Abstract
This paper examines the relationship between attendance and grade, controlling for other factors, in first year economics courses in University College Cork. Determinants of both class attendance and grade are specified and estimated. We find that attendance is low, at least by comparison with US evidence. Hours worked and travel time are among the factors affecting class attendance. Class attendance, and especially tutorial attendance has a positive and diminishing marginal effect on grade, while hours worked in a part-time job have a significant negative effect on grade.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 311-326 |
| Number of pages | 16 |
| Journal | Economic and Social Review |
| Volume | 34 |
| Issue number | 3 |
| Publication status | Published - Dec 2003 |