Micro-Level Determinants of Lecture Attendance and Additional Study-Hours

Martin Ryan, Liam Delaney and Colm Harmon
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Martin Ryan: UCD Geary Institute, University College Dublin

No 201036, Working Papers from Geary Institute, University College Dublin

Abstract: This paper uses novel measures of individual differences that produce new insights about student inputs into the (higher) education production function. The inputs examined are lecture attendance and additional study-hours. The data were collected through a websurvey that the authors designed. The analysis includes novel measures of individual di_erences including willingness to take risks, consideration of future consequences and non-cognitive ability traits. Besides age, gender and year of study, the main determinants of lecture attendance and additional study-hours are attitude to risk, future-orientation and conscientiousness. In addition, future-orientation, and in particular conscientiousness, determine lecture attendance to a greater extent than they determine additional study. Finally, we show that family income and _financial transfers (from both parents and the state) do not determine any educational input. This study suggests that non-cognitive abilities may be more important than financial constraints in the determination of inputs related to educational production functions.

Keywords: Socio-Economic Status; Education; Inequality; Discrimination (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: D90 I21 J2 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 18 pages
Date: 2010-08-20
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