Are school counselors an effective education input?

C-Tier
Journal: Economics Letters
Year: 2014
Volume: 125
Issue: 1
Pages: 66-69

Score contribution per author:

0.503 = (α=2.01 / 2 authors) × 0.5x C-tier

α: calibrated so average coauthorship-adjusted count equals average raw count

Abstract

We exploit within-school variation in counselors and find that one additional counselor reduces student misbehavior and increases boys’ academic achievement by over one percentile point. These effects compare favorably with those of increased teacher quality and smaller class sizes.

Technical Details

RePEc Handle
repec:eee:ecolet:v:125:y:2014:i:1:p:66-69
Journal Field
General
Author Count
2
Added to Database
2026-01-25