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The causal effects of an intensified curriculum on cognitive skills : evidence from a natural experiment

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dc.affiliation.dptoUC3M. Departamento de Economíaes
dc.contributor.authorAndrietti, Vincenzo
dc.date.accessioned2016-04-29T10:25:42Z
dc.date.available2016-04-29T10:25:42Z
dc.date.issued2016-04-01
dc.description.abstractThis paper exploits a unique universal educational policy - implemented in most German states between 2001 and 2008 - that compressed the academic-track high school curriculum into a (oneyear) shorter time span, thereby increasing time of instruction and share of curriculum taught per grade. Using 2000-2012 PISA data and a quasi-experimental approach, I estimate the impacts of this intensified curriculum on cognitive skills. I find robust evidence that the reform improved, on average, the reading, mathematical, and scientific literacy skills acquired by academic-track ninthgraders upon treatment. However, I also provide evidence that the reform widened the gap in student performance with respect to parental migration background and student ability. Finally, although the reform did not affect, on average, high school grade retention, I find that the latter increased for students with parental migration background. Taken together, these findings suggest that moving to a compressed high-school curriculum did not compromise and benefited, on average, students' cognitive skills. However, they also raise equity concerns that policy-makers should be aware of.en
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dc.identifier.issn2340-5031
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10016/22880
dc.identifier.uxxiDT/0000001460
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherUniversidad Carlos III de Madrid. Departamento de Economíaes
dc.relation.ispartofseriesUC3M working papers. Economicsen
dc.relation.ispartofseries16-06
dc.rightsAtribución-NoComercial-SinDerivadas 3.0 España
dc.rights.accessRightsopen access
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/es/
dc.subject.jelI21
dc.subject.jelI28
dc.subject.jelD04
dc.subject.otherG8 reform
dc.subject.otherIntensified curriculumen
dc.subject.otherLearning intensityen
dc.subject.otherInstructional timeen
dc.subject.otherCognitive skillsen
dc.subject.otherAcademic-track high schoolen
dc.subject.otherGrade retentionen
dc.subject.otherRemedial educationen
dc.titleThe causal effects of an intensified curriculum on cognitive skills : evidence from a natural experimenten
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