school day length
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DETAILED INFORMATION

CONTEXT

Country Chile
GDP per capita 9,242

INTERVENTION

Implementation year 2005
Implementer Government
Duration (months) 21
Cost For grades 1-6 in 2009 schools without Extended School Day (ESD) received the subsidy of $33,634.73, while schools with ESD received $46,008.48.
Intervention details Extending the school day from 4 to 7 hours (computed from the original estimate of increasing school time by 30%)

METHODOLOGY

Evaluation design Differences-in-differences
Cluster definition -

REFERENCES

Study Arzola, María Paz. "Impacto de la Jornada Escolar Completa en el Desempeño de los Alumnos, Medido con la Evolución en sus Pruebas Simce.” Tesis, Magíster en Economía. Instituto de Economía Pontifica Universidad Católica de Chile (2010).

EFFECTS

Sample Outcome Test Source Table Observations Statistics on Effects%2%
Complete sample Language Standardized test SIMCE 17 41,668 41.668 Coeff: 0.40; t-statistic: 0.39
Complete sample Math Standardized test SIMCE 17 41,668 41.668 Coeff: 0.70; t-statistic: 0.79
Complete sample Language Standardized test SIMCE 17 41,668 41.668 Coeff: 1.90; t-statistic: 1.19
Complete sample Math Standardized test SIMCE 17 41,668 41.668 Coeff: 2.30; t-statistic: 1.53
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