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Changes in Educational Wage Premiums in Sweden: 1992-2001

Gustavsson, Magnus - 2004

This paper investigates changes in educational wage differentials in Sweden between 1992 and 2001 and places them in a longer-term perspective. The university wage premium has increased noticeably between 1992 and 2001 while the gymnasium wage premium has been constant. These results, together...

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The effects of mixed-age classes in Sweden

Johansson, Elly-Ann; Lindahl, Erica - 2008

Mixed-aged classes (MA-classes) are a common phenomenon around the world. In Sweden, these types of classes increased rapidly during the 1980:s and 1990:s. But the scientific evidence of the benefits of MA-classes is not convincing. In this paper, we estimate the effect of attending an MA-class...

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Study achievement for students with kids

Hallberg, Daniel; Lindh, Thomas; éZamac, Jovan - 2011

diploma, all with respect to parenthood. Few get children while enrolled in higher education, nevertheless one fourth of …

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The impact of upper-secondary voucher school attendance on student achievement: Swedish evidence using external and internal evaluations

Tyrefors Hinnerich, Björn; Vlachos, Jonas - 2016

Sweden has a school voucher system with universal coverage and full acceptance of corporate providers. Using a value added approach, we find that students at upper-secondary voucher schools on average score 0.06 standard deviations lower on externally graded standardized tests in first year core...

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Neighbourhoods, economic incentives and post compulsory education choices

Lindvall, Lars - 2009

There are large differences in income and education levels, unemployment and ethnic composition between neighbourhoods … investigates neighbourhood effects on youths-post primary education choice. Besides including usual variables the paper also … with at most compulsory education in a neighbourhood does however seem to have a negative effect on applying for a …

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Does School Competition Matter? Effects of a Large-Scale School Choice Reform on Student Performance

Ahlin, Åsa - 2003

characteristics, the results indicate that immigrant students and those in need of special education tend to gain more from increased … school competition than others, while adverse effects on students from low education families are found in terms of English …

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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 - 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...

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Graded children: Evidence of longrun consequences of school grades from a nationwide reform

Sjögren, Anna - 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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Can adult education delay retirement from the labour market?

de Luna, Xavier; Stenberg, Anders; Westerlund, Olle - 2010

In this paper, we examine whether adult education delays retirement and increases labour force participation among the … data from Sweden, we analyse transcripts from adult education for the period 1979-2004 and annual earnings 1982-2004. We … match samples of treated individuals, in adult education 1986-1989, and untreated on the propensity score. The timing of …

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Resources and student achievement: Evidence from a Swedish policy reform

Fredriksson, Peter; Öckert, Björn - 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...

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