Ready for boarding? The effects of a boarding school for disadvantaged students

Luc Behaghel, Clément de Chaisemartin and Marc Gurgand

The Warwick Economics Research Paper Series (TWERPS) from University of Warwick, Department of Economics

Abstract: Boarding schools substitute school to home, but little is known on the effects this substitution produces on students. We present results of an experiment in which seats in a boarding school for disadvantaged students were randomly allocated. Boarders enjoy better studying conditions than control students. However, they start outperforming control students in mathematics only two years after admission, and this effect mostly comes from strong students. After one year, levels of well-being are lower among boarders, but in their second year, students adjust: well-being catches-up. This suggests that substituting school to home is disruptive: only strong students benefit from the boarding school, once they have managed to adapt to their new environment.

Keywords: boarding school; cognitive skills; non-cognitive skills; randomized controlled trial; heterogeneous effects (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H52 I21 I28 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2015
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Journal Article: Ready for Boarding? The Effects of a Boarding School for Disadvantaged Students (2017)
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Working Paper: Ready for Boarding? The Effects of a Boarding School for Disadvantaged Students (2017)
Working Paper: Ready for boarding? The effects of a boarding school for disadvantaged students (2015)
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