The author presents new evidence on the effects of attendance on academic performance. He used a large panel data set … with attendance, such as ability, effort, and motivation. He found that neither proxy variables nor instrumental variables … provide a solution to the omitted variable bias. Panel estimators indicate that attendance has a smaller but significant …

investigates the impact of enforcing an attendance policy on absenteeism and student performance. The evidence suggests that an … enforced mandatory attendance policy significantly reduces absenteeism and improves exam performance. …

' attendance at lectures affects students' exam performance has received considerable attention. The authors conduct a randomized … experiment to study the average attendance effect for students who choose to attend lectures, which is known in program … estimating the impact of lecture attendance on students' academic performance. Under the randomized experiment approach, the …