Ready for Boarding? The Effects of a Boarding School for Disadvantaged Students
通过随机分配寄宿学校名额的实验，发现弱势学生入学两年后数学成绩才超过对照组，且仅强学生受益，初期幸福感下降但随后适应。
Boarding schools substitute school to home, but little is known on the effects this substitution produces on students. We present results of an experiment in which seats in a boarding school for disadvantaged students were randomly allocated. Boarders enjoy better studying conditions than control students. However, they start outperforming control students in mathematics only two years after admission, and this effect mostly comes from strong students. Boarders initially experience lower levels of well-being but then adjust. This suggests that substituting school to home is disruptive: only strong students benefit from the school, once they have adapted to their new environment.