Berthelon, Matias; Kruger, Diana; Vienne, Veronica - 2016
This paper analyzes the impact of longer school schedules on children's 2nd grade reading comprehension skills in Chile …. In a setting where families choose schools, we identify the causal effect of longer schedules with instrumental variables … choose full-day schools, and after controlling for selection, longer school schedules lead to an increase of 0.14 standard …