Fostering non-cognitive skills and academic performance: Experimental evidence from women’s-only colleges in Pakistan
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Academic performance; Non-cognitive skills; Grit; Growth mindset; Goals; Female students;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- D90 - Microeconomics - - Micro-Based Behavioral Economics - - - General
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
- I24 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Education and Inequality
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