Do single-sex classes affect academic achievement? An experiment in a coeducational university

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dc.contributor.authorBooth, Alison
dc.contributor.authorCardona-Sosa, Lina
dc.contributor.authorNolen, Patrick
dc.date.accessioned2019-10-03T05:10:36Z
dc.date.issued2018
dc.date.updated2019-04-21T08:26:21Z
dc.description.abstractWe examine the effect of single-sex classes on the educational attainment of students within a coeducational university. Before students arrived on campus, we randomly assigned them to all-female, all-male, and coed classes, and thereby avoid the selection issues present in earlier studies on single-sex education of students in primary and secondary school. We find that 1 h a week of single-sex classes benefits women: females score a quarter of standard deviation better overall and are 7.7% more likely to pass their first year course. Furthermore, women assigned to all-females classes in their first year are roughly 57% less likely to drop out of university and are 61% more likely to get a top ranked degree under the UK system. There is evidence that single-sex classes cause women to adopt behaviors associated with better academic outcomes, such as attending more classes and doing optional assignments. However, these behavioral changes cannot explain much of the all-female effect.en_AU
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen_AU
dc.identifier.issn0047-2727en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1885/173101
dc.language.isoen_AUen_AU
dc.publisherPulp and Technical Association of Canadaen_AU
dc.rights© 2018 Elsevier B.V.en_AU
dc.sourceJournal of Public Economicsen_AU
dc.subjectField experimenten_AU
dc.subjectSingle-sex classesen_AU
dc.subjectCoeducationen_AU
dc.subjectHigher educationen_AU
dc.subjectGenderen_AU
dc.subjectStudent achievementen_AU
dc.titleDo single-sex classes affect academic achievement? An experiment in a coeducational universityen_AU
dc.typeJournal articleen_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.lastpage126en_AU
local.bibliographicCitation.startpage109en_AU
local.contributor.affiliationBooth, Alison, College of Asia and the Pacific, ANUen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationCardona-Sosa, Lina, Central Bank of Columbiaen_AU
local.contributor.affiliationNolen, Patrick, University of Essexen_AU
local.contributor.authoremailrepository.admin@anu.edu.auen_AU
local.contributor.authoruidBooth, Alison, u4043220en_AU
local.description.embargo2037-12-31
local.description.notesImported from ARIESen_AU
local.identifier.absfor140206 - Experimental Economicsen_AU
local.identifier.absseo910209 - Preference, Behaviour and Welfareen_AU
local.identifier.ariespublicationu3102795xPUB57en_AU
local.identifier.citationvolume168en_AU
local.identifier.doi10.1016/j.jpubeco.2018.08.016en_AU
local.identifier.scopusID2-s2.0-85055593039
local.identifier.uidSubmittedByu3102795en_AU
local.publisher.urlhttps://www.sciencedirect.comen_AU
local.type.statusPublished Versionen_AU

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