper No. 2016-08
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 09 May 2016
Gema Zamarro, Albert Cheng, M. Danish Shakeel and Collin Hitt
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Buckingham and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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character skills, grit, conscientiousness, behavioral tasks, survey effort

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Comparisons of Student Perceptions of Teacher's Performance in the Classroom: Using Parametric Anchoring Vignette Methods for Improving Comparability

EDRE Working Paper No. 2015-01
Number of pages: 53 Posted: 28 Aug 2015
Hana Vonkova, Gema Zamarro, Vera DeBerg and Collin Hitt
Charles University in Prague, Faculty of Education, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, Independent and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 117 (289,489)
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Self-reported measures, teacher quality, reference group bias, anchoring vignettes methods, PISA study.

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Teacher Qualifications and Middle School Student Achievement

RAND Education Working Paper No. 671-IES
Number of pages: 50 Posted: 02 Jul 2009
Richard Buddin and Gema Zamarro
The RAND Corporation - Santa Monica CA Offices and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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Teacher quality, teacher licensure, student achievement, middle school, two-level fixed effects, education production function

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Further Validation of Survey Effort Measures of Relevant Character Skills: Results from a Sample of High School Students

EDRE Working Paper No. 2018-07
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 12 Oct 2018
Gema Zamarro, Malachi Nichols, Angela Duckworth and Sidney D'Mello
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Pennsylvania - Department of Psychology and University of Colorado at Boulder
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Survey Effort, Character Skills, Teacher Reports, High School Performance

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Teacher Effectiveness in Urban High Schools

RAND Education Working Paper No. 693-IES
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 02 Sep 2009
Richard Buddin and Gema Zamarro
The RAND Corporation - Santa Monica CA Offices and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 100 (322,396)
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Teacher quality, teacher licensure, student achievement, high school, two-level fixed effects, education production function

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Does Retirement Make You Happy? A Simultaneous Equations Approach

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2014-310
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 19 Feb 2015
Raquel Fonseca, Arie Kapteyn, Jinkook Lee and Gema Zamarro
University of Quebec at Montreal (UQAM) - Faculty of Management (ESG), Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California, University of Southern California - Center for Economic & Social Research and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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Pension reform, well-being, Financial consequences of retirement, depressive symptoms, life satisfaction

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Does Retirement Induced Through Social Security Pension Eligibility Influence Subjective Well-Being? A Cross-Country Comparison

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2013-301
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 11 Jan 2014
Arie Kapteyn, Jinkook Lee and Gema Zamarro
Dornsife Center for Economic and Social Research - University of Southern California, University of Southern California - Center for Economic & Social Research and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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subjective well-being, Social Security, retirement

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The Intergenerational Transmission of Noncognitive Skills and Their Effect on Education and Employment Outcomes

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The Intergenerational Transmission of Noncognitive Skills and Their Effect on Education and Employment Outcomes

EDRE Working Paper No. 2015-04
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 28 Aug 2015
Ildefonso Mendez and Gema Zamarro
University of Murcia - Department of Applied Economics and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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culture, civic capital, child qualities, non-cognitive skills, education, employment

The Intergenerational Transmission of Noncognitive Skills and Their Effect on Education and Employment Outcomes

CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 2015-015
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 11 Jul 2015 Last Revised: 25 Aug 2015
Ildefonso Mendez and Gema Zamarro
University of Murcia - Department of Applied Economics and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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culture, civic capital, child qualities, non-cognitive skills, education, employment

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Personality as a Predictor of Unit Nonresponse in Panel Data: An Analysis of an Internet-Based Survey

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Personality as a Predictor of Unit Nonresponse in Panel Data: An Analysis of an Internet-Based Survey

CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 2016-014
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 16 Oct 2016
Albert Cheng, Gema Zamarro and Bart Orriens
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and Center for Economic and Social Research
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attrition, internet panel data, personality traits, paradata

Personality as a Predictor of Unit Nonresponse in Panel Data: An Analysis of an Internet-Based Survey

EDRE Working Paper No. 2016-12
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 07 Sep 2016
Albert Cheng, Gema Zamarro and Bart Orriens
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and Center for Economic and Social Research
Downloads 38 (533,734)
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attrition, internet panel data, personality traits, paradata

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Identifying Naturally-occurring Direct Assessments of Social-emotional Competencies: The Promise and Limitations of Survey and Assessment Disengagement Metadata

EDRE Working Paper No. 2018-06
Number of pages: 26 Posted: 18 Sep 2018
James Soland, Gema Zamarro, Albert Cheng and Collin Hitt
NWEA, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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Social-emotional learning; metadata; test disengagement; survey effort

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Testing, Teacher Turnover and the Distribution of Teachers across Grades and Schools

EDRE Working Paper No. 2020-01
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 03 Feb 2020
Dillon Fuchsman, Tim R. Sass and Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, Georgia State University - Andrew Young School of Policy Studies and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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Teacher turnover, High-stakes Testing, Accountability Pressure, Difference-in-differences approach

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Does Financial Literacy Contribute to Food Security?

International Journal of Food and Agricultural Economics: ISSN 2147-8988, E-ISSN: 2149-3766 Vol. 4 No. 1, Special Issue, 2015, pp. 1-19
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 06 Feb 2016
Katherine Grace Carman and Gema Zamarro
RAND Corporation and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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household food security, literacy, household budget, household expenditure

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How Can We Accurately Measure Whether Students are Gaining Relevant Outcomes in Higher Education?

EDRE Working Paper No. 2015-03
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 28 Aug 2015
Tatiana Melguizo, Gema Zamarro, Tatiana Velasco and Fabio Sánchez
University of Southern California, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, Teachers College, Columbia University and Universidad de los Andes, Colombia - Department of Economics
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aggregate residuals, evaluation, fixed effects, higher education, labor outomes, random effects, theory-based models.

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Accounting for Heterogeneous Returns in Sequential Schooling Decisions

CentER Discussion Paper No. 2006-21
Number of pages: 74 Posted: 22 May 2006
Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 68 (405,137)
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schooling, selection models, heterogeneity, sequential decisions, policy evaluation

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Comparing Performance of Methods to Deal with Differential Attrition in Lottery Based Evaluations

EDRE Working Paper No. 2016-15
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 07 Oct 2016
Gema Zamarro, Kaitlin Anderson, Jennifer L. Steele and Trey Miller
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, Lehigh University, American University and RAND Corporation
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Differential Attrition, Bounding Methods, Simulation

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Induced Entry into the Social Security Disability Program: Using Past SGA Changes as a Natural Experiment

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2012-262
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Sep 2012
Nicole Maestas, Kathleen J. Mullen and Gema Zamarro
Harvard Medical School - Department of Health Care Policy, RAND Corporation and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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Social Security Disability Insurance, benefit offset policy, Substantial Gainful Activity

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Non-Cognitive Abilities and Spanish Regional Differences in Student Performance in PISA 2009

EDRE Working Paper No. 2015-05
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 28 Aug 2015
Ildefonso Mendez, Gema Zamarro, José G. Clavel and Collin Hitt
University of Murcia - Department of Applied Economics, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Murcia and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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Non-cognitive skills, perseverance, resilience, academic performance, PISA study, Spain.

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Parental Occupational Choice and Children's Entry into a Stem Field

EDRE Working Paper No. 2019-16
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 20 Sep 2019
Albert Cheng, Katherine Kopotic and Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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occupational choice, intergenerational occupational transmission; STEM gender gaps

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Local Labor Market Conditions, Principals’ Leadership, Conscientiousness, and Beginning Teacher Turnover: A Study During the Great Recession

EDRE Working Paper No. 2019-01
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 24 Jan 2019
Dillon Fuchsman and Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
Downloads 52 (461,210)

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teacher turnover, Great Recession, non-cognitive skills, local labor markets

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Alternative Measures of Non-Cognitive Skills and Their Effect on Retirement Preparation and Financial Capability

EDRE Working Paper No. 2017-22
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 10 Nov 2017
Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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Financial Capability; Retirement Preparation; Non-cognitive Skills

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Disentangling Disadvantage: Can We Distinguish Good Teaching from Classroom Composition?

CESR-Schaeffer Working Paper No. 2014-001
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 13 Jan 2014
Gema Zamarro, John Engberg, Juan Saavedra and Jennifer L. Steele
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform, RAND Corporation, University of Southern California - Department of Economics and American University
Downloads 42 (503,347)
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value-added models, Monte Carlo simulation, teacher quality, classroom composition

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Alternative Measures of Noncognitive Skills and Their Effect on Retirement Preparation and Financial Capability

Michigan Retirement Research Center Research Paper No. 2017-365
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 22 Jan 2018
Gema Zamarro
University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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Financial Capability; Retirement Preparation; Noncognitive Skills

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Teacher-to-Classroom Assignment and Student Achievement

NBER Working Paper No. w27543
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 24 Jul 2020
Bryan S. Graham, Geert Ridder, Petra Thiemann and Gema Zamarro
University of California, Berkeley - Department of Economics, University of Southern California, Lund University - School of Economics and Management and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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Understanding Performance in Test Taking: The Role of Question Difficulty Order

CEPR Discussion Paper No. DP16099
Number of pages: 47 Posted: 14 May 2021
Lina Anaya, Nagore Iriberri, Pedro Rey Biel and Gema Zamarro
University of Bradford, University of the Basque Country, University College London and University of Arkansas - Department of Education Reform
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