The Heterogeneous Effect of Information on Student Performance : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico
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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2015
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Authors: | Avitabile, Ciro ; De Hoyos, Rafael E. |
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2015: World Bank, Washington, DC |
Subject: | Mexiko | Mexico | Informationsverbreitung | Information dissemination | Bildungsabschluss | Educational attainment | Bildungsertrag | Returns to education | Zufallsstichprobe | Random sample | Bildungsfinanzierung | Education finance | Bildungsniveau | Educational achievement |
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Extent: | 1 Online-Ressource |
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Series: | Policy Research Working Paper ; No. 7422 |
Type of publication: | Book / Working Paper |
Language: | English |
Notes: | Mexico English en_US |
Source: | ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW |
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