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Long-term effects of class size
Fredriksson, Peter; Öckert, Björn; OOsterbeek, Hessel - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2012
This paper evaluates the long-term effects of class size in primary school. We use rich administrative data from Sweden and exploit variation in class size created by a maximum class size rule. Smaller classes in the last three years of primary school (age 10 to 13) are not only beneficial for...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009649725
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Graded children – evidence of longrun consequences of school grades from a nationwide reform
Sjögren, Anna - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2010
Swedish elementary school children stopped receiving written end of year report cards following a grading reform in 1982. Gradual implementation of the reform creates an opportunity to investigate the effects of being graded on adult educational attainments and earnings for children in the...
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School choice and segregation: evidence from an admission reform
Söderström, Martin; Uusitalo, Roope - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2005
This paper studies the effects of school choice on segregation. We analyze the effect of a reform in Stockholm that changed the admission system of public upper secondary schools. Before the year 2000, students had priority to the school situated closest to where they lived, but from the fall of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005207264
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Resources and student achievement – evidence from a Swedish policy reform
Fredriksson, Peter; Öckert, Björn - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2007
This paper utilizes a policy change to estimate the effect of teacher density on student performance. We find that an increase in teacher density has a positive effect on student achievement. The baseline estimate – obtained by using the grade point average as the outcome variable – implies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651874
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Institutions and labor market outcomes in the Netherlands
Gautier, Pieter A.; van der Klaauw, Bas - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009
(financial) incentives. The outflow is much more difficult to affect, in particular we could not find any evidence of substantial …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502567
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How do income-support systems in the UK affect labour force participation?
Brewer, Mike - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009
through disability. In general, the low generosity of out-of-work benefits means that positive incentives to work exist for … almost all benefit recipients, but weak work incentives exist for those receive Housing Benefit, and for primary earners in … couples who have low earnings. Recent reforms to strengthen work incentives have altered the in-work tax credits, rather than …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008502569
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Does more general education reduce the risk of future unemployment? Evidence from labor market experiences during the Great Recession
Hall, Caroline - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2013
This paper investigates whether more general education reduces the risk of future unemployment by examining individuals’ labor market experiences during the “Great Recession” (2008–2010). To estimate the causal impact of differences in educational content, I exploit a reform in Sweden in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010691913
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The effect of education policy on crime: an intergenerational perspective
Meghir, Costas; Palme, Mårten; Schnabel, Marieke - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2011
A number of studies have shown that education reforms extending compulsory schooling reduce criminal behavior of those affected by the reform. We consider the effects of a major Swedish educational reform on crime by exploiting its staggered implementation across Sweden. We first show that the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010611642
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Does making upper secondary school more comprehensive affect dropout rates, educational attainment and earnings? Evidence from a Swedish pilot scheme
Hall, Caroline - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2009
Since the mid-20th century many OECD countries have discarded their previous selective schools systems, in which students early on were separated between academic and vocational tracks, in favor of more comprehensive schools. The effects of these reforms have generally been difficult to evaluate...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005000432
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The effect of vocational employment training on the individual transition rate from unemployment to work
Richardson, Katarina; den Berg, Gerard J. van - Institutet för Arbetsmarknads- och Utbildningspolitisk … - 2002
Amongst the active labor market policy programs for the unemployed in Sweden, the vocational employment training program is the most ambitious and expensive. We analyze its effect on the individual transition rate from unemployment to employment using a unique set of administrative data and a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005651882