Get Rich or Fail Your Exam Tryin': Gender, Socioeconomic Status and Spillover Effects of Blended Learning

Adrian Mehic and Charlotta Olofsson ()
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Charlotta Olofsson: Department of Economics, Lund University, Postal: Department of Economics, School of Economics and Management, Lund University, Box 7082, S-220 07 Lund, Sweden

No 2021:8, Working Papers from Lund University, Department of Economics

Abstract: We evaluate an experiment at a Swedish university, in which students were quasi- randomized to either taking all their courses online, or to have some courses online and some on campus. We show that having some courses in person improved grades only among female students with affluent parents. Detailed individual-level survey data suggests that there was no relationship between socioeconomy and adverse mental health amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead, by estimating each student’s network position, linked with administrative data on parental income, we show that female students with wealthy parents have significantly less constrained social networks, facilitating communication with peers.

Keywords: online learning; COVID-19; social networks (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I23 I28 J16 Z13 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 63 pages
Date: 2021-05-13, Revised 2022-10-16
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