Long-Term Orientation and Educational Performance

• 成果类型: Article
• 署名作者: Figlio, David; Giuliano, Paola; Ozek, Umut; Sapienza, Paola
• 署名单位: Northwestern University; University of California System; University of California Los Angeles; American Institutes for Research; Northwestern University
• 刊物名称: AMERICAN ECONOMIC JOURNAL-ECONOMIC POLICY
• ISSN/ISSBN: 1945-7731
• DOI: 10.1257/pol.20180374
• 发表日期: 2019
• 页码: 272-309
• 关键词: intergenerational transmission; achievement evidence; preschool delay; origins; immigrants; schools; culture; HEALTH; income; trust

摘要

We study the role of Long-Term Orientation on the educational attainment of immigrant students. Controlling for the quality of schools and socioeconomic characteristics, students from long-term oriented cultures perform better in third grade reading and math, have larger test score gains over time, fewer absences and disciplinary incidents, are less likely to repeat grades, more likely to enroll in advanced high school courses, and are more likely to graduate from high school in four years. Evidence on mechanisms suggests that both parents' educational choices for their children and social learning from peers are important mechanisms.