Household assets, academic expectations, and academic performance among Ghanaian junior high school students: Investigating mediation

Ansong, David; Chowa, Gina; Sherraden, Michael

doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2015.01.016

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“…Students hope to get or feel the content of the pre-perceived value of teaching quality, campus environment and campus life in this higher education institution which is equal to or higher than their expectations. When students' expectations are high, students are more inclined to choose the school [26,27]. Therefore, the following hypothesis is proposed in this paper:…”

Section: Student Expectationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Personal Value Orientation, Expectation Confirmation and Choice Behavior: A Perspective of Sustainable Higher Vocational Development

Kuang¹,

Li²

2022

IJSDP

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The sustainable development of higher vocational colleges meets the demand for technical skills talents in the market, and is also a great positive factor for the quality improvement of China's manufacturing industry. As the main force in the technical skill talent market, higher vocational college students are also the most important group in need of attention and support in the education system. Based on the real situation of sustainable higher vocational in China, the SEM equation structure model is used to study the relationship among choice behaviors of the students, the economic value orientation, social value orientation, independent choice ability, expectation and perceived value. The results of this research can put forward some enlightenment and suggestions for the development of higher vocational colleges. The empirical research results are of great practical significance and academic value, which can provide theoretical reference and basis for the future strategic decision-making of higher vocational education and government departments.

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Section: Student Expectationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Personal Value Orientation, Expectation Confirmation and Choice Behavior: A Perspective of Sustainable Higher Vocational Development

Kuang¹,

Li²

2022

IJSDP

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“…Similarly, a study from China reflects that household income is positively associated with a child's educational level (Lin & Lv, 2012). Adding to it, another precedent that many researchers in the field are familiar with is that household assets influence educational performance (Ansong et al, 2015;Teachman, 1987), especially for women (White et al, 2016).…”

Section: Educational Performance and Household Featuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Unveiling Gender Gap in Educational Performance: Evidence from India

Nagi

Gummadi

2022

The Indian Economic Journal

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This paper aims to answer if there is a gender-based disparity in educational performances due to the children’s background characteristics. What are the factors that cause a gender gap and the extent to which these factors contribute to the gap in educational performance? The study attempts to approach these questions using the fourth round of Young Lives survey data for the older cohort. Based on the results of a simple linear regression model and gender-based means of the explanatory variables, we adopted the Oaxaca–Blinder decomposition technique. Regression results show gender, time to study, social background, mother’s education, expenditure on education and years of education significantly influence the children’s mathematics performance and ceteris paribus. The majority of the performance difference, using the Oaxaca–Blinder technique, was explained by the differences in the variation of the mean outcome of male and female children, applied to the impact of female children. The entirety of the coefficient effect is explained by the body mass index and years of schooling a child has received. JEL Codes: I21, I22, I24, I25, I26, I29

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“…This study helps fill this gap and examines whether asset holding by young people may be a potential leverage point for policies and practices aimed at improving educational outcomes in lower-resource settings. Although a body of emerging work has examined the effects of assets on psychological and educational outcomes, this work has not produced definitive data regarding how young people's assets alter their schooling behavior, particularly in Ghana (Ansong et al 2015a(Ansong et al , 2017. The current study contributes to the literature by addressing the following questions: (a) Does children's access to a savings account dedicated to their education alter their school engagement?…”

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Effects of Education Savings Accounts on Student Engagement: Instrumental Variable Analysis

Ansong

Okumu²,

Kim

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Glob Soc Welf

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As interest in youth financial inclusion continues to grow substantially, emerging research points to positive associations between students'savings and their educational outcomes. However, there is no definitive data on how assets alter student engagement, particularly in resource-limited settings. This study contributes knowledge by assessing the causal effects of education savings accounts on student engagement. We evaluate causal effects by using instrumental variable methods and data from a pilot study that assessed the viability of different education funding mechanisms for junior high-school students in Ghana. Results show that the offering of an education savings account to young people with an opt-out option has great promise for improving education account ownership. Results also show that simply having an account is not strongly predictive of school engagement. Instead, it is when people begin to save into the account that it positively shapes their school engagement. The finding speaks to the value of policies that support young people to cultivate a savings habit and to build their financial knowledge and skills. Efforts should be made to understand better how social workers and teachers could be adequately trained to provide financial counseling and financial education assistance to students within the community or school settings.

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Household assets, academic expectations, and academic performance among Ghanaian junior high school students: Investigating mediation

Cited by 11 publications

References 29 publications

Personal Value Orientation, Expectation Confirmation and Choice Behavior: A Perspective of Sustainable Higher Vocational Development

Personal Value Orientation, Expectation Confirmation and Choice Behavior: A Perspective of Sustainable Higher Vocational Development

Unveiling Gender Gap in Educational Performance: Evidence from India

Effects of Education Savings Accounts on Student Engagement: Instrumental Variable Analysis

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