Econ Papers Daily / 期刊论文
关于努力生产力的预期与学业成果
Expectations about the Productivity of Effort and Academic Outcomes
摘要
We implement a randomized information intervention to enhance beliefs about the productivity of effort on a cohort of undergraduate students at a UK university. The intervention increases first-year exam grades and GPA, with an intention-to-treat effect of 0.10 of a standard deviation. The effects are larger for men, reducing the gender gap in academic achievement by a third. The data allow us to examine the mechanisms linking the intervention to outcomes, through changes in beliefs and academic inputs, as well as its longer-term effects. We replicate the main results at another UK university, highlighting the external validity of our findings.
中文摘要
我们实施了一项随机信息干预，旨在增强英国某大学本科生对努力生产力的信念。该干预提升了大一考试成绩和平均绩点，意向处理效应为0.10个标准差。对男性的影响更大，将学业成就中的性别差距缩小了三分之一。数据使我们能够考察干预通过信念和学术投入变化影响结果的机制，以及其长期效应。我们在另一所英国大学复制了主要结果，凸显了我们发现的外部有效性。