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The Effectiveness of Single‐Sex Schools through Out‐of‐School Activities: Evidence from South Korea

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  • Youjin Hahn
  • Liang Choon Wang

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Students’ out‐of‐school activities and time use can play a crucial role in facilitating the effect of schools on students’ achievement. Using data from Seoul, South Korea, where students are randomly assigned into schools, we show that when single‐sex schools improve students’ test performance, their effect is positive on students’ time spent on study‐related out‐of‐school activities. Our results indicate that out‐of‐school activities explain roughly 21%–30% of the effect of single‐sex schooling on test performance.

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  • Youjin Hahn & Liang Choon Wang, 2019. "The Effectiveness of Single‐Sex Schools through Out‐of‐School Activities: Evidence from South Korea," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 81(2), pages 369-393, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:obuest:v:81:y:2019:i:2:p:369-393
    DOI: 10.1111/obes.12266
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    1. Lee, Youngju & Nakazawa, Nobuhiko, 2022. "Does single-sex schooling help or hurt labor market outcomes? Evidence from a natural experiment in South Korea," Journal of Public Economics, Elsevier, vol. 214(C).

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