TY  - RPRT
        AU  - Sorrenti, Giuseppe
AU  - Zölitz, Ulf
AU  - Ribeaud, Denis
AU  - Eisner, Manuel
        TI  - The Causal Impact of Socio-Emotional Skills Training on Educational Success
        PY  - 2020/Mar/
        PB  - Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)
        CY  - Bonn
        T2  - IZA Discussion Paper
        IS  - 13087
        UR  - https://www.iza.org/publications/dp13087
        AB  - We study the long-term effects of a randomized intervention targeting children's socio-emotional skills. The classroom-based intervention for primary school children has positive impacts that persist for over a decade. Treated children become more likely to complete academic high school and enroll in university. Two mechanisms drive these results. Treated children show fewer ADHD symptoms: they are less impulsive and less disruptive. They also attain higher grades, but they do not score higher on standardized tests. The long-term effects on educational attainment thus appear to be driven by changes in socio-emotional skills rather than cognitive skills.
        KW  - child development
KW  - randomized intervention
KW  - socio-emotional skills
KW  - school tracking
        ER  -