Am I Missing Something? The Effects of Absence from Class on Student Performance

Autor/inn/en	Arulampalam, Wiji; Naylor, Robin A.; Smith, Jeremy
Titel	Am I Missing Something? The Effects of Absence from Class on Student Performance
Quelle	In: Economics of Education Review, 31 (2012) 4, S.363-375 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0272-7757
DOI	10.1016/j.econedurev.2011.12.002
Schlagwörter	Attendance; Academic Achievement; Economics Education; College Students; Influences; Regression (Statistics); Foreign Countries; United Kingdom + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Anwesenheit; Schulleistung; Wirtschaftskunde; Collegestudent; Influence; Einfluss; Einflussfaktor; Regression; Regressionsanalyse; Ausland; Großbritannien
Abstract	We analyse a rich dataset of Economics students at a UK university to identify causal effects of class absence on student performance, exploiting the random assignment of students and information on students' class timetables to avoid selection problems. We use panel properties of the data to control for unobserved student factors such as ability and effort. Quantile regression results suggest that absence has adverse effects on performance--but these effects are causal only for the upper part of the conditional performance distribution. (Contains 5 tables and 3 figures.) (As Provided).
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