Replication data for: Going to a Better School: Effects and Behavioral Responses

Principal Investigator(s): View help for Principal Investigator(s) Cristian Pop-Eleches; Miguel Urquiola

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Project Citation:

Pop-Eleches, Cristian, and Urquiola, Miguel. Replication data for: Going to a Better School: Effects and Behavioral Responses. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-11. https://doi.org/10.3886/E112645V1

Project Description

Summary: 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.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      I21 Analysis of Education
      I28 Education: Government Policy
      J13 Fertility; Family Planning; Child Care; Children; Youth

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