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Table 7 Impact of boarding on students' non-cognitive abilities

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

variables

Extraversion

Agreeableness

Conscientiousness

Neuroticism

Openness

 

OLS

IV

OLS

IV

OLS

IV

OLS

IV

OLS

IV

 

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(8)

(9)

(10)

Boarding

0.036*

-0.064

-0.034

0.023

0.009

0.109

-0.001

0.034

0.005

0.097

 

(0.020)

(0.082)

(0.022)

(0.077)

(0.025)

(0.083)

(0.023)

(0.090)

(0.023)

(0.083)

Student-level control variables

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

School-level control variables

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Teacher-level control variables

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Constant

3.541***

3.555***

3.687***

3.707***

3.193***

3.190***

2.753***

2.747***

3.368***

3.367***

 

(0.153)

(0.158)

(0.169)

(0.149)

(0.178)

(0.161)

(0.206)

(0.175)

(0.171)

(0.160)

Observations

5,166

5,166

5,166

5,166

5,166

5,166

5,166

5,166

5,166

5,166

R-squared

0.020

0.015

0.039

0.037

0.016

0.012

0.028

0.028

0.021

0.018

County fixed effects

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

YES

Phase I F-statistic values

 

342.982

 

342.982

 

342.982

 

342.982

342.982

342.982

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