Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/325037 
Year of Publication: 
2025
Series/Report no.: 
IZA Discussion Papers No. 17979
Publisher: 
Institute of Labor Economics (IZA), Bonn
Abstract: 
We identify the impacts of a student's timetable on their attendance, study time and academic achievement using administrative and survey data from a public UK university across a broad range of degree programmes using quasi-random assignment of students to their timetables. Timetable measures include back-to-back classes, single-class days, time-of-day, day-of-instruction and long hours. We observe hourly attendance decisions. Findings indicate that student attendance at the event level is highly dependent on the timetable structure. Single-class days reduce attendance and back-to-back classes raise it. We are able to show that students compensate for marginal non-attendance at some events with increased attendance at other events on the same module, or among more conscientious students, with increased study time. Net of all behavioural responses to the timetable, these features have little impact on academic attainment.
Subjects: 
education production
schedules
timetables
higher education
human capital
attendance
effort
JEL: 
I23
I24
J24
C81
C91
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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