Double-shift schooling and student success: Quasi-experimental evidence from Europe

School scheduling systems are frequently at the forefront of policy discussions around the world. This paper provides the first causal evidence of student performance during double-shift schooling systems. We exploit a six-year quasi-experiment from a country in Eastern Europe where students alterna...

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Published in:Economics letters 2016-02, Vol.139, p.36-39
Main Authors: Lusher, Lester, Yasenov, Vasil
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Double-shift schooling
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