Peer Effects from a School Choice Reform

Leroy Andersland ()
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Leroy Andersland: University of Bergen, Department of Economics, Postal: Institutt for økonomi, Universitetet i Bergen, Postboks 7802, 5020 Bergen, Norway

No 9/17, Working Papers in Economics from University of Bergen, Department of Economics

Abstract: In 2005 the city of Bergen, Norway, went from a geographical catchment area high school intake system to a grade point average-based (GPA) intake system. The reform changed the composition of high school peer student characteristics substantially for comparable groups of students before and after the reform. This article compares changes in outcomes for students in Bergen before and after the reform to changes in the outcomes of students in control cities. Positive effects are found on test scores and grades at high school.

Keywords: Analysis of Education; Peer effects; Tracking; High school; Natural experiment (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: I21 J18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 54 pages
Date: 2017-08-30
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