TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Aguero, Jorge M.
AU  - Favara, Marta
AU  - Porter, Catherine
AU  - Sanchez, Alan
        TI  - Do More School Resources Increase Learning Outcomes? Evidence from an Extended School-Day Reform
        PY  - 2021/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 14240
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/index.php/publications/dp14240
        AB  - Whether allocating more resources improves learning outcomes for students in low-performing public schools remains an open debate. We focus on the effect of increased instructional time, which is theoretically ambiguous due to possible compensating changes in effort by students, teachers or parents. Using a regression discontinuity approach, we find that a reform extending the school day increases math test scores, with a large effect size relative to other interventions. It also improved reading, technical skills and socio-emotional competencies. Our results are partly explained by reductions in home production by students, specialization by teachers and investments in pedagogical assistance to teachers.
        KW  - extended school-day reform
KW  - Jornada Escolar Completa
KW  - JEC
KW  - Peru
KW  - Young Lives
        ER  -