Should Students Be Allowed to Miss?

Ricardo Paredes () and Gabriel Ugarte

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Abstract: In this paper we investigate the effect of class attendance on academic performance, and evaluate the existence and importance of minimum attendance requirement thresholds. We found that attendance has a relevant and statistically significant impact on performance, together with the existence of a threshold, although contrary to the expected, not associated with a decrease in performance, which questions the existence of minimum attendance requirement.

Keywords: Attendance; Academic Performance; Hierarchical Models; Thresholds (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009-04
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