The heterogeneous effect of information on student performance: Evidence from a randomized control trial in Mexico
| Autor: | Rafael De Hoyos, Ciro Avitabile |
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| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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Selection bias
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| Zdroj: | The Heterogeneous Effect of Information on Student Performance: Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico |
| ISSN: | 0304-3878 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/j.jdeveco.2018.07.008 |
| Popis: | A randomized control trial was conducted to study whether providing 10th grade students with information about the returns to upper secondary and tertiary education, and a source of financial aid for tertiary education, can contribute to improve student performance. The study finds that the intervention had no effects on the probability of taking a 12th grade national standardized exam three years after, a proxy for on-time high school completion, but a positive and significant impact on learning outcomes and self-reported measures of effort. The effects are larger for girls and students from households with a relatively high income. These findings are consistent with a simple model where time discount determines the increase in effort and only students with adequate initial conditions are able to translate increased effort into better outcomes. |
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