A Pleasure That Hurts: The Ambiguous Effects of Elite Tutoring on Underprivileged High School Students

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Ly, Son Thierry; Maurin, Eric; Riegert, Arnaud
• 署名单位: Paris School of Economics
• 刊物名称: JOURNAL OF LABOR ECONOMICS
• ISSN/ISSBN: 0734-306X
• DOI: 10.1086/705925
• 发表日期: 2020
• 页码: 501-533
• 关键词: extracurricular participation; academic outcomes; breadth

摘要

This paper reports findings from a randomized evaluation of an intensive tutoring program conducted in underprivileged high schools. Within each school, the intervention targets students identified as having the ability to pursue a college education. The program is designed to strengthen their readiness for higher education. We demonstrate that such an intervention can have negative effects on a large fraction of participants, even though participation is entirely voluntary. This result is consistent with a simple model where time invested in extracurricular programs and time invested in homework represent imperfect substitutes in the education production function.