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Home versus school learning : a new approach to estimating the effect of class size on achievement

Lindahl, Mikael - 2001

I estimate the effect of class size on scholastic achievement using that schools are only in session during the school …

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Independent schools and long-run educational outcomes : evidence from Sweden's large scale voucher reform

Böhlmark, Anders; Lindahl, Mikael - 2012

all public schools were essentially local monopolists, the degree of independent schools has developed very differently … decade after the reform. This is notable, but not surprising given that it took time for independent schools to become more … more than public-school students. -- school choice ; independent schools ; educational performance ; external effects …

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Summer learning and the effect of schooling : evidence from Sweden

Lindahl, Mikael - 2001

Using that schools are in session during the school year and out of session during the summer, it is possible to …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011400723

Does school privatization improve educational achievement? : evidence from Sweden's voucher reform

Böhlmark, Anders (contributor); Lindahl, Mikael (contributor) - 2008

This paper evaluates general achievement effects of choice and competition between private and public schools at the … situation where the public schools essentially were monopolists on all local school markets, the degree of privatization has …

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10003755556

The impact of school choice on pupil achievement, segregation and costs : Swedish evidence

Böhlmark, Anders (contributor); Lindahl, Mikael (contributor) - 2007

, which opened up for publicly funded but privately operated schools. In many local school markets, this reform led to a … significant increase in the quantity of such schools as well as in the share of pupils attending them. We estimate the impact of … suggests that the main part of the achievement effect is due to more competition in the school sector, forcing schools to …

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Fighting corruption in education : what works and who bnefits?

Borcan, Oana; Lindahl, Mikael; Mitrut, Andreea - 2015

We investigate the distributional consequences of a corruption-fighting initiative in Romania targeting the endemic fraud in a high-stakes high school exit exam, which introduced CCTV monitoring of the exam and credible punishment threats for teachers and students. We find that the campaign was...

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Parental influences on health and longevity : lessons from a large sample of adoptees

Lindahl, Mikael; Lundberg, Evelina; Palme, Mårten; … - 2016

To what extent is the length of our lives determined by pre-birth factors? And to what extent is it affected by parental resources during our upbringing that can be influenced by public policy? We study the formation of adult health and mortality using data on about 21,000 adoptees born between...

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Dynastic human capital, inequality and intergenerational mobility

Adermon, Adrian; Lindahl, Mikael; Palme, Mårten - 2019

We study the importance of the extended family - the dynasty - for the persistence in inequality across generations. We use data including the entire Swedish population, linking four generations. This data structure enables us to identify parents' siblings and cousins, their spouses, and the...

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Pre- and post-birth components of intergenerational persistence in health and longevity : lessons from a large sample of adoptees

Björkegren, Evelina; Lindahl, Mikael; Palme, Mårten; … - 2019

We use data on a large sample of Swedish-born adoptees and their biological and adopting parents to decompose the persistence in health inequality across generations into pre-birth and post-birth components. We use three sets of measures for health outcomes in the second generation: mortality,...

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The causal effect of parent's schooling on children's schooling : a comparison of estimation methods

Holmlund, Helena (contributor); Lindahl, Mikael (contributor) - 2008

Recent studies that aim to estimate the causal link between the education of parents and their children provide evidence that is far from conclusive. This paper explores why. There are a number of possible explanations. One is that these studies rely on different data sources, gathered in...

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