We use international student assessment data on more than 22,000 students from six European countries and a regression … discontinuity design to investigate whether the transition into daylight saving time (DST) affects elementary students’ test … performance in the week after the time change. We do not find reliable statistical effects on students’ performance, neither in …

This paper studies the linkages between schools’ inputs and students’ performance in Latin America. We exploit the … and students’ performance in mathematics. First, this research shows that students’ characteristics and their environment … (i.e. sex, age and economic, social and cultural status of students and schools) explain close to 30% of the variation in …

This study investigates the selection into lab experiments among university students based on data from two cohorts of … a university's first-year students. The analysis combines two experiments: a classroom experiment in which we elicited … participants. In the recruitment experiment, students were randomly assigned to four conditions that highlighted altruistic motives …

We examine the effect of single-sex classes on the pass rates, grades, and course choices of students in a … coeducational university. We randomly assign students to all-female, all-male, and coed classes and, therefore, get around the …

We examine the effect of single-sex classes on the pass rates, grades, and course choices of students in a … coeducational university. We randomly assign students to all-female, all-male, and coed classes and, therefore, get around the …

10th grade. These report cards publicize information about the students' mathematical and reading literacy skills, as …

10th grade. These report cards publicize information about the students' mathematical and reading literacy skills, as …