Home versus School Learning: A New Approach to Estimating the Effect of Class Size on Achievement

Mikael Lindahl

No 261, IZA Discussion Papers from Institute of Labor Economics (IZA)

Abstract: I estimate the effect of class size on scholastic achievement using that schools are only in session during the school year and out of session during the summer. This seasonal feature of the schooling system makes it possible to control for unobservable pupil characteristics affecting both the level and change in achievement. Using Swedish data, I find that smaller classes generate higher achievement. A comparison with the results from applying the same data to the widely used value-added model is also made.

Keywords: difference-in-differences; summer learning; school-year learning; Class size; value-added model (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: H52 I21 I28 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 52 pages
Date: 2001-02
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Published - published in: Scandinavian Journal of Economics, 2005, 107 (2), 375-394

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