Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/167616 
Year of Publication: 
2017
Series/Report no.: 
GLO Discussion Paper No. 105
Publisher: 
Global Labor Organization (GLO), Maastricht
Abstract: 
Do investments in soft skills pay off in terms of student achievement? This paper evaluates a large private-sector program in this area, EPIS, based on individual and small-group sessions of mediators that seek to improve the non-cognitive skills (e.g. motivation, self-esteem, conscientiousness) of selected students. Our quasi-experimental evidence is drawn from rich longitudinal student data and the different timings of the roll-out of the program, within and across schools. The results highlight the potential of targeted, small-group, non-cognitive interventions, as we find that the EPIS program reduced grade retention by at least 10 percentage points and did so in a cost-effective manner.
Subjects: 
Student achievement
Non-cognitive skills
Matched School-Student Data
JEL: 
I20
J08
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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