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

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Lindahl, Mikael () (University of Amsterdam and IZA, Bonn)

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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.

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Paper provided by Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) in its series IZA Discussion Papers with number 261.

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Keywords: Class size; summer learning; school-year learning; difference-in-differences; value-added model;

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I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
H52 - Public Economics - - National Government Expenditures and Related Policies - - - Government Expenditures and Education

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