-year-olds. However, more than a third of children enrolled in preschool programs have insufficient attendance, with absenteeism higher in … results ranged widely across groups. Attendance by children in the 25th 75th percentiles of absenteeism rose by 0.320.68 days …. Behavioral interventions seeking to reduce absenteeism and raise test scores usually nudge parents on both the importance of …

use the synthetic control method to construct counterfactual outcomes for areas that received the funding. We show that … the funding did not affect students’ absenteeism or academic attainment, but it prevented around 800 students (c. 10% of …