Data from a randomized trial of the Achievement Awards Demonstration program, reported in Angrist & Lavy (2009).
AchievementAwardsRCTA data frame with 16526 rows and 21 variables:
Fictitious school identification number
Factor identifying the school type (Arab religious, Jewish religious, Jewish secular)
Number of treatment pair. Note that 7 is a triple.
Indicator for whether school was in treatment group
Cohort year
Fictitious student identification number
Factor identifying student sex
Number of siblings
Indicator for immigrant status
Father's level of education
Mother's level of education
Indicator for Bagrut attainment
Number of Bagrut units attempted
Number of Bagrut units awarded
Indicator for satisfaction of math requirement
Indicator for satisfaction of English requirement
Indicator for satisfaction of Hebrew requirement
Lagged Bagrut score
Quartile within distribution of lagscore, calculated by cohort and sex
Lower or upper half within distribution of lagscore, calculated by cohort and sex
Angrist, J. D., & Lavy, V. (2009). The effects of high stakes high school achievement awards : Evidence from a randomized trial. American Economic Review, 99(4), 1384-1414. tools:::Rd_expr_doi("10.1257/aer.99.4.1384")