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students are doing better in math and science and are more likely to choose those subjects if they are in single-sex classes … coedu-cational classes on the choice of school type for female students. We propose that girls are less likely to choose a … students. We address the problem of endogenous school choice by using nat-ural variation in gender composition of adjacent …
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STAR-experiment (i.e., a reduction of 7 students) improves performance by 2.6 percentile ranks (or 0.08 standard deviations …
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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...
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, rather than cheating by either students or teachers. Estimates of a causal model for achievement with two endogenous …
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comparison of (dis)integration of students with migration background across countries and time. In a second step, (dis … and central exams furthers integration, while social segregation of students among schools is detrimental to educational …
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working while enrolled, resulting in a 14 percentage points increase in students working during the academic year. The reform … - reduces debt and lowers academic capital accumulation as students finance more of the college cost by working and less by …
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Children growing up in disadvantaged neighborhoods tend to perform significantly worse in school compared to children growing up under more favorable circumstances. We examine the impact of a three-year program ("Coaching for Teaching") targeted at ten poorly performing lower secondary schools...
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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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We study differential parental responses to variation in class size induced by a maximum class size rule in Swedish schools. In response to an increase in class size: (i) only high-income parents help their children more with homework; (ii) all parents are more likely to move their child to...
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This paper estimates the effect of home high-speed internet on national test scores of students at age 14. We combine …
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