 School Resources and Student Achievement Revisited: New Evidence Using Panel DataTanja Kirjavainen (), Iida Häkkinen Skans and Roope Uusitalo No 227, Discussion Papers from VATT Institute for Economic Research Abstract: In this study we analyse the effects of the changes in the school spending on the matriculation examination results. We use a large sample of Finnish senior secondary school students from the years 1990-1998. Teaching expenditure did not have a significant effect on the average test scores. Increase in teaching expenditure did, however, improve test scores in additional language exams. Comprehensive school GPA and parents education are the best explanatory variables for student achievement. Boys perform slightly better, when comprehensive school GPA is controlled for. Work during the school year decreases test scores. Keywords: Senior secondary schools, school spending, student achievement, Economic growth, Taloudellinen kasvu, Public services, Julkiset palvelut, Effectiveness of public services, Julkisten palvelujen vaikuttavuus, H410 - Public Goods, I200 - Education: General, O150 - Economic Development: Human Resources; Human Development; Income Distribution; Migration (nutrition, health, education, fertility, household structure and formation, labor markets), (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:fer:dpaper:227 Ordering information: This working paper can be ordered from Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Discussion Papers from VATT Institute for Economic Research Contact information at EDIRC. |
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