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Away from home, better at school. The case of a British boarding school.
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Economics of Education Review . Dec2019, Vol. 73, pN.PAG-N.PAG. 1p. - Publication Year :
- 2019
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Abstract
- In this paper we study whether substituting family inputs with school resources in an academically oriented environment has an impact on achievement in high-stakes national examinations. We use administrative data for England to estimate the effect of attending a selective boarding school that admits an unusually high share of pupils with low socio-economic status on attainment at the end of compulsory education. By using propensity score matching we obtain comparable control groups in selective non-boarding schools. Our main finding is that the probability of being in the top decile of achievement in the exams increases by about 18 percentage points compared to 59% for controls. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Details
- Language :
- English
- ISSN :
- 02727757
- Volume :
- 73
- Database :
- Academic Search Index
- Journal :
- Economics of Education Review
- Publication Type :
- Academic Journal
- Accession number :
- 139768464
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1016/j.econedurev.2019.101911