Arbeitspapier
(How) Do Non-Cognitive Skills Programs Improve Adolescent School Achievement? Experimental Evidence
Non-cognitive skills programs may be an important policy option to improve the academic outcomes of adolescents. In this paper, we evaluate experimentally the EPIS program, which is based on bi-weekly individual or small-group non-cognitive mediation short meetings with low-performing students. Our RCT estimates, covering nearly 3,000 7th and 8th-grade students across over 50 schools and a period of two years, indicate that the program increases the probability of progression by 11% to 22%. The effects are stronger amongst older students, girls, and in language subjects (compared to maths).
- Sprache
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Englisch
- Erschienen in
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Series: IZA Discussion Papers ; No. 10950
- Klassifikation
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Wirtschaft
Education and Research Institutions: General
Education and Inequality
Labor Economics Policies
- Thema
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student achievement
non-cognitive skills
RCT
gender
- Ereignis
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Geistige Schöpfung
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Martins, Pedro S.
- Ereignis
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Veröffentlichung
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Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
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Bonn
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2017
- Handle
- Letzte Aktualisierung
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10.03.2025, 11:42 MEZ
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Objekttyp
- Arbeitspapier
Beteiligte
- Martins, Pedro S.
- Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
Entstanden
- 2017