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Test Endurance and Remedial Education Interventions: Good News for Girls

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  • Battaglia Marianna

    (Department of Economics (FAE), University of Alicante, Campus de San Vicente, 03080 Alicante, Spain)

  • Hidalgo-Hidalgo Marisa

    (Department of Economics, University Pablo de Olavide, Ctra. Utrera, Km. 1, 41013 Seville, Spain)

Abstract

A wide range of abilities beyond cognitive skills, including motivation, effort, and perseverance, plays an important role in shaping one’s prospects in the labor market and overall life outcomes. However, little is known about the role of education in improving these abilities, especially among teenagers for whom they are observed to be particularly malleable. We address two questions: can remedial educational interventions improve perseverance during adolescence? And, can we expect heterogeneous effects by gender? We take advantage of an education program for under-performing secondary school students implemented in Spain, and we consider testing behaviors and, in particular test endurance, as a measure of perseverance. We find that the program had a substantial positive effect on test endurance, with effects ranging from 0.04 to 0.05 of one standard deviation. This effect is particularly pronounced for girls, where the corresponding figure is 0.09 of one standard deviation.

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  • Battaglia Marianna & Hidalgo-Hidalgo Marisa, 2024. "Test Endurance and Remedial Education Interventions: Good News for Girls," The B.E. Journal of Economic Analysis & Policy, De Gruyter, vol. 24(4), pages 1139-1174.
    • Handle: RePEc:bpj:bejeap:v:24:y:2024:i:4:p:1139-1174:n:1008
    DOI: 10.1515/bejeap-2023-0410
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    Keywords

    remedial education; perseverance; PISA; gender;
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    JEL classification:

    • H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education
    • I23 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Higher Education; Research Institutions
    • I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
    • J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity

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