Detrimental effects of an economic crisis on student cognitive achievement

Autor/inn/en	Bisharat, Khaled; Christ, Alexander; Kröner, Stephan
Titel	Detrimental effects of an economic crisis on student cognitive achievement - A natural experiment from Palestine.
Quelle	In: Intelligence : a multidisciplinary journal, (2020) 79, Art. 101435 PDF als Volltext Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0160-2896
DOI	10.1016/j.intell.2020.101435
Schlagwörter	Kognitive Leistung; Schüler; Schülerleistung; Datenanalyse; Politische Krise; Wirtschaftskrise; Ökonomischer Faktor; Gaza-Streifen; Palästina; Westjordanland
Abstract	In this study, [the authors] investigated the differential effect of regional economic prosperity on mean student cognitive achievement by analysing data from a "natural experiment" in Palestine. Its main regions, Gaza and the West Bank, inhabited by a population sharing history, culture and gene pool, were only recently separated, yet distinctively affected by geopolitical events. The "experimental group", living in Gaza, suffered from an enduring politico-economic crisis treatment, while the "control group", inhabitants of the West Bank, was exposed to a much shorter and milder crisis. As a manipulation check, [the authors] used economic data reported by Etkes and Zimring (2015), who uncovered a severe and lasting decrease in household welfare and labour productivity in Gaza. As dependent variables, [the authors] used achievement scores of TIMSS maths and science students, which displayed only negligible pro-West Bank, pre-crisis differences [...]. This margin grew during the crisis [...] and even more so in the post-crisis phase [...]. [The] results corroborate correlational evidence for economic effects on cognitive achievement [...]. Relying on a natural experiment, [the authors] were able to rule out genetic effects and highlight the impact of the environment on students' academic achievements. Limitations of the design and implications for further studies on regional differences in cognitive achievement are discussed. (Verlag).
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