The causal impact of socio-emotional skills training on educational success

Giuseppe Sorrenti, Ulf Zölitz, Denis Ribeaud and Manuel Eisner

No 343, ECON - Working Papers from Department of Economics - University of Zurich

Abstract: We study the long-term effects of a randomized intervention targeting children’s socio-emotional skills. The classroom-based intervention for primary school children has positive impacts that persist for over a decade. Treated children become more likely to complete academic high school and enroll in university. Two mechanisms drive these results. Treated children show fewer ADHD symptoms: they are less impulsive and less disruptive. They also attain higher grades, but they do not score higher on standardized tests. The long-term effects on educational attainment thus appear to be driven by changes in socio-emotional skills rather than cognitive skills.

Keywords: Socio-emotional skills; randomized intervention; child development; school tracking (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: C93 I21 I24 I26 J24 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020-03
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