Parental responses to public investments in children: Evidence from a maximum class size rule
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- Peter Fredriksson & Björn Öckert & Hessel Oosterbeek, 2016. "Parental Responses to Public Investments in Children: Evidence from a Maximum Class Size Rule," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 51(4), pages 832-868.
- Fredriksson, Peter & Oosterbeek, Hessel & Öckert, Björn, 2015. "Parental responses to public investments in children: evidence from a maximum class size rule," Working Paper Series 2015:27, IFAU - Institute for Evaluation of Labour Market and Education Policy.
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Keywords
Class size; parental responses; social background; regression discontinuity;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C31 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Multiple or Simultaneous Equation Models; Multiple Variables - - - Cross-Sectional Models; Spatial Models; Treatment Effect Models; Quantile Regressions; Social Interaction Models
- I21 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Analysis of Education
- I28 - Health, Education, and Welfare - - Education - - - Government Policy
- J24 - Labor and Demographic Economics - - Demand and Supply of Labor - - - Human Capital; Skills; Occupational Choice; Labor Productivity
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-EDU-2015-12-28 (Education)
- NEP-URE-2015-12-28 (Urban and Real Estate Economics)
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