Class-size effects in secondary school

Karl Fritjof Krassel and Eskil Heinesen

Education Economics, 2014, vol. 22, issue 4, 412-426

Abstract: We analyze class-size effects on academic achievement in secondary school in Denmark exploiting an institutional setting where pupils cannot predict class size prior to enrollment, and where post-enrollment responses aimed at affecting realized class size are unlikely. We identify class-size effects combining a regression discontinuity design with control for lagged achievement and school fixed effects. Using administrative registry data, we find statistically significant negative effects of class size on academic achievement.

Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1080/09645292.2014.902428

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