Krekel, Christian (2017) Can rising instructional time crowd out student pro-social behaviour? Unintended consequences of a German high school reform. CEP Discussion Papers (CEPDP1495). London School of Economics and Political Science. Centre for Economic Performance, London, UK.
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Abstract
We study whether raising instructional time can crowd out student pro-social behaviour. To this end, we exploit a large educational reform in Germany that has raised weekly instructional hours for high school students by 12.5% as a quasi-natural experiment. Using a difference-in-differences design, we find that this rise has a negative and sizeable effect on volunteering, both at the intensive and at the extensive margin. It also affects political interest. There is no similar crowding out of scholastic involvement, but no substitution either. Impacts seem to be driven by a reduction in available leisure time as opposed to a rise in intensity of instruction, and to be temporary only. Robustness checks, including placebo tests and triple differencing, confirm our results
| Item Type: | Monograph (Discussion Paper) |
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| Official URL: | http://cep.lse.ac.uk/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2017 The Author |
| Divisions: | Centre for Economic Performance |
| Subjects: | L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB1603 Secondary Education. High schools |
| JEL classification: | D - Microeconomics > D0 - General > D01 - Microeconomic Behavior: Underlying Principles I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I21 - Analysis of Education I - Health, Education, and Welfare > I2 - Education > I28 - Government Policy |
| Date Deposited: | 30 Jan 2018 14:26 |
| Last Modified: | 11 Dec 2024 19:26 |
| Funders: | Economic and Social Research Council |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/86587 |
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