Replication data for: Teaching Practices and Social Capital

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Project Citation:

Algan, Yann, Cahuc, Pierre, and Shleifer, Andrei. Replication data for: Teaching Practices and Social Capital. Nashville, TN: American Economic Association [publisher], 2013. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2019-10-12. https://doi.org/10.3886/E113858V1

Project Description

Summary: In cross-country data, teaching practices (such as copying from the board versus working on projects together) are related to various dimensions of social capital. In micro-data from three datasets, teaching practices are also strongly correlated with student beliefs about cooperation across schools within countries. To address omitted variable and reverse causality concerns, we show that, within schools, teaching practices also have an independent and sizeable effect on student beliefs. The evidence supports the idea that progressive education promotes the formation of social capital.

Scope of Project

JEL Classification:
      D83 Search; Learning; Information and Knowledge; Communication; Belief; Unawareness
      I21 Analysis of Education
      Z13 Economic Sociology; Economic Anthropology; Language; Social and Economic Stratification

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