The Heterogeneous Effect of Information on Student Performance : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico

A randomized control trial was conducted to study whether providing 10th grade students with information about the returns to upper secondary and tertiary education, and a source of financial aid for tertiary education, can contribute to improve st...

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Main Authors:	Avitabile, Ciro, de Hoyos, Rafael
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2015
Subjects:	SKILLS EMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT AVERAGE TEST SCORE SOCIAL NORMS UNIVERSITY DEGREE COLLEGE ECONOMIC GROWTH TEACHERS MATH TEST SCHOOLING WORK STATUS PUBLIC EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS ENROLLMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES GROUPS MATH SCORES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MATH TEACHER HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES EDUCATION OUTCOMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUBJECT AREAS PAPERS EARLY GRADES SOCIAL SCIENCES EXAM LIFE EXPECTANCY OPEN ACCESS KNOWLEDGE PHYSICS DEGREE PROGRAMS LABOR MARKET COMPLETION RATES GENDER GAP MATHEMATICS POSITIVE IMPACT SCHOOL DROP GRADE TEST GRADUATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT OUTCOMES SCHOOL CURRICULUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME MATH TEACHERS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SIGNIFICANT IMPACT LEARNING GRADUATES EDUCATION SYSTEM RESEARCH SCHOOL STUDENTS STUDENT REPORTS SCHOOL COMPLETION COMPUTER SOFTWARE CHEMISTRY TEST SCORES UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS GRANTS READING SUBJECTS HUMAN CAPITAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS STUDENT ASSESSMENT DROPOUT RATES WORKERS ENROLLMENT RATES ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ADOLESCENT GIRLS VALUES STUDENT SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CURRICULUM REFORM LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE BIOLOGY AVERAGE SCORE GRADUATION RATES EDUCATIONAL CHOICES ACHIEVEMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM LITERATURE YOUTH STUDENT SCORES GRADE REPETITION CAREERS LOWER SECONDARY COLLEGE COSTS GRADE EXAM CURRICULUM TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ADMINISTRATIVE DATA UPPER SECONDARY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEMALE STUDENTS BETTER SCHOOLS COGNITIVE SKILLS CHILDREN EDUCATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE INVESTMENT LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL HUMAN RESOURCES RURAL AREAS SCHOOL SUPPLY STUDENT AWARENESS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM GIRLS HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM GENDER COMPOSITION INTERVENTIONS BETTER LEARNING UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION WOMEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CLASSROOM MARRIAGE MARKET CLASSROOMS SCHOOL FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION
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spelling	okr-10986-228452021-04-23T14:04:11Z The Heterogeneous Effect of Information on Student Performance : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico Avitabile, Ciro de Hoyos, Rafael SKILLS EMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT AVERAGE TEST SCORE SOCIAL NORMS UNIVERSITY DEGREE COLLEGE ECONOMIC GROWTH TEACHERS MATH TEST SCHOOLING WORK STATUS PUBLIC EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS ENROLLMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES GROUPS MATH SCORES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MATH TEACHER HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES EDUCATION OUTCOMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUBJECT AREAS PAPERS EARLY GRADES SOCIAL SCIENCES EXAM LIFE EXPECTANCY OPEN ACCESS KNOWLEDGE PHYSICS DEGREE PROGRAMS LABOR MARKET COMPLETION RATES GENDER GAP MATHEMATICS POSITIVE IMPACT SCHOOL DROP GRADE TEST GRADUATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT OUTCOMES SCHOOL CURRICULUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME MATH TEACHERS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SIGNIFICANT IMPACT LEARNING GRADUATES EDUCATION SYSTEM RESEARCH SCHOOL STUDENTS STUDENT REPORTS SCHOOL COMPLETION COMPUTER SOFTWARE CHEMISTRY TEST SCORES UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS GRANTS READING SUBJECTS HUMAN CAPITAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS STUDENT ASSESSMENT DROPOUT RATES WORKERS ENROLLMENT RATES ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ADOLESCENT GIRLS VALUES STUDENT SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CURRICULUM REFORM LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE BIOLOGY AVERAGE SCORE GRADUATION RATES EDUCATIONAL CHOICES ACHIEVEMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM LITERATURE YOUTH STUDENT SCORES GRADE REPETITION CAREERS LOWER SECONDARY COLLEGE COSTS GRADE EXAM CURRICULUM TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ADMINISTRATIVE DATA UPPER SECONDARY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEMALE STUDENTS BETTER SCHOOLS COGNITIVE SKILLS CHILDREN EDUCATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE INVESTMENT LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL HUMAN RESOURCES RURAL AREAS SCHOOL SUPPLY STUDENT AWARENESS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM GIRLS HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM GENDER COMPOSITION INTERVENTIONS BETTER LEARNING UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION WOMEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CLASSROOM MARRIAGE MARKET CLASSROOMS SCHOOL FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION A randomized control trial was conducted to study whether providing 10th grade students with information about the returns to upper secondary and tertiary education, and a source of financial aid for tertiary education, can contribute to improve student performance. The study finds that the intervention had no effects on the probability of taking a 12th grade national standardized exam three years after, a proxy for on-time high school completion, but a positive and significant impact on learning outcomes and self-reported measures of effort. The effects are larger for girls and students from households with a relatively high income. These findings are consistent with a simple model where time discount determines the increase in effort and only students with adequate initial conditions are able to translate increased effort into better outcomes. 2015-11-04T22:06:14Z 2015-11-04T22:06:14Z 2015-09 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25093620/heterogeneous-effect-information-student-performance-evidence-randomized-control-trial-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22845 English en_US Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7422 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Mexico
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topic	SKILLS EMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT AVERAGE TEST SCORE SOCIAL NORMS UNIVERSITY DEGREE COLLEGE ECONOMIC GROWTH TEACHERS MATH TEST SCHOOLING WORK STATUS PUBLIC EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS ENROLLMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES GROUPS MATH SCORES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MATH TEACHER HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES EDUCATION OUTCOMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUBJECT AREAS PAPERS EARLY GRADES SOCIAL SCIENCES EXAM LIFE EXPECTANCY OPEN ACCESS KNOWLEDGE PHYSICS DEGREE PROGRAMS LABOR MARKET COMPLETION RATES GENDER GAP MATHEMATICS POSITIVE IMPACT SCHOOL DROP GRADE TEST GRADUATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT OUTCOMES SCHOOL CURRICULUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME MATH TEACHERS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SIGNIFICANT IMPACT LEARNING GRADUATES EDUCATION SYSTEM RESEARCH SCHOOL STUDENTS STUDENT REPORTS SCHOOL COMPLETION COMPUTER SOFTWARE CHEMISTRY TEST SCORES UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS GRANTS READING SUBJECTS HUMAN CAPITAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS STUDENT ASSESSMENT DROPOUT RATES WORKERS ENROLLMENT RATES ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ADOLESCENT GIRLS VALUES STUDENT SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CURRICULUM REFORM LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE BIOLOGY AVERAGE SCORE GRADUATION RATES EDUCATIONAL CHOICES ACHIEVEMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM LITERATURE YOUTH STUDENT SCORES GRADE REPETITION CAREERS LOWER SECONDARY COLLEGE COSTS GRADE EXAM CURRICULUM TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ADMINISTRATIVE DATA UPPER SECONDARY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEMALE STUDENTS BETTER SCHOOLS COGNITIVE SKILLS CHILDREN EDUCATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE INVESTMENT LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL HUMAN RESOURCES RURAL AREAS SCHOOL SUPPLY STUDENT AWARENESS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM GIRLS HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM GENDER COMPOSITION INTERVENTIONS BETTER LEARNING UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION WOMEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CLASSROOM MARRIAGE MARKET CLASSROOMS SCHOOL FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION
spellingShingle	SKILLS EMPLOYMENT UNIVERSAL ENROLLMENT AVERAGE TEST SCORE SOCIAL NORMS UNIVERSITY DEGREE COLLEGE ECONOMIC GROWTH TEACHERS MATH TEST SCHOOLING WORK STATUS PUBLIC EDUCATION HIGH SCHOOL DROPOUTS ENROLLMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES GROUPS MATH SCORES DEVELOPING COUNTRIES MATH TEACHER HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES EDUCATION OUTCOMES HIGHER EDUCATION SUBJECT AREAS PAPERS EARLY GRADES SOCIAL SCIENCES EXAM LIFE EXPECTANCY OPEN ACCESS KNOWLEDGE PHYSICS DEGREE PROGRAMS LABOR MARKET COMPLETION RATES GENDER GAP MATHEMATICS POSITIVE IMPACT SCHOOL DROP GRADE TEST GRADUATE SECONDARY SCHOOLS ECONOMICS OF EDUCATION SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT OUTCOMES SCHOOL CURRICULUM HOUSEHOLD INCOME MATH TEACHERS STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT VOCATIONAL EDUCATION SIGNIFICANT IMPACT LEARNING GRADUATES EDUCATION SYSTEM RESEARCH SCHOOL STUDENTS STUDENT REPORTS SCHOOL COMPLETION COMPUTER SOFTWARE CHEMISTRY TEST SCORES UPPER SECONDARY SCHOOLS GRANTS READING SUBJECTS HUMAN CAPITAL TECHNICAL SCHOOLS STUDENT ASSESSMENT DROPOUT RATES WORKERS ENROLLMENT RATES ECONOMIC OUTCOMES ADOLESCENT GIRLS VALUES STUDENT SCHOOLS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE CURRICULUM REFORM LEARNING OUTCOMES STUDENT PERFORMANCE BIOLOGY AVERAGE SCORE GRADUATION RATES EDUCATIONAL CHOICES ACHIEVEMENT SECONDARY EDUCATION SYSTEM LITERATURE YOUTH STUDENT SCORES GRADE REPETITION CAREERS LOWER SECONDARY COLLEGE COSTS GRADE EXAM CURRICULUM TEACHER EDUCATIONAL OUTCOMES ADMINISTRATIVE DATA UPPER SECONDARY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT FEMALE STUDENTS BETTER SCHOOLS COGNITIVE SKILLS CHILDREN EDUCATION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE INVESTMENT LOWER SECONDARY SCHOOL HUMAN RESOURCES RURAL AREAS SCHOOL SUPPLY STUDENT AWARENESS SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAM GIRLS HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT UNIVERSITY STUDENTS HIGHER EDUCATION SYSTEM GENDER COMPOSITION INTERVENTIONS BETTER LEARNING UPPER SECONDARY EDUCATION WOMEN HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS CLASSROOM MARRIAGE MARKET CLASSROOMS SCHOOL FINANCIAL CONSTRAINTS SECONDARY EDUCATION TERTIARY EDUCATION LOWER SECONDARY EDUCATION RETURNS TO EDUCATION Avitabile, Ciro de Hoyos, Rafael The Heterogeneous Effect of Information on Student Performance : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico
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relation	Policy Research Working Paper;No. 7422
description	A randomized control trial was conducted to study whether providing 10th grade students with information about the returns to upper secondary and tertiary education, and a source of financial aid for tertiary education, can contribute to improve student performance. The study finds that the intervention had no effects on the probability of taking a 12th grade national standardized exam three years after, a proxy for on-time high school completion, but a positive and significant impact on learning outcomes and self-reported measures of effort. The effects are larger for girls and students from households with a relatively high income. These findings are consistent with a simple model where time discount determines the increase in effort and only students with adequate initial conditions are able to translate increased effort into better outcomes.
format	Working Paper
author	Avitabile, Ciro de Hoyos, Rafael
author_facet	Avitabile, Ciro de Hoyos, Rafael
author_sort	Avitabile, Ciro
title	The Heterogeneous Effect of Information on Student Performance : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico
title_short	The Heterogeneous Effect of Information on Student Performance : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico
title_full	The Heterogeneous Effect of Information on Student Performance : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico
title_fullStr	The Heterogeneous Effect of Information on Student Performance : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico
title_full_unstemmed	The Heterogeneous Effect of Information on Student Performance : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico
title_sort	heterogeneous effect of information on student performance : evidence from a randomized control trial in mexico
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2015
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2015/09/25093620/heterogeneous-effect-information-student-performance-evidence-randomized-control-trial-mexico http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22845
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The Heterogeneous Effect of Information on Student Performance : Evidence from a Randomized Control Trial in Mexico

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