TY - JOUR
T1 - The Shortand Long-Run Effects of Attending the Schools that Parents Prefer (inline image)
AU - Beuermann, Diether W.
AU - Jackson, C. Kirabo
N1 - Funding Information:
excellent research assistance. The authors thank Samuel Berlinski, Damon Clark, Julian Cristia, Norbert Schady, Laia Navarro-Sola, and Diego Vera for helpful comments. The statements and views expressed are solely the responsibility of the authors. The authors have no relevant or material financial interests that relate to the research to disclose. They acknowledge funding from the Inter-American Development Bank for data collection. This paper uses confidential data from the Barbados Ministry of Education, Technological and Vocational Training and from the Caribbean Examinations Council. The data can be obtained by filing a request directly with these agencies. Detailed contact information for these agencies and complete replication materials are provided in the Online Appendix of Replication Materials. In addition, the study uses publicly available data from the 2016 Barbados Survey of Living Conditions (http://dx.doi.org/10.18235/0001208).
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© 2022 by the Board of Regents of the University ofWisconsin System (inline image) Supplementary materials are freely available online at: http://uwpress.wisc.edu/journals/journals/ jhr-supplementary.html
PY - 2022/5
Y1 - 2022/5
N2 - Using meta-analysis we document that (across several contexts) attending sought-after public secondary schools does not tend to improve student test scores. We argue that this fact does not preclude the possibility that these schools could lead to gains in the future. We explore this notion using both administrative and survey data from Barbados. Using a regression discontinuity design, preferred schools have better peers but do not improve short-run test scores. However, the same students at the same schools have more postsecondary school completion and improved adult well-being (based on an index of educational attainment, occupational rank, earnings, and health). These long-run benefits are larger for females, who also experience reduced teen motherhood. Mechanisms are explored.
AB - Using meta-analysis we document that (across several contexts) attending sought-after public secondary schools does not tend to improve student test scores. We argue that this fact does not preclude the possibility that these schools could lead to gains in the future. We explore this notion using both administrative and survey data from Barbados. Using a regression discontinuity design, preferred schools have better peers but do not improve short-run test scores. However, the same students at the same schools have more postsecondary school completion and improved adult well-being (based on an index of educational attainment, occupational rank, earnings, and health). These long-run benefits are larger for females, who also experience reduced teen motherhood. Mechanisms are explored.
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U2 - 10.3368/jhr.57.3.1019-10535R1
DO - 10.3368/jhr.57.3.1019-10535R1
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:85130601649
SN - 0022-166X
VL - 57
SP - 725
EP - 746
JO - Journal of Human Resources
JF - Journal of Human Resources
IS - 3
ER -