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Going to a Better School: Effects and Behavioral Responses

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Pop-Eleches, Cristian, Urquiola, Miguel·2013·American Economic Review
DOI 10.1257/aer.103.4.1289
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This paper applies a regression discontinuity design to the Romanian secondary school system, generating two findings. First, students who have access to higher achievement schools perform better in a (high stakes) graduation test. Second, the stratification of schools by quality in general, and the opportunity to attend a better school in particular, result in significant behavioral responses: (i) teachers sort in a manner consistent with a preference for higher achieving students; (ii) children who make it into more selective schools realize they are relatively weaker and feel marginalized; (iii) parents reduce effort when their children attend a better school. (JEL I21, I28, J13)

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Authors
Pop-Eleches, C., & Urquiola, M.
Venue
American Economic Review
Publisher
American Economic Association
Published
2013-06-01
Volume
103
Issue
4
Pages
1289-1324
ISSN
0002-8282 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1257/aer.103.4.1289
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W2175444056
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411
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48
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journal article
Language
en
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