The Impact of Class Absenteeism on Undergraduates' Academic Performance: Evidence from an Elite Economics School in Portugal

Autor/in	Teixeira, Aurora A. C.
Titel	The Impact of Class Absenteeism on Undergraduates' Academic Performance: Evidence from an Elite Economics School in Portugal
Quelle	In: Innovations in Education and Teaching International, 53 (2016) 2, S.230-242 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1470-3297
DOI	10.1080/14703297.2014.937730
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Undergraduate Students; Business Administration Education; Macroeconomics; Private Colleges; Attendance; Grades (Scholastic); School Policy; Academic Achievement; Grade Point Average; Compulsory Education; Regression (Statistics); Portugal + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Makroökonomie; Privathochschule; Anwesenheit; Notenspiegel; Schulpolitik; Schulleistung; Schulpflicht; Regression; Regressionsanalyse
Abstract	The empirical literature focusing mainly on the USA suggests that class absenteeism undermines students' academic performance and that an enforced mandatory attendance policy may be beneficial. Based on a different cultural and economic context, and using data on 146 second-year management students enrolled in a macroeconomics course at an elite economics school in Portugal, it is shown that even when controlling for potential endogenous factors associated with attendance and academic performance, absenteeism considerably lowers the students' final grade (about 2 points in a 0-20-point grading scheme). In addition, it is established that a compulsory, though flexible, attendance policy contributes to improving students' academic performance. (As Provided).
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Update	2020/1/01