Abstract
Existing studies on single-sex schooling suffer from biases because students who attend single-sex schools differ in unmeasured ways from those who do not. In Trinidad and Tobago, students are assigned to secondary schools based on an algorithm allowing one to address self-selection bias and estimate the causal effect of attending a single-sex school versus a similar coeducational school. While females with strong expressed preferences for single-sex schools have better 10th grade exam performance due to attending single-sex schools between grades 6 and10, most students perform no better at single-sex schools. Girls at single-sex-schools take fewer sciences courses.
| Original language | English (US) |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | 173-187 |
| Number of pages | 15 |
| Journal | Journal of Public Economics |
| Volume | 96 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Feb 1 2012 |
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Keywords
- School quality
- Single-sex schools
- Student achievement
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Finance
- Economics and Econometrics
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Single-sex schools, student achievement, and course selection : Evidence from rule-based student assignments in Trinidad and Tobago. / Jackson, Clement Kirabo.
In: Journal of Public Economics, Vol. 96, No. 1-2, 01.02.2012, p. 173-187.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
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