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100			_aMulhern, Christine _950065
245			_aBeyond teachers: Estimating individual school counselors' effects on educational attainment
260			_aThe American Economic Review
300			_a113(11), Nov, 2023: p.2846-2893
520			_aCounselors are a common school resource for students navigating complicated and consequential education choices. I estimate counselors' causal effects using quasi-random assignment policies in Massachusetts. Counselors vary substantially in their effectiveness at increasing high school graduation and college attendance, selectivity, and persistence. Counselor effects on educational attainment are similar in magnitude to teacher effects, but they flow through improved information and assistance more than cognitive or noncognitive skill development. Counselor effectiveness is most important for low-income and low-achieving students, so improving access to effective counseling may be a promising way to increase educational attainment and close socioeconomic gaps in education.- Reproduced https://www.aeaweb.org/articles?id=10.1257/aer.20200847
773			_aThe American Economic Review
906			_aEDUCATION
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