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Table 5 Impact of boarding on students' cognitive abilities

From: The impact of boarding schools on the development of cognitive and non-cognitive abilities in adolescents

variables

WISC IQ score

WISC IQ score

Fluid intelligence

Fluid intelligence

Crystal intelligence

Crystal intelligence

 

OLS

IV

OLS

IV

OLS

IV

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

Boarding

0.103

4.781

-0.048

0.635

0.181

0.934

 

(1.040)

(3.592)

(0.179)

(0.573)

(0.266)

(0.925)

Student-level control variables

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

School-level control variables

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Teacher-level control variables

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Constant

139.817***

139.866***

16.501***

16.527***

15.396***

15.365***

 

(8.633)

(8.702)

(1.408)

(1.387)

(2.309)

(2.240)

Observations

472

472

472

472

472

472

R-squared

0.418

0.393

0.371

0.348

0.286

0.286

County fixed effects

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Phase I F-statistic values

 

41.284

 

41.284

 

41.284

  1. Source: Author’s survey
  2. Standard deviations in parentheses * p < 0.1. ** p < 0.05. *** p < 0.01