In 2001, the Swedish system of student aid for college students was substantially reformed; the grant-share of the … total aid was increased, students were allowed to earn more without a reduction in student aid, and the repayment schedule … efficiency, measured as the number of credit points achieved each semester. We use all program students with a first registration …

This study investigates the importance of gender and ethnic interactions among teachers and students for school … comprehensive national tests. The analysis is based on data on grade 9 students (age 16) from Sweden. I find that a student is …. Correspondingly, ethnic minority students, on average, obtain better test scores in Mathematics, when the share of ethnic minority …

­ever, social interactive ability turns out to be important for low aptitude students, whilst the reverse holds for cognitive … abilities. In fact, while high performing students benefit from high cognitive teachers, being matched to such a teacher can … even be detrimental to their lower performing peers. Hence, the lower abilities among teachers may hurt some students …

of grade 9 students (16 years old). I examine whether there are systematic differences correlated with gender and ethnic … compared to test results in all three subjects studied. Non-native students are more generously rewarded in teachers …