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2. The Making of Civic Virtues: A School-Based Experiment in Three Countries. CEP Discussion Paper No. 1830

Author

London School of Economics and Political Science (United Kingdom), Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), Briole, Simon, Gurgand, Marc, Maurin, Éric, McNally, Sandra, Ruiz-Valenzuela, Jenifer, and Santín, Daniel

Abstract

With the rise of polarization and extremism, the question of how best to transmit civic virtues across generations is more acute than ever. In this paper, we test the hypothesis that schools can be the place for this transmission by empowering students and gathering them around concrete and democratically chosen objectives. We draw on an RCT implemented in a large sample of middle schools in three European countries. The evaluated program leads students to carry out collective citizenship projects in their immediate communities under the supervision of teachers trained in student-centered teaching methods. The program significantly increases student altruism, their political self-efficacy as well as the quality of their relationship with their classmates and their respect for the rules of school life (less sanctions and absenteeism). In all three countries, the benefits are greater for students with the highest level of altruism and interest in politics at baseline. Investments made at an early age appear to be complement to those made during adolescence for the production of civic virtues.

Published
2022

29. Getting Lucky: The Long-Term Consequences of Exam Luck

Author

Landaud, Fanny, Maurin, Éric, Willage, Barton, and Willén, Alexander L.P.

Subjects
I26, I23, I24, J24, fairness, returns to education, ddc:330, H52, I21, J31, D63, wage differentials, luck, high-stakes exams
Abstract

This paper studies the impact of exam luck on individuals' education and labor market success. We leverage unique features of the Norwegian education system that produce random variation in the content of the exams taken by students at the end of high school. Lucky students take exams in subjects they are better at, and we show that this generates significant improvements in both their high school GPA and diploma probability. Subsequently, exam luck generates substantial and persistent wage differentials across otherwise identical individuals. These luck-induced wage effects are of a similar magnitude as those generated by well-known education inputs, such as parental education and teacher quality.

Published
2022

36. Behind the veil: the effect of banning the Islamic veil in schools.

Author

Maurin, Éric and H, Nicolás Navarrete

Subjects
MUSLIM students, INTERMARRIAGE, WESTERN countries, OPEN-ended questions
Abstract

The Islamic veil is a subject of intense controversy in many Western countries. In particular, it remains an open question whether banning the veil in schools prevents female Muslim students from engaging in normal schooling, or whether it is a policy that promotes their integration. We shed light on this question by exploring the effects of the 1994 ministerial circular that required French schools to ban Islamic veils. We show that the ban coincided with a significant improvement in the educational attainment of female students of Muslim origin, as well as a rise in mixed marriages. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Published
2023
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