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LOCATION:Eleanor-Dulles-Raum,DIW Berlin im Quartier 110,5.2.010,Anton-Wilhelm-Amo-Straße 58,10117 Berlin
SUMMARY:How learning a musical instrument affects educational achievement
DESCRIPTION:12:30-13:30 // Learning a musical instrument during childhood may increase educational opportunities by improving cognitive skills, teaching non-cognitive skills or by sending positive signals to teachers. Our study tests these hypotheses with data from the German Socio-Economic Panel, which contains information on musical practice during childhood as well as detailed parental background characteristics. In order to reduce the bias resulting from non-random selection into musical practice, we use propensity score matching. Moreover, we test the robustness of our results with siblings fixed effects. We find that learning a musical instrument improves cognitive skills by 0.3 and school marks by 0.15 standard deviations. Educational ambitions improve whereas non-cognitive skills do not seem to be affected. Positive effects are stronger for children from lower socio-economic status. 
DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20130109
DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20130109
DTSTAMP:20130106T230000Z
URL:https://www.diw.de/en/diw_01.c.413633.en/events/how_learning_a_musical_instrument_affects_educational_achievement.html
ORGANIZER;CN=Patricia Gallego Granados:mailto:pgallegogranados@diw.de
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