MUST TRY HARDER: EVALUATING THE ROLE OF EFFORT IN EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: De Fraja, Gianni; Oliveira, Tania; Zanchi, Luisa
• 署名单位: University of Leicester; University of Rome Tor Vergata; University of Leeds
• 刊物名称: REVIEW OF ECONOMICS AND STATISTICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0034-6535
• DOI: 10.1162/REST_a_00013
• 发表日期: 2010-08
• 页码: 577-597
• 关键词: parental involvement; peer; achievement; equilibrium; quantity; students; homework; QUALITY; schools

摘要

The efforts exerted by children, parents, and schools affect the outcome of the education process. We build this idea into a theoretical model where the effort exerted by the three groups of agents is simultaneously determined as a Nash equilibrium. The empirical analysis tests the model using the British National Child Development Study and finds support for this idea. We identify which factors affect educational attainment directly and which indirectly through effort. From a policy perspective, the paper indicates that affecting effort directly would have a positive impact on attainment.