Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5059380 | Economics Letters | 2014 | 4 Pages |
Abstract
We exploit within-school variation in counselors and find that one additional counselor reduces student misbehavior and increases boys' academic achievement by over one percentile point. These effects compare favorably with those of increased teacher quality and smaller class sizes.
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Authors
Scott E. Carrell, Mark Hoekstra,