begin with the fact that parents from educationally disadvantaged households are less able to support their children by … reading to them. Children from educationally disadvan-taged households attend early childhood education less often; their … parents have greater difficulty finding a place in a day-care centre, have less contact with teachers at schools and are often …

with low educated parents. If teacher density is increased with 10 percent students with low educated parents are expected … contains all students that completed compulsory schooling (ninth grade) between 1998 and 2005. The results show that socio … different measures of student achievement are used. Increased resources have however improved student achievement for students …

acounteracting effect: an increase in the stock of human capitalreduces the return to human capital and, therefore, pre-tax income …

with low educated parents. If teacher density is increased with 10 percent students with low educated parents are expected … contains all students that completed compulsory schooling (ninth grade) between 1998 and 2005. The results show that socio … not had a statistical significant positive effect on the average student’s achievement. This conclusion holds true when …

Stockholm. Before 2000, students had priority to the public upper secondary school situated closest to where they lived, but … competition: all students can apply to all schools, there is no targeting of students to schools, and funding follows the students …. It is shown that the students in Stockholm perform no better with increased choice availability. In fact, high ability …

, that a one percentage point increase in the share of non-certified teachers is expected to decrease the average student’s … do exist between schools and municipalities. The effect also appears to be stronger for students with highly educated … parents. …